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Today, the end of the quarter, was actually supposed to be next Thursday for the student body, but for the teachers it’s Friday. Some students will miss the classes they are in, for the last time, today. Recently Mark Mischke was asked why the end of the quarter ends today, he said “We would have had the quarter end next week, but that would have unbalanced the rest of the quarters, this quarter would have…

Kapayanpaan, Tsev Neeg, and Rauha are three words that have an unexplainable sense of comfort for students at Buffalo Community Middle School, they mean together, family, and peace. This year, Assistant Principle of BCMS Matt Lubben decided to team up with Diversity Coordinator Vicky Cary to form a Cultures United group. This group is open for anyone in the middle school of a different race or culture who are looking for a place to connect…

During the Spring of last school year, the G.R.A.D. (Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma) tests were taken by the Junior class. These tests are a portion of the M.C.A. (Minnesota Comprehension Assessment) tests, for which there are two categories, consisting of reading and math. Out of all the Juniors that took these tests 153 students ended up with unsuccessful scores. This created a problem for many of the students, seeing as though this meant there…

Very few people in our society achieve high levels of musical performance. Of the thousands of young people who begin to learn a musical instrument every year, most young people ditch instrumental study within a few years. Many people believe that that there is some inherited talent for music that sets a small number of people apart from birth, and destines them for musical excellence. According to this belief, the reason why the majority of people…

  Junior Kayla Elsenpeter is an active member of SCC.  Photo by Megan Downing The Student Care Committee is a small group of about 6 students who meet every Monday during AAA. This is a group that is always looking for new member who want to help out their school and fellow classmates. SCC is active throughout the entire school year and they are always trying to help someone in need. “I joined SCC my freshman…

Beginning next summer on June 1st a two month construction project on room A-118 will begin. Currently it is used as a science classroom, it will be remade for use by the special ed department. “Room A-118 has a lot of physical space,” said Principal Mark Miscke, “It is twice the size of a normal classroom, and was designed to be bigger when the school was being planned. This was to allow for alternative options…

Every year, you stock up on cough drops, cold medicine, tissues, and the increasingly popular hand sanitizer. “When winter comes, i always have a little travel size thing of tissues that i keep in by backpack with a couple cough drops if i need them,” Said Sophomore Rebekah Gjerstad. “I try to stay as healthy as i can so i don’t miss school.” According to the School Nurse Justine Stephens, about 70 students come to…

You could tell as soon as the doors were opened for students to enter the world language resource area, all the students were taken slightly aback. A few groans and comments were shuffled around the locker bay as students filed one by one to the tables covered in all kinds of cheese; their odors ranging from pungent to overwhelming. The flood of students seemed almost endless as they all made their way through the line. …

The newspaper website is being updated everyday by high school school students for the past two years. “The Hoofprint  has been running for three or four years,” said Hoofprint. net advisor Ryan McCallum. ” It’s been cool for the past two years. The first two years it was basically only a website I made. ” All the stories are written by high school students that writen by students. They take time to interview and research each story they write. “I feel…

DJ Hero was recently released on the 27th of October for the Xbox 360, PS3, and of course the Wii. This game has shown how far the video game industry can go, how hands on video games can be and how real it can make it feel. Guitar Hero kind of gave you the feeling of playing the guitar, moving your hand down the frets, but not the feeling of hitting one, or more, of…