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This Saturday, December 12th, 2009, is the ACT test at Buffalo High School. There are five parts to the ACT Test. Depending on the college requirements, students can choose to take the writing section. Here are the top ten test-taking tips from Family Education. “It’s a timed test so I would encourage people to look at practice books so that they know what to expect,” said Senior Kayle Hemze. 1. Be Equipped: On the night before…

Buffalo Bisons Girls Nordic Ski Team starts off there first race today, December 8th. The race is being held at St.Cloud Riverside course at 3:20. Two weeks earlier the team stared there practices, being that there is now snow yet the team has not yet had a chance to put there skis on. Practicing from 2:30-5:oo everyday Monday through Friday this team has had its ways of preparing off the snow. With Nordic Skiing almost…

The Gymnastics team started off their season last Friday with a season opener at home against  the St.Francis Saints. With four people from the varsity roster all not competing due to injuries, the Bison had to pull up some JV gymnasts in order to compete at their highest level. The Bison stuck it out and competed really well but ended up falling short to the Saints by 4 points. But with the Bison competing against…

There are two activities here at Buffalo High School that are very similar; BPA and DECA.  Often times people get confused about the differences between the two because both are related to business. It’s true that the two groups work often work together, but they are still separate. DECA is not an acronym for anything, just a word defined as “An Association of Marketing Students”. Before 1990, it stood for the Distributive Education Clubs of…

An apartment in the cities. Paying rent. Catching the public bus every morning to go to the U of M. Sounds pretty basic for a 20 something college student; making it on their own for the first time after climbing the social hierarchy for 4 years in high school, but Senior Ashley Thaemert stopped going to the high school at the end of the 08-09 school year, when her graduating year isn’t until the end of…

The Buffalo Bison Gymnastics Team started practicing on Monday of November 16th since then the girls have participated in one fundraising activity. Taking place at the Cub Foods grocerie store this group of girls spent a 12 hour shift, from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. bagging groceries on November 23rd. The girls raised around $1600. The money will go towards new warm-ups and loetards. “Its going to be really exciting to see what the our…

On Monday, November 23, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) gathered at Junior Nina Downer’s house for worship. This was the fifth meeting of the year. FCA students meet every other Monday at various places. Math Teacher’s Joel Peterson and Stacie Eggers are the leaders of this group of students. This past Monday the head leader of FCA Jake Venada came to speak to the group of students. A lesson relating to your relationship with Christ…

The basketball season has begun at Buffalo High School. The season runs from November to March, depending on how well the team does. You must win the section games before you can advance to state. There are four different teams- The ninth and tenth grade teams, as well as the JV and Varsity. The ninth graders tried out November 16th through the 18th after school from 2:40 to 4:40. The tenth through twelfth graders tried…

Over 2oo years ago President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November as a national day for Thanksgiving.  Now ninety five  percent of students at Buffalo High School (BHS) are celebrated Thanksgiving this year. “I love getting togehter with my family [ . . . ] eating lots of food, and spending time together,” said Junior Lauren Wilson. Food is a major part of celebrating Thanksgiving. Now people eat the normal turkey, potatoes, corn,…

On October 16th the Bison kicked off the beginning of the sports winter season.  Boys and Girls Basketball, Boy and Girls Hockey, Boys and Girls Nordic Skiing. Girls Basketball has their first game on December 3rd away against Elk River , and the boys will open their season game on December 4th away against Osseo. Nordic Skiing will start off  racing at St. Cloud Tech.  Girls Hockey started off with a first game against North…