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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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The room is full of the clacking of computer keys. The teacher has assigned an essay. There is no doubt that AI is being used, but is this entirely a bad thing? While there are the students writing the essay entirely with AI, there are others using it through Grammarly and to cite sources and get constructive feedback. So where is the line? Is the world of AI clear-cut black and white, or is it…
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“What is that smell?” was the phrase floating around the gym on Friday, Dec. 1st. Parents and students began questioning why the air was getting smoky as the Bison Basketball team was playing Monticello. During the game, fans noticed the air smelling of smoke as well as a growing fog as the game went on. It didn’t take long for people to wonder and ask what was going on and why the people in charge…
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MCIS is an online tool used during advisory to help students discover future careers. Students take a questionnaire describing their interest in certain jobs, what their hobbies are, and their pastimes. MCIS uses these answers to recommend careers that match their interests. But just how accurate is it? Take this quiz to find out! Each question involves a real story from inside BHS. Using the same information about students’ interests that they filled out in…
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Every student knows the horror of final tests, projects, and midnight cram studies. Every teacher knows the pain of grading and juggling their work and personal lives. Now, because of Buffalo High School’s switch to trimesters with an added 5th hour, students and teachers alike are starting to feel the pressure. Students and teachers are experimenting on how to find the perfect balance after fifth hour got added, switching to 63 minutes per hour compared…
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From music-listening nights to plant fertilizer, this one-stop shop seems to have something for everyone. First introduced to downtown Buffalo a year ago, the name Indie Earth is now familiar to many BHS students. Plants, music, and crystals aren’t the only thing that makes Indie Earth such a popular spot for young people. Indie Earth is also known for its understanding and accepting culture. After living in Buffalo for five years, Indie Earth CEO Aleah…
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On Tuesday November 7th, the results of Buffalo’s most recent election came in. “The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board has called for a bond referendum on Nov. 7, 2023, to improve security, building integrity and efficiency,” was the part of the pre-election message BHM put on its website. The total bond amount requested was $41.5 million.This was a unique situation, as approval of the bond referendum would not raise taxes, because of debts that will soon be…
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Monday, November 13th, BHS had an assortment of speakers come in and talk to students about their jobs to all grades, along with having a Career Fair available for upperclassmen. After a shortened first and second hour, students were placed in two 30-minute sessions with professionals based on their responses to a career interest survey given out to the student body last week. There were a few bumps in the road with some late or…
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