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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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With the new shorter schedule this year, Buffalo High School’s students often complain about needing more time in their everyday classes. Students went from four 80-minute class periods, seven minutes of passing time, and a quarter schedule to five 60-minute class periods, five minutes of passing time, and a trimester schedule. Most students still have adequate time to work on their projects and assignments to the best of their abilities. However, the students who feel…
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The BHS Choir Program will be holding its Sounds of the Season concerts tonight at 6pm and 8pm. Both concerts will feature the same groups performing the same pieces. In previous years, the two concerts were held on two different nights, allowing concert-goers to attend whichever one suited their schedules the best. This year, however, both performances will be on the same night, two hours apart. “In the past, from what I’m aware of, parents…
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Students at BHS have fallen into the routine of logging onto their laptops and preparing to learn from their screens. Technology has been so integrated into today’s classrooms that it has become a large part of a student’s daily routine. While many students claim that using technology helps them to learn, this may also be negatively affecting them as well. The many hours they spend on the computers could be damaging. According to a survey…
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