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Thursday May 30th at 6:30 pm, family, friends, and others gather outside the PAC and admire the work of this quarters Ceramics 2 classes. This year the goal was to raise $1,000.00 for VSA, and we broke that record! Over $1,000 was raised and benefited VSA that night. VSA Minnesota, founded in 1986, is an affiliate of VSA in Washington D.C. which was founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith. VSA Minnesota is a non-profit agency…
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Last Friday, it was Student Appreciation day. The students of BHS were rewarded with extended lunch periods, free ice cream and they received their 2013 Yearbooks. Many of the students enjoyed the book and their time they got to spend signing them with friends. The reactions were both positive and negative. Here are some of the students reactions: “I liked it. I thought it was really nicely put together,” said Senior Chris Peterson. “It was…
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“I wanted the full High School experience. I wanted to be able to participate in Homecoming week and I wanted the opportunity to take classes as an upperclassman with certain teachers. I wouldn’t have been able to do any of that if I had gone Post Secondary,” said Senior Erika Voeller Every year, High School Students have to decide whether they want to take all their classes in a classroom or to do them online.…
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Lining up along the entryway of the front parking lot, seniors from all different groups of friends came together to show their love and appreciation for the Buffalo High School staff. Making sure to be there for the earliest staff arrivals, students rallied together at around 5:30 that morning to cheer on the teachers as they drove in. “I knew the whole senior class loves the staff here,” said Senior Emily Devore. “We have a…
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The Bison Boys Track and Field team won the Mississippi 8 conference title for the 10th consecutive year. “This was our 10th year in a row. In all of our events we’ve had guys place top three. There were a lot of contributors: Josh Alden, Michael Swearingen, Tyler Olson, Dan Pettit, Joey Merz, Andrew Mussell, Mitch Valli, and Eddie Cliffton,” said Senior Austin Youngs. “We always have really good athletes and send people to state.…
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During the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring 264. The news showed many families who were devastated and worried for their relatives who were running in the marathon. Senior Michael Raitor was one of the many who had that feeling. Both his parents were in Boston at the time of the bombing. His father, John Raitor, was running the marathon, while his mother, Carleen Raitor,…
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Last Wednesday, May 22nd, Seniors that go to various churches in Buffalo were invited to attend a final send off in the form of a group worship. Baccaleureate was attended by dozens of students, parents, grandparents and pastors from each church participating from Buffalo. The Baccaleureate was unique because the entire worship service was student ran. Senior Markus Lee delivered a sermon after Senior Andrew Mussell spoke the gospel. Baccaleureate was a different experience for each person in attendence.…
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The new kids on the first day of school are walking in the doors and coming into a new big building where they’re going to come to school for the next four years. They’re the newbies of the place and who knows what is going to happen to them in this new year being a freshman? Who will they become, who will they associate themselves with? How will they and others…
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Senior softball player Emily Varner started playing softball at the young age of five, when she signed up for her first t-ball team. All of her experience from a young age has paid off as she is now a senior captain of the varsity softball team. She is a lefty who plays first base and the outfield, and also has some power from behind the plate. This season has been vastly different from other years due to…
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