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The crowd was on the edge of their seats after the candidates sat down, waiting for the results. The Homecoming Coronation was held in the PAC last night at 7:30 pm. After viewing the slideshows of the nominee’s favorite quotes, Wesley Wistrom and Kate Schmidt were named runner-ups as the song “Can’t Touch This”- causing the crowd to burst into laughter. Finally, the moment was here and it was time to announce King and Queen.…
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The senior class named their Homecoming court at an assembly in the PAC yesterday. The male candidates include Jacob Macheel, Mitchell Friesz, Lucas Lawrence, Theodore Salhus, Marcus Boeckers, Logan Vrieze, Wesley Wistrom and Kumail Akram. The female candidates consist Kate Schmidt, Arria Bell, Miley Farniok, Fayrouz Sonbol, Bailey Mishcke, Kaiya Johnson, Eden Johnson and Hannah Braun. The entire school will vote on these candidates and the results will be announced at Coronation on Monday, September…
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Junior Laryssa Laho’s journey into the German language and culture began when she was in fourth grade. “My sister started taking German six years ago,” Laho explained. “She would come home and say these little phrases that I started to pick up on. . . I wanted to learn more German, [because] I already liked it.” This made her decision on what language to pursue a simple one. Another easy decision for her to make…
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This Thursday the annual ceramics Art-For-All auction is happening, and this year is set to be one of the biggest auctions the Arts program has ever seen. With three different class periods of Ceramics II, there are a lot of contenders this year. In addition, every year the class partners with Discovery Elementary School, helping elementary students in the process of making their own bowls as well. While most of the time in class is…
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Nolan Woidyla ‘26 looked at the registration booklet for classes at BHS and saw nothing that aligned with his future plans in the medical field. At that moment, he decided to leave his friends and the atmosphere of BHS behind and go PSEO. Students at BHS sign up halfway through the year for their next year classes. For some upperclassmen, it’s a struggle finding the classes that they are interested in doing while also earning…
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“I got an offer to teach at Wayzata High School, and I took it.” Choir teacher Zach Carlson’s message to his Concert Choir class in the spring of 2023 was met with silent shock. Tears gripped the bottom eyelids of many students and began to fall down their faces. They have just learned that their favorite teacher, the reason they come to school, and to some, a father-like figure, will not be returning to school…
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“What is the most communist thing we make you do at school?” The teacher asks the class. No one answers. After a moment’s pause, the teacher answers, “group projects.” This comparison between the dynamics of group projects and the principles of communism provides an insight into the parallels between classroom activities and economic ideologies. In a survey conducted of BHS students, 51.4% of students said that, in a group project, everyone gets an equal share…
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First year Choir Teacher, Isaac Fraundienst sits with his Varsity choir laughing about the daily side convos that catch him off track in between learning music. Fraudienst, better known to his choir students as FD, accompanied by his silly socks, big energy, and sarcastic humor, was the new choir teacher here at BHS. His first year involved directing the Musical, multiple choirs, Unified music, Co-Directing a band class, extracurricular music groups, and coaching track. It…
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During a unit about cells and DNA, Greg Hygrell keeps his class occupied with information about how lactose intolerance comes from your body not producing enough lactase. The discussion slowly progresses until the entire class is talking about the study of farts. Hygrell is a Biology/Science teacher at BHS who loves finding ways to keep his class involved in science while also being interesting. Students love the tangents alongside their curriculum lessons, but the days…
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Cristian Lagunas ‘24 has quickly become many classmates’ go-to barber. Lagunas started cutting hair very recently because a friend urged him to. “I started cutting hair around February of 2023 because I got dared to cut my friend’s hair,” Lagunas said. “I was like, ‘Yo, I’m low key not that bad at it.’” Shortly after Lagunas started cutting hair, his close friend Guillermo Vargas agreed to let him practice on him. “Cristian tried to do…
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