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Senior Madison Meeker starts to wrap up her final weeks of high school and finds herself struggling to make a decision about what classes to take next quarter. Having a challenging college course for two of her blocks, she wanted to take classes that made it less stressful on her final weeks as a senior. Online classes are offered at Buffalo High School for students who have a schedule conflict or if a course they…
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Feed My Starving Children: a Christian non-profit organization that provides nutritionally complete meals, specifically formulated for malnourished children. March 20th, the girls track team decided to give back and head down to Chanhassen to pack these meals; they would be providing to children of Haiti. Leslie Solis a sophomore on the team tells about what it was like to participate in this activity and what sort of things they did. “So we got there…
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Saturday, January 25 was a huge night for the BHS music department. The BHS Singers, Treble Singers, Jazz I, and Chamber Strings I all shared the stage for the Night Out For Music, the music department’s biggest fundraiser of the year. This year’s theme was ‘A String of Pearls,’ and it went much better than expected. This year, the 35th annual jazz concert made over $9000, a new record for Night Out profit for a…
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With less than one month to go before prom, time is now to ask your dream date to accompany you to the big day. For some people the thought of asking someone to prom might sound scary, but with a few simple tips and ideas, the moment can become a whole lot easier. “Be yourself and if the girl truly likes you she will say yes,” junior Cassie Mallinger said. A lot of people find…
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Is Bison Time really necessary? Do students need the extra 20 minutes at the end of the day for extra activities when they could be doing something more productive? These are some of the questions being brought up in just the past year by fellow classmates and they do bring up some striking points. “Bison Time isn’t helpful because it limits students’ abilities to make effective and efficient use of their time,” stated an anonymous…
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RoboHerd. It’s a name many have heard, or maybe seen while walking down the tech ed hallway. But not many really know what it is. So what is the robotics team, and what does it do? In early March, the RoboHerd had their first and only competition, the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth. At competitions, the teams work to complete challenges outlined in the “game,” the list of challenges which is released at the beginning…
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Hundreds of students and teachers went to their locker bays on Friday, March 17th with $1 in their to hand to buy a donut for the “Donuts for Dustyn” fundraiser. Kwik Trip graciously donated 300 donuts for Students Stepping Up to sell and raise money for Officer Brusch and his family to help him in his battle with cancer. Many students and teachers gave generous donations towards the cause even if they didn’t buy a donut.…
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As Buffalo High School seniors begin to wrap up their final years as high schools, juniors take on the responsibility of becoming next year seniors. Being a senior has its advantages such as being able to sit front row at every sporting event, senior skip day, wearing black on class color day, and all the others. Although senior year is full of memories and great times with your friends, it’s also your last of everything.…
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Where has the Student Section Gone? School spirit has been around for a long time and has helped their schools sports teams bring more energy to the players with roaring chants and rowdy students. “They are supposed to fun and loud, but ours lack energy and enthusiasm that student sections should have,” said Junior Ryan Kluver. Recently the student sections at BHS sporting events have been flat. Not many people show up, and when they…
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Change has definitely occurred at Buffalo High School. Physically speaking, the high school moved buildings to the current one back in 1997. After that, in this “new” building, there has been even more change in education and personality. Teachers who have been here for those 20 years observe these changes firsthand. “The major change that I see is that we’ve become much more structured, much more clear about what our mission is and how we’re…
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