Junior/senior prom this Saturday, theme “Masquerade”
Kumari Pacheco, Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
Prom will be taking place on Saturday, April 21st from seven P.M. to ten P.M., inside of The Vault on Grand and Gravois. Students are encouraged to wear head-pieces or masks associated with the theme of “masquerade,” but such decorations must not be worn prior to entering the venue, to ensure...
8th grade parent night to engage students, impress parents
Chase Doctor, Staff Writer
April 19, 2018
On Tuesday, April 24th from 5:00-6:30 in the Sun Theater, Kenneth Griffin, middle school history teacher, is holding an eighth grade parent night. Teachers and administrators have noticed a pattern of high-achieving eighth graders leaving after middle school to attend other high schools. To try ...
Spring art show to take place this Thursday
Paisley Regester, Staff Writer
April 17, 2018
The Spring Art Show will be taking place on Thursday, April 19th, from 6-8pm. The show will feature sculpture, painting, drawing, ceramics, digital, and photography artwork. The showcase will be located in various areas throughout the school. An art auction, consisting of large terracotta pots ...
Students to explore land, sovereignty, and environmental justice in Hawaii this summer
Paisley Regester, Staff Writer
April 10, 2018
Global Ethos, a youth travel organization dedicated to engaging US-based students in service-learning experiences abroad, will be taking six GCAA students to O’ahu Island in Hawaii this Summer. Global Ethos, founded by GCAA Social Studies teachers Ben Dinwiddie and Evan Smith, will celebrate its third ...
Little Shop of Horrors cast reflects on their performance
Kaitlyn Eckhard, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
The Theater Department took on Little Shop of Horrors for this year’s spring musical. The shows took place on March 16th-18th in the Sun Theater. The cast took time to reflect on their performance in the show. Little Shop of Horrors is about a flower shop assistant named Seymour who discovers an unusual...
Theater students surprised with $10,000 grant
Kumari Pacheco, Staff Writer
April 5, 2018
Rise is a new NBC drama about high school theater that aired March 13th and continues to do so every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time. Besides being praised as the next big drama on the screen, Rise is also popular for its endorsement of real-life student actors, particularly with its R.I.S.E America Grant -- an award ...
22 choir events sent to state competition, all large ensemble events receive highest rating at district contests
Natalie O'Dell, Staff Writer
March 31, 2018
On April 27, nine of 22 choir vocal events that competed in district contests will go on to compete at the state level at the University Of Missouri. This advancement came from receiving a 1 (exemplary) rating at the contests. Among these acts were seven solos and two small ensembles. Although large...
Students participate in nationwide walkout to honor school shooting victims, advocate for gun law reform
Natalie O'Dell, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
On Wednesday, March 14th, GCAA was one of the schools throughout the country to participate in the March For Our Lives walkout. In this demonstration, students honored the lives lost in the school shootings since Columbine, focusing on the 17 deaths from Parkland Flordia's Stoneman-Douglas shooting. ...
Little Shop of Horrors opens this weekend
Aurora Phillips, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018
The theater department's production of Little Shop of Horror will be showing in the Sun Theater on March 16th and 17th at 7:00pm, and 18th at 3:00pm. Cast members will be selling tickets for $10 leading up to the show, and tickets are also available online for $13 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-shop-...
GCAA’s annual Talent Show to take place on January 31st
Paisley Regester, Staff Writer
January 30, 2018
GCAA’s annual talent show is on Wednesday, January 31st in the Sun Theater. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 6:00 p.m. The production will feature acts from a variety of pathways, including poetry, singing, and dance performances. All of the acts will be competing for a cash ...
Low temperatures cause basement pipe to rupture; instruments, music materials damaged
Elyse Luecke, Managing Editor
January 22, 2018
With extreme low temperatures, a pipe that is rarely accessed in the basement ruptured right before students came back from winter break. The pipe is located inside a closet, which was one of the old pipe chase closets from before the school owned the building. Some did not even know there was an...
Cast list for spring musical announced
Aurora Phillips, Staff Writer
January 8, 2018
The Theatre Department has announced the cast of the spring musical, Little Shop of Horrors. Seymour Krelborn - Reginald Coleman Understudy - Charles Pierson Audrey - Laurencia Meyers Understudy - Averey Campbell 2nd Understudy - Riley Brawn Mr. Mushnik - Charles Pierson Understudy - Isa...
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