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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…

For the past couple of months, Asylum Entertainment has been filming four Buffalo High School girls almost everywhere they go for a reality TV series that will be airing on Lifetime Network on March 15 at 10 p.m. Buffalo High School Seniors Calli, Kendra, Megan and Sarah Durst are identical quadruplets, one of only 63 sets of quadruplets in the world. They are the subject of the show Four of a Kind. The odds of identical quadruplets…

At the end of the freshmen hallway yo will find a place that goes by the name, “Resource Room.” It was new to the school last year, and isn’t well known quite yet. “We can get 0 students, which we started out with in the beginning,” explains leader Carol Theis,”Now we typically get 3 to 4 per block, maybe more. It is open during class and AAA’s. “What it is, is teachers send students to…

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. ”…

Brenda Davis, Program Coordinator for Native American Learning at the Anoka Hennepin school district, along with her husband, Michael Davis, came to Social Studies Teacher Todd Manninen’s class to inform students about  the horrors of  Indian Boarding schools and what she personally experienced.  She spent nine years at a boarding school. Manninen had a guest speaker in his class for the second week in a row. He is trying to bring in speakers so that students…

Buffalo High School’s National Honor Society makes a huge impact on  the community.  This spring, they are taking a huge step.  NHS  students are helping sandbag local areas to help prevent flooding in  the community. With this winter’s snowfall, predictions show that we can expect  higher levels of flooding than we have had the past few years.  NHS  students will be traveling to Stearns and Benton County to help  homeowners and businesses prevent flooding and…

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…

Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and more than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. Many students get excited and nervous as the BHS Blood Drive gets closer on March 4. Participants both new and old must meet all health requirments when they arrive to the gym. Requirements such as having good hemoglobin and iron levels. This coming week students can get prepared by including more high-iron foods such as red meats, spinach, beans, and…