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On Monday, October 19th, the Buffalo High School Concert Band performed at 7:00 p.m. They performed three songs. The names of these songs are “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Buffalo Dances,” “Gallito,” “Air For Band,” and the “Chorale and Shaker Dance.” As the curtains parted and the lights dimmed around in the audience, the lights diffused onto the stage. As the band commenced onto the stage and into their places, Mr. Rabehl orchestrated a magnificent performance.…

The Tatanka Yearbook and Hoofprint.net were awarded All-State Gold honors and The Hoofprint took All-State Silver at the Minnesota High School Press Association (MHSPA) Convention held at the University of Minnesota on October 20. All school publications are invited to participate in the competition. Of the 30 categories, Buffalo was mentioned 15 times.  The 2009 Tatanka yearbook, Origin, received 8 awards out of the 9 categories. The Hoofprint received 7 awards out of 12 newspaper categories. The Hoofprint.net…

Three fire departments and many citizens responded to a reported fire near Bice Ave Nw Buffalo, MN around nine. So far it is uncertain if any individuals were in the building or as to what caused the fire. Police responded quickly, as well as many fire departments. The building appears to have been doused and the fire contained.

On Wednesday, October 14th, while the students of BHS were on MEA break, all 350 teachers attended lessons to learn about technology. Not only did teachers teach teachers, but some of our fellow classmates gathered to teach our staff also. A speech by Spanish Teacher Daryl Boeckers started off the day. Teachers had the option of taking two, two hours classes or four, one hour classes. The teachers that taught the teachers gathered in sessions…

The PSAT, practice scholastic achievement test, is give twice a year on a Wednesday and Saturday only. It is given for juniors and under and prepares you for the SAT, which can be taken by juniors and seniors. The test takes a total of about 2 hours and 45 minutes and costs only $15. The PSAT is scored like the ACT, where all the questions are weighted, given a certain amount of points. You can…

A healthy human ear can potentially hear 15 Hz-20,000 Hz. With age that range decreases, but only slightly. Now that it is possible to listen to music anywhere that decrease is seen much faster and sooner than normal. With people listening to audio devices as loud as 130 db , there is great loss of hearing quality. With new preemptive measures to help hearing loss to a minimum, new ideas are being made. “Our headphones project the audio to…

Google has offered the “Google Docs Suite” for over 2 years now. It is becoming more present our school this year, the option to host documents and work on them from anywhere you have internet is not only convenient, but is saving some money for some. “Having the option of working online  made it so i don’t have to buy any software to do school assignments”  Said Junior Kevin Bednarek With the ability to create documents, spreadsheets and…

The Buffalo Bison Girls Varsity  Soccer team will be taking on the St.Cloud Tech Tigers on Saturday October 17th at 1:00pm at the Buffalo Middle School Stadium. Being ranked forth in the sections and St. Cloud being ranked fifth in sections the Bison face a challenge no matter what for St. Cloud Tech never being played in sections before in recent years. This being the Bisons first section game this year and making it to…

Thursday, October 15th was a moving day for 20 Buffalo High School students and staff, who volunteered their time to make meals for children across the world that suffer from malnutrition and starvation. Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a  Nonprofit Christian Hunger Relief Organization founded in 1987 with four different locations across the midwest; Coon Rapids, Eagan, Chanhassen, MN and Aurora, IL. FMSC distributes food to over 60 countries world wide; like Haiti, who has an  80 percent poverty rate, and Uganda,…

Google is no longer just used in our school as a search engine. Google offers different applications such as, Google Docs and Google Sites. Teachers around our school are using Google applications to get students more connected with each other and to try someting new. Mr. Robinson, Ms. Tamty, Mr. Cox, Ms. Hagstrom, and Mr. Squadroni are a few teachers trying this out. “Google applications make teacher’s jobs some what easier, much easier to collaberate,…