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With college scouts interested in her talent at a very young age, Kaia Caffee ‘24 has always been in the spotlight. Playing volleyball since age eight and getting her first recruiting email at 13, Caffee has been interested in playing college volleyball for a long time. Caffee, a 6 ‘4 middle hitter, always wanted to play varsity volleyball in high school, but after attending a certain college game, she was set on playing in college. …
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Bull riding has been an official sport since the 1870s. The sport is performed with one hand holding onto a rope, and the other in the air. You are not permitted to touch the bull or yourself, and must stay on the bull’s back for a minimum of 8 seconds. The score is split 50/50 between the bull and the rider, how well you keep control throughout the ride, and how hard the bull bucks.…
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Halloween is officially here, and the Hoofprint staff is excited to sample their favorite sweets! Use the hints to match our staff to their favorite candies. Staff to guess from: Amelia Butler, Lexi Zheng, Greta Winger, Sirena Rygiel, Emmerson Breyer 1.) This writer is starburst-ing with joy to be on the staff this year! Their favorite candy, starbursts are sweet just like them. This writer is a junior and is involved in yearbook as well…
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Winter 2016, Lucy Anderson ‘25 watches a violin soloist perform for her church’s Christmas Music Festival. “I remember looking at her and being like “Wow, that’s amazing. I want to be able to play that.” In her 6th grade year, Anderson joined the middle school orchestra — playing the violin. Now in her 5th year of playing, Anderson’s love of music is more prominent than ever. “I love how it enables us to express ourselves.…
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Teachers implemented major shifts in school-wide grading practices at the start of the 2022-23 school year. With the year’s first midterms and conferences taking place, students and staff are feeling the impacts of these universal new rules – for better or for worse. Among the policies announced at the start of the school year was that formative assessments could no longer be worth more than 30% of a student’s grade, while summative assessments were required…
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Alaina Lee 23′ makes school history after winning her one hundredth varsity tennis match. She is one of three people in Buffalo who reached one hundred wins. Her sister Anna Lee 22′ made it to one hundred wins her senior year as well. “[Getting one hundred wins] doesn’t feel real. It doesn’t seem like something that I did,” said Lee. Lee has been playing tennis since she was four years old. She made her Buffalo…
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Drum Major is the highest student-held position within the marching band, and the students who will hold the position during the summer of 2023 were revealed recently by Scott Rabehl to be Mason Baloun ‘23 and Oliver Holt ‘24. Both students expressed interest in the new roles and responsibilities that came with their positions, and particularly wanted to experience the band in a new way. “If there’s one thing that I’m excited about being drum…
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The class of 2023 selected Cinthia Cabellaro Rodriguez, Jordan Anderson, Lauren Miriovsky, Elsa Peterson, Victoria Viteri, Deysy Quiroz, Erica Kyllonen, Reagan Wurm, Danny Phillips, Caden Cox, Nate Dahl, Caleb Breuer, Brady Anderson, Matthew Scherber, Ovie Mayo, and Blake Russell for Homecoming court. The Hoofprint reached out to all nominated for comment and a photograph. Elsa Peterson Elsa Peterson 23’ is a year-round figure skater. “It has always been a dream to skate on Disney on…
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Mary Jane ‘23* sits in her bed punching her pillow because she can’t cry. She’s upset at herself. She’s upset with herself because she ate too much, or not enough, or both. It’s a pain that invades almost every aspect of her daily life and it started years ago. Jane’s eating disorder started when she was a child in youth gymnastics, when a coach told her to skip meals. Something that sounds so innocent to…
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Students at BHS are on two sides of the same coin in the topic of recycling. Some taking the extra time to better our earth by throwing their used plastic and aluminum in the recycling bin, and others who throw these items in the nearest trashcan with no wondering on where it will end up. Tammy Otten -being the face of recycling donations within our school- encourages the students in the building to change their…
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