On January 22, 2025, President Trump rescinded a policy that prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from entering locations considered "sensitive", including schools. What this means...
President Trump was inaugurated on January 20th, 2025. An indoor inauguration was held inside of the U.S Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. A week before the inauguration, President Trump announced the...
In previous years, Ballard has only had a fall spirit week, pep rally, and homecoming. But this year, people in the Ballard community brought up that we don’t celebrate the basketball team like we celebrate...
On Friday January 24th, Ballard High School had a pep rally for winter homecoming and Ballard’s basketball team. Students excitedly gathered in the large gym to their designated spots following a day...
The last few weeks in Louisville have been filled with constant wind, mixed with weather as cold as -10 degrees. The week JCPS was supposed return from winter break became a snow wonderland, as we received...
On January 19, millions of TikTok users woke up to find that they could not access their TikTok accounts due to a US law banning it. Many users were freaking out and complaining about this ban. The Supreme...
Evolv, the company behind the weapons detection system at Ballard, likely seemed like a noble attempt to curb gun violence when it first came across JCPS's desk more than a year ago. However, Evolv has...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
