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Over the winter two new major additions to the school took shape. These additions, a new gymnastics gym and a dance room/staging area, were made possible by the bond that was passed in 2014. Both projects should be completed by graduation, but with the nice weather that we have had they are estimated to be done by mid May. The addition that is being added to the main gym is for a permanent space for…
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Although we typically blame Winter for sending an annual flu bug throughout school, it’s been said frequently that in the past couple of weeks, we were experiencing a larger amount of absences this Winter due to influenza. When discussing this issue with one of our school nurses, Karen Schultz, she informed us that this isn’t just a perception of teachers with more absent students, it’s a realistic observation. Mrs. Schultz says, “If a student calls…
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Katie Gohl, was named assistant principal this past August at Buffalo High School after the position opened up. She previously worked at Buffalo Middle School for 11 years as a reading teacher and technology integration specialist before she got the email in June informing her about the assistant principal job opening at the high school. Gohl recently completed her first semester as the new assistant principal and look time to share about how it went.…
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We are halfway through the year and we are starting to see the results of the later start times. Although teachers believed the new start time would reduce tardies in the morning, there are still around 100 students showing up to class after school has started each day, and according to the Buffalo leadership team there hasn’t been a change in attendance so far compared to years past. The district has teamed up with the…
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Marley Sanderson Location? New York With Who? Mom, Uncle, and Grammy How long? 5 days “We plan to see a Broadway show, visit Central Park, and do other touristy things.” Carter Patnode Location? Playa Del Carmen, Mexico With Who? Andrew Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Dylan Rohlin, Noah Buystedt How Long? 8 days “I want to go out and get a sweet tattoo while I’m in Playa.” Allie Merz Location? Nuevo Vallarta, México With Who? Her family,…
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At Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Emma Staut, Rachel Huss, and Declan Thompson listened as hard as they could to many pieces of classical music they were given in order to tie with two other teams for eighth place at the state competition for the Music Listening Contest on February 3rd. They scored a total of 79 out of 100 throughout the 5 rounds they competed in, not far behind the winning team. Before…
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We’ve all heard the joke that The Rock started out as just a pebble and is coated in hundreds of pounds of spray paint that have transformed it into the giant 9-ton boulder that it is today. But how thick is the paint really? Since 1984, The Rock has been a storied tradition students use to mark accomplishments, memorialize teachers and peers, and celebrate victories. The Rock is covered in over 35 years of spray…
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It’s almost the end of the 2015-16 school year for the entire BHM school district and, it’s the last days of high school for all of the seniors here at BHS. As it gets closer and closer to June 9th there are more finals and big assignments due, preoccupying most of the students and teachers time while they anxiously await the last bell. We took to the halls to ask students what their plans are…
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Many students can’t control the impulse to use their phones in class, so they find the most ridiculous ways of hiding them and using them to not get caught. Most students are aware of the average forms of hiding, under the table to restrict sight, next to a book so they can appear to be reading, using it between their legs so they can sit on it when a teacher walks by. This is one…
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It’s no secret that taking an AP class AND getting credit requires you to take a half day long test. The alternative requires you to go through a CIS class with your end grade in that class being the future grade in the college class. Calculus teacher Carlton Urdahl says that “the AP test forces you to remember the source materiel for a long time which may help to remember it”. He also said that he would…
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