Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Chamber Singers prepare for upcoming Cabaret performances

Chamber Singers prepare for upcoming Cabaret performances

Justin Houchen, Staff Member February 17, 2023

Cabaret Hays High School’s Chamber Singers are planning their Cabaret performance, in which the students determine their own songs that they will perform as a group or as single soloists. Cabaret...

Student Council discusses Indian Call plans

Student Council discusses Indian Call plans

Tavia Wynn-Coffman, Asst. Sports Section Editor January 24, 2023

On Wednesday, Jan. 11, the Hays High Student Council gathered in the Lecture Hall to discuss the plans for the Indian Call dance. The goals of the meeting were deciding theme days and assigning workers...

Indian Call Candidates

Annual Indian Call week set for early February

Jacob Wente, Asst. Features/Entertainment Section Editor January 24, 2023

As the annual Indian Call rolls around the corner, the Hays High Student Council has started planning for the events of the week. This year’s Spirit Week will be Monday, Feb. 6 through Friday, Feb. 10,...

Freshman Mia Schlegel gets a cup for her drink on Dec. 9 in her PRIDE Time teacher Jessica Augustines classroom. Each student brought a food or drink to share with the class, such as chips and dips, cookies and smores brownies. The PRIDE Time party put me in the Christmas spirit, Schlegel said.

PRIDE Times celebrate holiday season, semester end

Lily Butler and Delia Dixon December 21, 2022

While normally quiet, the classroom is full of sound and movement. Smells of sugary snacks fill the room as the teacher opens another container of brownies. Students crunch on chips dripping with cheese...

Sophomore Oscar Flores and senior Kiki Gonzales conduct the Chamber Singers in Room 142, as they prepared for caroling on Dec. 20.

Chamber Singers carol before Winter Break

Ry Houchen, 21st Century Journalism Staff Member December 21, 2022

Every year, the Chamber Singers have gone caroling as a tradition, and this year was no different, as they sang around Hays on Tuesday, Dec. 20. “I don’t know exactly how long it has gone on, but...

Senior Caleb Johnson and other Family Studies students work with their kids to make bells using tinsel, string and a small bell in teacher Sue Ann Tebos room during M1. The groups split into different tables with their kids to make the bells. “Our group is ‘Jingle Bells,’ and so, weve made a bunch of Bell decorations,” Johnson said.

Family Studies students lead activities for children

Justin Houchen, 21st Century Journalism Staff Member December 21, 2022

For their final project, students in the Family Studies class had to make a creative event for the young kids they work with. What the students create is entirely up to them, but they were responsible...

Options Student Advisory Board invites guest speaker to talk to students

Options Student Advisory Board invites guest speaker to talk to students

Jacob Wente, Asst. Features/Entertainment Section Editor November 21, 2022

Options Domestic and Sexual Violence Services had a guest speaker talk to the students at Hays High School on Thursday, Nov. 17 during PRIDE Time. This is the first time that Options has had a victim...

National Honor Society introduces news students into their program

National Honor Society introduces news students into their program

Jacob Wente, Asst. Features/Entertainment Section Editor November 17, 2022

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the National Honor Society (NHS) had an induction for its new and returning members. This year, NHS added about 50 new members and had last year’s members apply again. In order...

Marching band attends band competitions

Marching band attends band competitions

Tavia Wynn-Coffman, Asst. Sports Section Editor November 3, 2022

This fall, the Hays High School marching band attended two competitions, with the first being the Western Athletic Conference Marching Festival and the other being the High Plains Marching Festival. On...

Yearbook staff attends Jostens workshop

Yearbook staff attends Josten’s workshop

Maddie Meis, Copy/Managing Editor & Asst. News Editor October 25, 2022

Josten’s Publishing local representatives sponsored a workshop at Ellis High School for area yearbook staffs on Oct. 19, which both Hays High School and Hays Middle School yearbook staffs attended. At...

Hays High to host FFA district conference Oct. 12; students will not have school

Hays High to host FFA district conference Oct. 12; students will not have school

Maddie Meis, Copy/Managing Editor & Asst. News Editor October 11, 2022

On Oct. 12, Hays High School will be hosting a district FFA conference, called the Greenhand Conference, meaning Hays High students will not have school that day. The Greenhand Conference is for all...

Hays High dominates Dodge City in Homecoming football game

Hays High dominates Dodge City in Homecoming football game

Eric Lucio, Design/Multimedia Editor October 11, 2022

The Hays High football team faced off against the Dodge City Demons for the Indians’ Homecoming game on Oct. 7. Hays came into the game with a record of 4-1, and Dodge City came in with a record of 3-2....

Load More Stories