Activities
Deeper coverage of official and unofficial clubs and activities at Buffalo High School.
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The award-winning Herd Marching Band is a prestigious herald of our school, traveling to parades across the state and country every summer and playing at numerous athletic events. The marching band is composed of a Color Guard, a drumline, and horns. Last year, with Mr. Scott Rabehl retiring, they fell under the new leadership of Mr. Shannon Curtis and Mr. Brian Vieth, bringing new life to the long-reigning Herd. Many returning students have expressed excitement…
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At Buffalo High School, new clubs develop every day. Whether that’s Courageous Conversations, International Club, or even the Pickleball club, students find ways to involve themselves in the community in ways they find are important. One of the most recently established clubs at BHS is the Black Student Union, where students come together to meet new people, celebrate culture, and create a supportive environment. This student-run organization was sparked by a need seen by students…
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On the weekend of April 16-18, Buffalo High School’s Performing Arts Center lit up to debut the theater department’s spring play, The Skin of Our Teeth. While the show might display a series of disasters, the production was not anything of the sort. This culminated in a truly unique and unconventional performance that stands out for its nontraditional style. Through the combined efforts of the cast, crew, and tech department, The Skin of Our Teeth…
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Buffalo High School is committed to helping its students become the best they can be. This includes providing them with opportunities to serve their community, something that National Honor Society (NHS) and Tri-M do wonderfully. NHS focuses on supporting the Buffalo community around us, contrary to Tri-M, which focuses on supporting the music community of BHM schools. This year has been eventful for both of the service-oriented organizations at Buffalo High School. To name a…
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On April 10, 2026, Buffalo High School hosted its first-ever Unified Symposium, which invited nearly forty representatives from schools across the state to learn about the systems Buffalo High School has in place to embed and grow its exceptional Unified curriculum into daily life. The goal would then be for educators and administrators who attended the Unified Symposium to bring this knowledge back to their schools and implement it into their own systems. Through nearly…
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Being a leader is one of the core four B1 Bison values, but how many students are really taking action and meeting student expectations? Looking at a variety of non-sport activities at Buffalo High School, 81.2% of activity leaders are female, and 18.8% are male. Why are there more women than men in leadership positions in our school? Females dominating the leadership positions in high schools is a nationwide trend. According to research highlighted by…
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There’s an urban legend among Mock Trial students that Buffalo v. Buffalo always happens in the fifth round of trial, the round that decides who is going to state. One year, it was round five Buffalo V1, mostly seniors facing off against Buffalo V2, mostly underclassmen. They rode the bus to the courthouse together, and they faced off in a battle of characters and wits, and the winner was… V2. There was silence and tears…
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The illumination from a single, blue-tinted spotlight and the quiet rustle of a crowd awaiting their chance to applaud is how the Buffalo High School One Act concluded their performance at the 5AA Section competition earlier today. This performance earned them First Place at Sections and will advance them to the MSHSL State One Act Festival for the first time since 2023. The State Festival will be held on Thursday, February 5 & 6, at…
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Tonight, the ninth and tenth grade production of High School Musical Jr. soared through their first performance. The ninth and tenth grade musical is a new opportunity this year, meant to give underclassmen more opportunities to participate in theater with less pressure. Unlike most other BHS productions, the show made its debut in the Discovery Elementary Auditorium instead of the BHS Performing Arts Center, because it is run through Community Education. It was directed by…
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As opening night quickly approaches, the cast and crew of BHS’s fall musical, Hadestown: Teen Edition, are prepared to bring a story of love, loss, and perseverance to life. Set in the Depression Era, the re-imagined post-apocalyptic world of Hadestown presents its characters with many psychological and physical challenges. These powerful, emotionally demanding scenes require a great deal of intense focus, endurance, and a large time commitment from the actors and technicians. As preparation continued…