Activities

Keith Williams came to Buffalo High School Friday as a guest artist for Jon Holtz’s Ceramics classes. Holtz has known Williams for about 13 years. “My dad used to teach at the same university as him and introduced us,” said Holtz Keith is a ceramics teacher at Concordia University in St. Paul. He has been making pottery since 1973. Most of his art work is displayed and created for art galleries. While Williams was at Buffalo,…

Tomorrow, Thursday March 10, at 7:30, all choirs will be performing their “World Music” Choral Concert in the Performing Arts Center. All together there are 6 choirs. Three large groups, and three smaller groups; treble singers, varsity singers, and BHS singers.  At 7:30 choir students will be ready to sing. Freshman choirs will be singing 4 songs, Varisty Choir will be singing four songs, one piece is in Sweden, and concert choir will be singing 4…

The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team clinched their sixth consecutive Mississippi 8 Conference championship Tuesday following a 50-point win at Rogers High School. “I try not to get excited after a win,” said senior Nate Spanier. “But knowing we’ve just won the conference six years in a row makes it hard not to be.” The scores of the two meets at Rogers were combined as Buffalo outscored 2nd place Rogers 210-160. “The first thing I did…

Last Friday, February 25, Buffalo High School’s student council went to their Spring Eastern Minnesota Association of Student Councils convention, also known as EMASC. Where Junior Brianna Maas took home the title of EMASC Executive Council President. Once in Chisago, all attending student council members participated in a personality analysis activity where they were given a test to split them into four groups based on personality types. Blues were the more sensitive students, Orange being…

Community Education is hosting the third annual Promtique dress sale next Saturday, March 12, from 9a.m. to 1p.m at the Discovery Center in Buffalo. Promtique offers students gently used dresses for a cheaper price than the typical brand new dresses. A typical dress costs around $150-$500. On an internet website, they cost anywhere from around $100-$400.  While Promtique gives you the opportunity to find a dress that fits you, your personality, and style for less than…

The Buffalo Bison Mock Trial team, consisting of nine members, went to Sartell  last Thursday, February 24th and came home as conference champions. The team breezed past Sartell, Elk river,  and Annandale by a large margin. They will be heading to Duluths court room on Tuesday and Wednesday, March second and third to compete in the state tournament. “Our exceptions for state is high,” said senior Colm Macnab. “It really depends on what team we get paired up against when we get there. ”…

Buffalo High School’s concert choir received an honor to perform at MMEA in Minneapolis  February 17th at the Convention Center. The bus ride to the Convention Center was quiet. No singing on the way there, talking, but not loud, basically, your typical inside voice. “Mr Walsh didn’t want us to ruin our voices,” said Junior Ellen Stetter. “He came on the bus and even told us ‘No singing, save your voices,’ and many people listened to that. We wanted…

A child somewhere in the world dies every 10 seconds from hunger-related causes, which is 8,000 children a day.  What is being done to help? Kids all around the United States, including a group of Buffalo High School students, did not eating for 30 hours on February 25 in order to learn about hunger and do something about it.  They took on the challenge to create awareness and raise funds for children do not have…

The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team won their eighth meet of the year Saturday morning at Rogers High School. However this win was overshadowed by the presence of Minnesota Twins announcer, Dick Bremer. “I was so happy getting [the opportunity] to meet Dick Bremer,” said senior Matt Feinberg. “He’s my favorite announcer, and I consider him a hero.”Bremer acted as special guest reader for the meet. His booming voice and sense of humor made it a…

Mrs. Rodenwald, teacher at here at BHS, is February’s feature teacher. She has been teaching for nine years. She was born in Fridley, Mn but attended Prior Lake High School. Her college degree is a BA in Biology/Ed MS in Chemistry. She is married to Todd Rodenwald and has three children: Danielle, 6, Annie, 4 1/2, and Brandon, 2 1/2. In her free time she enjoys reading, activities and athletic events, and playing with her…