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The book club counter top display at the check-in counter in the library.

Making Reading Fun Again

Library hosts first ever book club, The Black Friday Book Club
Chloe Youngkin, Editor in Chief February 28, 2026

Marking JHS history, the library has introduced a new monthly book club dubbed The Black Friday Book Club. Organized by librarian Mary Williams, it was established earlier this school year in the fall...

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The entrance to the nurse's office.

Ripping the Band-aid Off Clinic Realities

What Can The Nurse Really Do For You?
Chloe Youngkin and Hazel Barksdale February 19, 2026

Students have certain expectations about the care they can receive from the nurse when they are feeling unwell at school. There are a lot of misconceptions about what that care can look like, but JHS nurses...

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Taken by Hays CISD photographer.

Lady Jags Basketball Wrap-up

Lady Jags basketball has been on a roll for game season
Khloe Gonzalez, Staff Writer February 17, 2026

Johnson High School girls basketball have been overcoming challenges and adjusting to the new foundation of becoming a better hard working team.  Varsity girls are on their way to the playoffs, as...

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Junior Josiah Woods fumbling with his camera in the AV production studio.

Rule of Competing

Photography students compete in the GNBAC photo competition
Chloe Youngkin, Editor in Chief January 21, 2026

Lights. Camera. Action. The Texas Annual Youth Photography Showcase opened submissions on Dec. 1 2025 for homeschool and publicly enrolled students ages 14-18 to enter multifaceted photo-central portfolios...

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Johnson cheer team performing their number in the Budafest parade's march on Dec. 6

Parade Community Pride

Buda celebrates the holiday season with annual Budafest
Chloe Youngkin, Editor in Chief December 12, 2025

Sparkling with decorative mirth, historic downtown Buda is wrapped in a luminescent sheen of warm Christmas lights as a crowd gathers around Main St., holding tight onto rambunctious kids and dispersing...

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Submitted photo of a coach using a flashlight after the stadium's lights suddenly went out.

It’s Too Bright!

The Meaning Behind #BeTheLight
La’Karrian Dabney, Staff Writer November 23, 2025

As students come in and out of Johnson everyday, their lights are always shining. JHS administration has been encouraging students to spread kindness with the slogan, "Be The Light." “Not just...

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Submitted photo from yearbook.

Stay Gold, Pony Boy

Theater Performs “The Outsiders”
Hazel Barksdale, Assistant Editor in Chief November 22, 2025

As soon as the lights went down in the black box, the audience was enraptured. A spotlight flicked on and illuminated Pony Boy giving the first monologue of the play, mournful and insistent. Over the next...

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Students mingling during the Homecoming dance.

HoCo FuN

Homecoming celebrations kicks off an exuberant 25-'26 school year
Hazel Barksdale, Assistant Editor in Chief October 15, 2025

Six-inch heels lie abandoned while their owners party it up on the dance floor. Friends greet each other and exclaim over how nice everyone looks. Jaguars survey the crowd and feel a sense of camaraderie...

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Adrienne Simes posing for a photo at the NAHS meeting.

Mona Lisa in the Making

Art-active students at JHS share their creative minds with the National Arts Society
Cole Lopez, Staff Writer October 14, 2025

On the first floor of the towering building of the school’s campus, walls filled with color and creation take the main stage. Whether it’s the dust of charcoal or the drippings of watercolor, the art...

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Club sponsor Hailey Mullen listening to a student member introduce themselves in the club's introductory meeting.

Activism in Pink

Johnson’s Fem Club highlights the relevance of feminism
Chloe Youngkin, Editor in Chief September 18, 2025

A small but invested group of Jag students brought together by a shared interest sit beneath soft luminescent pink lights that reflect tunefully in focused eyes. Pink is the symbolic color of innocence,...

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