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Dog Lady at Ballard

Dog Lady at Ballard

Henry Huey, Reporter December 16, 2024

Here at Ballard High, we offer three parking lots, which contain parking for teachers and students. Recently, a woman in a white coupe has been driving around during school hours, chasing her dog around...

The Next Trump Administration Brings Risk of Detainment for Many Ballard Students

The Next Trump Administration Brings Risk of Detainment for Many Ballard Students

Isabella Martinez December 16, 2024

On January 20th, 2024, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. On day one of his presidency, Trump has promised to carry out an executive order to allow Immigration...

19-year-old Walmart Employee Found Dead Inside the Bakery’s Walk-in Oven

19-year-old Walmart Employee Found Dead Inside the Bakery’s Walk-in Oven

Henry Huey, Reporter November 11, 2024

On October 19, 2024, a tragic incident occurred at a Walmart in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when 19-year-old Gursimran Kaur was found dead inside a walk-in oven in the store's bakery department. Kaur's mother,...

Conflict Emerges On Student Council

Conflict Emerges On Student Council

Easha Heellage and Henry Berry November 1, 2024

Student voice is what makes up a school's identity; it utilizes the power of  exclaiming certain opinions, giving students the opportunity to speak out on the wrong and focus on the right. In a functional...

Water Bottle Thrown At Pep Rally, Results In Concussion

Water Bottle Thrown At Pep Rally, Results In Concussion

Melisa Lahu, Reporter October 22, 2024

As the pep rally came to an end and students left the gym, a student chose to throw a metal water bottle in the air, resulting in a concussion. The water bottle hit another student in the head. There is...

Pep Rally Photo Gallery

Pep Rally Photo Gallery

October 22, 2024

 

A Look into the US Open Fashion

A Look into the US Open Fashion

Gianna George, Reporter October 13, 2024

The US Tennis Open just finished. In the final round of the tournament, it was Jannik Sinner up against Taylor Fritz. If you watched the US Open this year, you would know it was Sinner who won against...

Jostens: The Controversies Behind the Company

Jostens: The Controversies Behind the Company

Isabella Martinez October 10, 2024

At a class meeting in August, Ballard's senior class was made aware that it is time to order caps and gowns. However, most left the Fine Arts Center that day unaware that they would soon be expected to...

The KKK Says they are Back and Spreading

The KKK Says they are Back and Spreading

Bree Allen, Reporter October 10, 2024

Since March, all over Kentucky, Ku Klux Klan flyers have been posted with frightening threats. One flyer warned of "race traitors, mixed breeds, communists, homosexuals, and all other godless degenary"...

Move Maroon

Move Maroon

Hannah Long, Reporter September 24, 2024

This Friday, Ballard's charity club Move Maroon hosted their yearly corn-hole tournament. Move Maroon, once known as Dance Maroon, is a pediatric cancer research charity club that raises money for children...

Guns In Schools

Guns In Schools

Henry Huey, Reporter September 23, 2024

Currently, the United States has been known for guns and weapons being in school. Recently, Ballard has been victimized for being a known threat to JCPS. Monday (9/16/24), we had a gun threat to our school...

Another Pandemic! What is Monkeypox?

Another Pandemic! What is Monkeypox?

Brayden McCarty, Reporter September 23, 2024

Mpox, also known as monkeypox, is an infection based virus that originates from central and west Africa. The first case of monkeypox was in 1970 in the Dominican Republic of Congo. It is a zoonotic disease,...

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