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  • Mar 22 / V. Girls SoccerGretna East High School - 7, Hastings - 0
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  • Mar 22 / V. BaseballGretna East High School - 5, Standing Bear - 0
  • Mar 21 / V. Boys SoccerGretna East High School - 4, Elkhorn - 0
  • Mar 21 / V. Girls SoccerGretna East High School - 4, Elkhorn - 0
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  • Mar 8 / V. Girls BasketballGretna East High School - 37, Skutt Catholic - 25
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Posing for their "senior photo", the Greasers and Pink Ladies drive their car, "Grease Lightning", onstage for bows.

Students embrace spirit of 1950s in production of ‘Grease’

Colton Knott, Feature Editor April 9, 2025

The theater was filled with the pride of Rydell High and rock and roll from the 1950s as audiences gathered for the choir department’s spring musical, Grease, on April 3-5. “Execution of the show...

Third annual Educational Excellence Award voting due Sunday

Third annual Educational Excellence Award voting due Sunday

Lexie Elliott, Reporter April 5, 2025

Time is running out for Gretna students, staff and community members to nominate a Gretna Public Schools (GPS) staff member who has made an impact on them or their children. The deadline to make a nomination...

The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is in sight for the Class of 2025.

Graduation, senior events set for early May as seniors approach final stretch

Colton Knott, Feature Editor April 2, 2025

The arrival of the fourth quarter means the beginning of the end for seniors who have been battling senioritis. However, the light at the end of the tunnel is starting to come in focus. In just five and...

Tenney advances to International DECA Competition after State success

Tenney advances to International DECA Competition after State success

Brayden Hansen, Managing Editor April 1, 2025

Having secured a fifth-place finish at the DECA State Career Development Conference in the category of Principles of Business Management and Administration, junior Garrett Tenney has qualified to compete...

The Out of the Darkness Walk will take place on the Creighton Campus this Friday, April 5.

Hope Squad joins AFSP for Out of the Darkness Walk this Saturday

Kaylin Hinerman, Reporter March 31, 2025

The Gretna East Hope Squad, along with others, will be joining the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to host an Out of the Darkness Walk to raise awareness about people in the community...

Post Prom rules, activities announced

Post Prom rules, activities announced

Madeline Petrick, Editor-in-chief March 26, 2025

After they take a trip to the Emerald City at Prom on April 12, juniors and seniors are invited to Gretna East for the Disney-themed Post Prom. From 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., Post Prom attendees will have the...

Doing a McGraw Hill assignment in Christina Modrell's first hour CP Algebra II class on Jan. 27, junior Sophia Cerrone writes the equation out on paper before entering her answer into the online practice tool.

New math curriculum expected district-wide at high school level next school year

Lexie Elliott, Reporter March 20, 2025

At the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, the Gretna Public Schools (GPS) district will implement a new math curriculum at the high school level. Students will switch from having a math curriculum...

Before the second half of the girls basketball State finals, Activities Director Ryan Garder talks to students at the front of the student section.

Griffins recognized for sportsmanship as policy debate continues

Colton Knott, Feature Editor March 14, 2025

The closure of winter sports marked a controversial season regarding student section expectations, but despite that, the Griffins were awarded the Currency Class B Sportsmanship Award, an award given to...

Because she knew she would be absent the next day, sophomore Alexis Gilliam meets with science teacher Jess Self during Centers on March 13, to take a chemistry test over stoichiometry that she would miss.

District officials share details on switch to 10-point grading scale

Aidan McClaren, Reporter March 13, 2025

Following concerns about Gretna Public Schools’s (GPS) current grading scale and research conducted by a committee of 30 educators and administrators, the GPS School Board voted 5-0 Monday night to switch...

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US Department of Education’s future uncertain

Easton Leahy, Reporter March 7, 2025

Yesterday, news feeds were filled with articles from organizations across the country discussing President Donald Trump’s impending executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (DoE)....

Hope Squad plans spirit week for mental health

Hope Squad plans spirit week for mental health

Brayden Hansen, Managing Editor March 7, 2025

Students at Gretna East might find a reason to smile next week as the Hope Squad launches the very first Hope Week. Similar to a traditional spirit week, each day will have an activity and theme to get...

Guardian Yearbook staff announces 2024-25 book theme

Guardian Yearbook staff announces 2024-25 book theme

Madeline Petrick, Editor-in-chief February 18, 2025

Two-hundred and four. That’s the number of pages in the 2024-25 Guardian yearbook which will be distributed in May; plus there will be a 32-page spring supplement that will come out this summer. Every...

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