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Buffalo Arts Magnet students led by Arts Magnet coordinater Sheri Tamte will be a part of the yearly Renaissance Festival between the weekends of August 22-October 4. Students will sell the artwork through the magnet progam while getting their artwork out to see and to make some profit, as well as promoting the Arts Magnet program throughout Buffalo High School. “I think it’s a great idea, the kids can get some well earned cash and…

Last Thursday on May 27th BHS entire Arts and Music department gathered together for the final art show of the year. Appropriately named the Arts Finale, the show included a walk-around gallery of all works of art created by BHS art students who were enrolled in Art I, Drawing I and II, Painting I and II, Jewelry, and Ceramics I, II, and III all submitted artwork to represent themselves and their classes to the rest of the community.…

On May 8th, a group of selected Buffalo Art students boarded buses headed to Rogers highschool to participate in a district wide Visual Arts Competition. Over the course of the year, the students have been instructed in the various forms of art, and have been encouraged to practice their growing skills by taking extra art classes such as Drawing, Painting, Jewelry, or Ceramics. These students have worked hard, perfecting their craft and experimenting with different…

Last week of school every year giant garbage containers are  rolled and passed around locker to locker. There are anywhere from two to four depending on the locker bay and the grade. Each locker bay has a paper only container for all the environmental friendly students. Some students have been cleaning their locker out for the last month, which all in  all has helped them out pretty well. No mess to dig through and trying…

Buffalo days is almost in full stride as school is coming to and end. Buffalo days is a time for everyone in the Buffalo community to enjoy a week full of different events. Starting Sunday June 7th will be the kick of of Buffalo Days with the Fly In Car show at the civic center. Along with the Car show in the morning at 10:00 a.m. the Triathalon will also take place on sunday. To…

As another yearbook distribution day has come and gone, the yearbook staff received nothing but positive feed back from students, and staff on the 2008-2009 yearbook.  “This was the best yearbook that we’ve had in out four years.”  stated senior Jaycie Allison.  “They focused the book around the seniors and the things that we would want to remember.  I as a senior felt special.” With special senior highlights through out the book, seniors were recognized for…

April 28th’s game at St. Michael’s home field, compared to our blow out game last week on our own turf, was a huge step up. A few weeks ago, the Buffalo Bison played a brutal game vs. St. Michael with a total of 8 errors and lost to the Knights 16 to 1. A game vs. the STMA Knights was the kind of game that made you sit on the edge of your seat the entire time. The Bison made a huge leap and went into…

On Sunday, May 31st 2009, the Buffalo FFA Chapter held it’s first horse show. The show was a qualifying WSCA Game Show, meaning that the top two placing horse/rider combination are eligible for the annual Champ show, held September 24-28th. The judge was Vee Ann Wood, who provided helpful insight to the younger riders, as well as keeping the classes moving thruought the day. The Buffalo FFA Horse Team was behind organizing the show, along…

Throughout the 2009 summer students will be busy with many different types of school related activities. Along with no summer school this year teachers, and staff will also be occupied with different things. Marching band has already started practicing for their first parade which happens to fall on June 13 during Buffalo Days. During their practices which usually run from 6-9 p.m. they work on what music they will be preforming during each parade, along with…

This weekend the girls’ lacrosse team will be heading to the state tournament.  The tournament will be held at Mound Westonka High School at Haddorf Field.  Their first game is on Friday, May 29th at 8 p.m. Buffalo’s first team to play is St. Paul.  If Buffalo wins that game, they will play Saturday at 7 p.m.  either against Becker, Farmington or Duluth.   Anyone is welcome to come, children will be four dollars and adults…