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The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

Hays High School's Official Student Newspaper

The Guidon Online

The guitar club performs in the freshman hallway before first hour.

Guitar club boosts holiday cheer with hallway carols

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 20, 2016

The guitar club brightened the halls on the morning on Dec. 20 with Christmas carols and other festive holiday music. Music choices ranged from "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", to "Feliz Navidad",...

Lora Gallegos-Haynes's Spanish II class carols in the counseling office.

Spanish II class carols around school

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter December 16, 2016

Going on her second year, teacher Lora Gallegos-Haynes has begun Christmas caroling. Her second-year Spanish will be touring the school Dec. 16 and 17. “Last year was the first year,” Gallegos-Haynes...

Seniors Kristen Nease, Madisyn Keller and Brianna Brin stand with the Ronald statue in front of Sleep Hollow house.

DECA helps at Ronald McDonald Charities for year 18

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter December 16, 2016

Seniors Brianna Brin, Madisyn Keller and Kristen Nease spent last Friday helping at the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) for their final year. This is Nease’s second year and Brin and Keller’s...

Senior Jacob Alexander pursues career in photography

Senior Jacob Alexander pursues career in photography

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 15, 2016

Photography and cinematography have always been an important part of senior Jacob Alexander’s life. Starting out by simply just recording and taking photos, Alexander now owns his own website where he...

ESL para Imelda Koenke helps a student with math.

ESL para Imelda Koenke says goodbye

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter December 14, 2016

After being an English as a Second Language (ESL) para for six and a half years, Imelda Koenke says goodbye to the school. Koenke is moving on to student teaching in art in Plainville and plans to come...

The 2016 KMEA Honor Choir.

KMEA Honor Choir and Honor Band perform at district concert

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 13, 2016

"Without art, civilization as we know it would become meaningless." Those are the words and feelings from Jason Sickel, choir director at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park. Sickel was...

Winter Sports Assembly interactive slideshow

Winter Sports Assembly interactive slideshow

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 9, 2016

Students reinstate the "Wall of Boom"

Students reinstate the “Wall of Boom”

Kara Brooks, Editor December 8, 2016

The “Wall of Boom” was created three years ago to promote school spirit at the basketball games. This year seniors Hannah Unrein and Angel Bryant are working to start up the “Wall of Boom” once...

Freshman Fernanda Sustaita and Jordan Hunsicker package fruit after selling ends.

Fruit sales rack up thousands of dollars for upcoming events

Isabelle Braun, Staff Reporter December 8, 2016

Grapefruits, apples, oranges, pears, and nectarines all have one thing in common – they were being sold by FFA kids this past month. “All the members have to help,” FFA director Curt Vajnar said....

Hays High mens basketball team accepts first place trophy from the Hays City Shootout.

Boys basketball team wins Hays City Shootout

Jacob Maska, Sports Reporter December 6, 2016

  The boys basketball team came into the Hays City Shootout with one starter from last year’s team, senior Shane Berens, and multiple players with little varsity playing time. Regardless,...

Chamber Singers perform at Cathedral Concert in Victoria

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 5, 2016

The Chamber Singers performed at the annual Cathedral Christmas Concert at the St. Fidelis Cathedral in Victoria. This year's concert was performed on Sunday, Dec. 4. The choirs of Fort Hays State...

Varsity cheerleaders perform new routine at pep assembly

Anniston Weber, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 2, 2016

For each pep assembly, the varsity cheerleaders come up with a new routine to perform in front of the student body. This year, serving as co-captains for the varsity squad are seniors Kaely McKinney...

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