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The official student-run newspaper publication at GEHS.

The Blazer

The official student-run newspaper publication at GEHS.

The Blazer

The official student-run newspaper publication at GEHS.

The Blazer

School News

Finals Schedule, 2024

Finals Schedule Change

Blake Davis, Reporter Apr 22, 2024

Recently there was a change to the finals schedule for juniors, sophomores and freshmen. May 20 and May 21 were changed from half days to full days because of the five days of school that were missed because...

Secret Easter Bunnies

Secret Easter Bunnies

Addie Reiter, Editor in Chief Mar 29, 2024

The Robotics team  is having their third annual Easter Egging fundraiser. During this fundraiser people are able to purchase eggs and the Robotics team will hide them in the buyers’ backyards for Easter...

Reduce and Reusing at Gardner Edgerton

Reduce and Reusing at Gardner Edgerton

Keira Mills, Reporter Mar 25, 2024

Recycling is getting imported to Gardner Edgerton thanks to the ecology club at the school. Ecology club is a club about recycling paper, plastic, metal and turning it into other useful objects. The...

Emergency Protocols

Emergency Protocols

Blake Davis, Reporter Mar 10, 2024

Anything can happen anywhere, and usually the people in charge of a public area will have protocols they follow if something happens or goes wrong. Gardner Edgerton is no exception for that. Tony Taylor...

Was Installing Vape Detectors Worth It?

Was Installing Vape Detectors Worth It?

Addie Reiter, Editor in Chief Mar 5, 2024

 To put a stop to the vaping problem GEHS has faced,  the school installed detectors in the bathrooms. These detectors supposedly notify administration that there is someone vaping in the bathrooms.  “The...

New Classes for Next Year at GEHS

New Classes for Next Year at GEHS

Mahlet Samuel, Reporter Mar 5, 2024

There will be four new classes for the 2024-2025 school year next year here at GEHS. Those classes are Astronomy, Environmental Science, Speech, and Financial Literacy. While it does not say exactly what...

Interested in Teaching?

Interested in Teaching?

Parker Fales, Reporter Mar 4, 2024

With the school year winding down, we start to think about what we want the next year to look like regarding clubs and classes. There are many different clubs to offer for this upcoming school year, one...

Devices that are being prohibited by the policy.

Cell Phone Policy Delayed to Next School Year

Michael Williams Seybert, Reporter Feb 26, 2024

With news of the postponement of the phone policy, students are on the edge of their seats, waiting to hear more information. After a nearly six-hour board meeting, the “compromise” proposed by GEHS’s...

Jonas Pippitt

Award-Winning GEHS Math Teacher

John Richards, Reporter Feb 5, 2024

Jonas Pippitt has been teaching at Gardner for two years. For those two years he has taught Algebra one and Algebra two. He says that his inspiration to teach is the teachers he has had in the past. “I...

The Inseparables cast

Running Out Of Time: Inseparables The Play

Keira Mills, Reporter Feb 5, 2024

The winter play  is almost here. The play dates are February 15, 16, 17 in the Auditorium at 7:00 PM. Tickets will be ten dollars for adults and five dollars for students. The play is about a theater...

Scholars Bowl team

The Inside Knowledge of Scholars Bowl

Blake Davis, Reporter Jan 29, 2024

Scholars Bowl is a team of about 24-35 people split between JV and Varsity who compete in multiple rounds with the goal to answer questions faster than their opponents. It’s like jeopardy, but with a...

Should Students Be Expecting a Change to Their Passing Period?

Should Students Be Expecting a Change to Their Passing Period?

Addie Reiter, Editor in Chief Jan 29, 2024

The passing period here at GEHS is seven minutes long, but there is talk of it being shortened. Before the Advanced Technical Center, or ATC, was added the passing period was five minutes, but they made...

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