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A freshman walked into the bathroom on her first day at BHS and came face to face with four girls huddling in a group with smoke coming out of their faces. That was her first impression of a BHS bathroom. Chyanne MacKenzie ‘25 avoids the girls restroom during five-minute passing time because vapers overrun the bathroom. MacKenzie has to hold off on personal things so these girls can finish hitting their vapes. “I am never…
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On Wednesday, January 24th Culver’s hosted a fundraiser for freshman Natalie Labelle, who has been approved by Mayo Clinic to receive a new heart. Natalie has Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HCOM) and has had four open heart surgeries for valve replacements in her lifetime. Wednesday, friends and community members piled into Culver’s to show their support for her and her family. The fundraiser went from 4 to 7 PM, and even as the crowd died down…
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“They saw my car fly into the air and land,” Kate Hendel ‘24 says as she recounts her experiences from her first car crash. Hendel isn’t alone: 77% of drivers will get into at least one crash in their lifetime, according to a report by Esurance. Librarian and previous bus driver Tammy Otten was on her usual bus route one winter morning, picking up students who were waiting to go to school, when she found…
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Advisory. The “class” that all students at Buffalo High School dread. Advisory, called ‘PRIME TIME’ in middle school, is intended to bring students together through building connections and stronger, healthier relationships with their peers. At the start of your high school journey you get assigned an Advisory, with the same teacher/advisor and peers for all four years of high school. As an incoming 9th grader you imagine Advisory being a “safe space” or “another home,”…
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On Monday evening, parents of BHS students received an email from the school stating that BHS’s doors would no longer open before 8 AM. This has led to many students freezing outside the building waiting for a way in and many confused and rushing to find alternative transportation after being given mere hours of advance notice. This change came two weeks after an Iowa school shooting took place before the school day began, killing one…
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Tony Leintz ‘24, just halfway into his junior year, had an important decision to make about his future. How was he going to spend his senior year? Should he take AP Calculus or Life Skills, CIS Writing and Critical Reading or Baking and Pastry, CIS Chemistry or Ceramics? Planning a year’s worth of classes is no easy task. For seniors, one must consider post-high school plans, the workload that comes with extracurricular activities and/or work,…
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With the constantly changing release dates to a website that crashed on the first day, the new FAFSA is rolling out with a lot of confusion. While it was supposed to be available December 1st — two months later than previous years—, it didn’t open until December 31st. This delay has caused challenges for students who depend on federal grants because they could not commit to a college during peak enrollment season (November), which caused…
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In July, the office of Governor Walz stated that there were over 13,000 vacant teaching positions across the state of Minnesota. These openings are evident when looking at BHS’s substantial class sizes. According to The Public School Review, the average student-teacher ratio in MN is 14:1, or about 14 students per class. While this number may seem large, BHS has almost double this, with an average class size of 27.91 students. Not only is this…
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For students attending BHS, sports are just one of those things you balance between homework, tests, and the occasional part-time job. It’s second nature and entirely easy to forget that it’s technically an optional activity– even if it doesn’t feel that way. At least, that’s how it felt for one anonymous student, who recalls the emptiness that followed her injury. “Sports were my life,” she said. “They were my whole identity. I am now relearning…
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After a day of school and gymnastics practice, Kendel Gocken ’25 relaxes into TikTok. Minutes later, her mom looks up from her own device to tell Kendel to get off her phone and interact with the world. The use of screens in everyday life is affecting our relationships with each other. In fact, 46% of parents with teens are worried that their child will be exposed to explicit content on social media, yet 39% of…
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