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Students at Buffalo High School are participating in a fundraiser for the Saint Jude Children’s Hospital. This fundraiser is used to support the children of St. Jude’s, and also promote the hospital. Students who raise $250 or higher will be able to attend a Gala in Minneapolis. “The St. Jude’s Gala is an event in Minneapolis for St. Jude’s patients and non-patients who received an invitation to go because of their fundraising,” Emma Latcham-Reiter said.…
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Americans spend most of their waking hours looking at a screen. Adults spend an average of 11 hours a day on some type of social media, that’s almost half the day! Social Media sites are taking over our lives. Two of the most popular sites/apps are Instagram and Twitter. Both are sites where you can post pictures, videos, and just your overall thoughts. Instagram is strictly pictures and videos, and Twitter is all the above.…
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Sophomore Ryleigh Stenson is one of the only people at Buffalo High School who participates in barefoot water skiing. She is currently on team USA through World Barefoot Center located in Florida. Her hard work and dedication has led her to be ranked number five in the world for junior skiers. Ryleigh Stenson started skiing when she was four years old. She grew up skiing because her father did it in his life. He was…
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Physical Education Teacher Jennifer Heebink is making a stand. She has engaged the students of BHS on a quest to end the use of the “R word”. Starting earlier last week, BHS got around 300 signatures from both students and staff to support this stand. “I think when we start having our students being more aware of the words that they use every day in their vocabulary I think its really really powerful coming from…
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The Lineup for R.A.V.E. Week On Monday Mrs. Schramm’s class mixed up their usual spots and did ice breakers with their new table partners. On Tuesday students and staff wore names tags as an easy way to say “hi” to someone they didn’t know. On Wednesday students were welcomed and acknowledged for who they are. Thursday during Bison Time students wrote thank you notes to a person of their choice. Mr. Mischke fired up students…
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The BHM Staff WiFi network was taken down recently in order to upgrade and secure the district’s system. This change came because students within the district, who were never meant to join this WiFi, were using the network in significant numbers and their connections caused the network to slow down while bringing up security problems. Students were able to connect to the network after obtaining the password from friends, but after the removal of BHM…
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With five snow days under Buffalo High Schools’ belt, everyone is asking about what will happen next. Rockford has already taken away Presidents Day, and is making their kids go to school that day. St. Michael-Albertville has extended their school year. Minnesota state law says that each school district must have at least 170 open school days. Buffalo School District has scheduled 174 open school days in the 18-19 school year calendar. “Our next steps…
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During the last week of school, students and staff will be able to check out up to seven books at a time for the summer. The books can be returned to the front office book drop throughout the summer. Students can just turn in the books when school starts next year. This summer checkout is an experiment that Buffalo has never done before, so it will be changing over the coming years. “In the future, we…
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The last Friday before Summer Break was Student Appreciation Day. Along with that, students received their yearbooks. The yearbook team has been working hard all year to get this award-winning book together. “We’ve been doing stuff for [the yearbook] for a long time,” said Junior Hanna Van Den Einde, “so it’s kind of surreal having the book here.” Because she is a junior, Van Den Einde said that the day wasn’t as sad for her…
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Buffalo High School has recently implemented a front and rear entry monitor system into the school. This system locks all doors during the school day, allowing more control of who enters the building. In order to enter the school between 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., visitors must press a buzzer that links to the front desk. A greeter at the front desk asks a few questions of each guest then buzzes them in. Assistant Principal…
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