Activities

Match Maker took place in the cafeteria. This occurred from December 20 (Thursday) until December 21 (Friday). It is a Valentine’s Day activity where students fill out a form that lists a series of questions. After the questions are looked over, they evaluate whose answers are the most similar. In the end, you get paired with the person that shares the same interests as you. Results are based on compatibility. “A total of 1,200 forms…

40 of Buffalo High school’s FFA members along with new Agriculture Teacher Jim Kocherer will be attending a Rodeo on the fourth of February at the Xcel Energy Center. “Were going there to have fun,” Kocherer said. Mr. Kocherer, along with 60-75 FFA members, do a number of different activities that  involve agriculture, aka. animals whether it be judging, showing, competitions, crops, fundraising a wide variety of a lot of different things that are fun…

The Arts Magnet committee is putting on an Open Mic Night next Thursday (January 20, 2011) from 2:30pm- 4:30pm in the Black Box (Room A218). No admission fee, no sign up sheets, no audtions, and everyone is invited, to watch and/or preform. Anyone can have the floor; musicians, poets, dancers, DJ’s, actors, storytellers and anything in the middle. “It’s a chance for all preformers to come together, preform and have fun!” says Reese Beggs, President…

Students Stepping Up will be putting together a school wide Clue game for the second year at Buffalo High School. Students can anticipate taking part in this “kidnapping” mystery starting January 31. The game begins with one of the principals getting “kidnapped” by one of the faculty members and it is up to the students to figure out who did it by using the daily clues given each morning over the announcements. Students will have…

The 33 members of Buffalo’s winter Drumline practiced eight hours a day, four days straight over winter break to get ready for their season. The Herd Drumline is instructed by TJ Larum and includes 30 high school students and 3 eighth graders. The camp was held at the BAC at Buffalo High School over winter break. The team got just a one hour break for eating each day. The Herd Drumline has seven total shows…

Throughout the period of each CIS (College In School) class, one day is set aside for students to visit the campus of whatever college may accept the credits they earn just by passing the course. Field Days are put together for the purpose of  getting a better understanding of what it might be like for a student attending a university and taking the same classes, along with being introduced to some of the professors that…

We’ve all been part of a group before, whether it’s a group of friends or an extracurricular activity, but just how often does that group feel more like a family than anything else? To some, Marching band is a minute part of our school, but to others, such as Senior Sami Manick, Marching Band is a culture and a family. “I have been in marching band since the summer after eighth grade.  I have a…

While many students will spend Saturday sleeping in or groggily completing the ACT test, some will run last-minute errands to pick up travel toothpaste and check their suitcase one last time.    15 students and two advisers are traveling to Germany as a part of the German-American Partnership Program.  Their flight leaves at 7:20 in the evening and they’ll arrive in Frankfurt at 12:20 p.m. “It’s going to be crazy,” said Senior Emily Anderson. “For one…

This documentary was filmed, edited, narrated and produced by Joel Morehouse. It focuses on the First Worknight and then the distribution of the Yearbook.

“…Kevin had been reading AP study guides in his room. In the end, he passed  the exams in all three AP courses he had taken. He also passed the exams from 10 AP courses he had not taken. With the addition of a couple of community college classes, he entered UC San Diego as a junior, bypassing the grade requirements for admission.” This is the story of a independent learner named Kevin from an excerpt…