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After years of teaching music and inspiring students, Band and Orchestra Director Mike Knutson is bidding farewell to Buffalo High School to pursue his passion project. He is on a mission to create a method book for beginning band/orchestra students, kickstarting their careers early. Knutson will be directing beginning band students at Buffalo Community Middle School. As he sets his sights on this new adventure, his departure leaves a void in the hearts of his…
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Group projects provoke many mixed emotions for a variety of different reasons. Doing the work of five people doesn’t appeal to BHS students. Additionally, many students don’t like the thought of not being in complete control of the grade they get and will do whatever work is needed to get a good grade. “I end up having to do extra work and putting my trust in people who I don’t know,” said Ava Peterson ‘25.…
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Is the new generation at BHS doomed? Many teachers and students have been warned about new Artificial Intelligence technology. Students have been caught abusing it for answers and having their essays written by robots. Now that students have access to AI on Snapchat, teachers are getting more concerned that kids are using it. Students who didn’t use AI, have been accused of it when they were innocent. “The one and only time I wasn’t using…
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Trapped inside a garbage can for 30 minutes, Gavin Valli ’23 patiently waited for his target victim to take out the trash. He hears footsteps; the lid is opened, and he pops up and shoots his target right in the chest. This is what it took to get an elimination in this year’s Buffalo High School 2023 Nerf War. Valli was a part of the team “Nerfers in Paris. “They led all teams in eliminations…
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One of Buffalo High School’s most beloved teachers is leaving this year to start the beginning of a new life and start the family he longs for. Choir teacher Zack Carlson is leaving Buffalo to teach at Wayzata High School next year. Through his 5 years of teaching choir and directing musicals at Buffalo he has gained many connections with current and past students and because of that connection he is ready to start his…
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Top Gun Maverick, ice cream trucks, and “Guida Says”. The only other question you should ask besides “What?” is “Where?” The school year is coming to an end, but Student Council is hosting a large event tomorrow, the Bison Field Festival, where students of all ages can come out and hang out this Friday, June 2nd. ‘’The Bison Field Festival is where people get together on the football field and they hang out and play…
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“It’s the hardest choice I’ve ever had to make actually,” says Zack Carlson, a choir teacher here at BHS. The end of the school year can bring emotions to students when they realize they’re saying goodbye for the year or even for good. It’s never easy, even for the people we look up to, the teachers. Carlson, an adored teacher for many here at BHS announced to all his students he was indeed leaving the…
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May 13th. For most, this was a normal Saturday. Perhaps plans with friends were arranged, or it was a day to relax and recuperate from the hustle and bustle nearing the end of the school year. However, for one past BHS family, it would be a day of unexpected, and indescribable loss. Coming back to school, students would slowly discover the death of a student who was involved in many lives. A swim teammate, an…
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This year the Tri-M induction was moved to a BASE time rather than a whole night like in previous years. The Tri-M induction ceremony was when the winners of best in site from Solo and Ensemble Night performed their pieces and one by one, new members would accept their Tri-M membership card and pin on stage. Current members would be recognized and the night was the same every year. Except for this year. The new…
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The Buffalo High School 2022-23 yearbook will be released on Friday, June second during lunches and after school as a part of student appreciation day. Headed by Cooper Polzin and Reagan Stromberg, this year’s yearbook staff has spent the last 14 months working on this year’s yearbook, which included spending a week at a yearbook camp last August. This year’s theme is currently being teased with a WORDLE display on the yearbook room windows. There…
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