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With Winter Break starting on Friday December 23 many students and staff have plans and traditions that they’re looking forward to. In a survey of 40 BHS students and staff, the most popular tradition was spending time with family and friends by getting 38 percent of the answers. Other answers included having a secret Santa, donating to Toy’s for Tot’s, snowboarding, and going to church. “We go to church Christmas Eve, after eating oyster stew,…

Goodwill is a store that carries everything from hats to shoes (head to toe) for prices that are generally lower than other competing stores.  For this reason, it attracts many High School students. Goodwill carries name brand items that aren’t as expensive as it would be at the original seller’s store according to Junior Eddie Clifton. “I bought a Nike zip up sweatshirt at Goodwill for only $5,” says Clifton. “If I were to buy…

Every year the Salvation Army places red kettles outside of popular stores to raise money for the less fortunate during the holiday season. In Buffalo there are kettles outside of Walgreens, Coborns, Walmart, Cub, and Target. Shoppers are encouraged to quickly stop and put some loose change into the kettles. In a survey of 50 BHS students, 72 percent said that they will donate to the kettle every once in awhile. Sixteen percent said they…

Mandy Boyle and Mike Curry share a common aspect of their jobs as they walk the halls of BHS.  Both Boyle and Curry are ending their student teaching experiences today. The two familiar faces will no longer be a part of the BHS community when classes begin tomorrow. “Buffalo is an amazing school. There is great student and staff support and I feel very welcome here,” said Boyle. Both Boyle and Curry enjoyed being at…

Three Buffalo High School teachers have proposed an idea to offer hybrid and online classes for next year, as an alternative learning experience for some of the classes that they teach. Brenda Deikman, Daryl Boeckers, and Jason Karn are hoping the proposal passes, so students have an option of doing things more independently instead of being in the classroom five days a week. Right now this is just a proposal that still needs to be…

Last Wednesday, December 7, Foreign Exchange Student Eman Swidan, came to speak to members of SSU at the media center during AAA. Swidan traveled from Palestine to spend the year here in Minnesota. “In the past, we have gotten a list of all the foreign exchange students early on in the year, and if have any in my class, I ask if they would like to present [to SSU],” said SSU Advisor Tracy Hulley. Palestine…

Almost every sports team has a leader, especially here at Buffalo High School.  For the gymnastics team this winter it is Senior Paige Habisch. This previous summer for Marching band’s flute leader was senior Kirsten Olson. She is also a leader for this fall’s Girl’s Swimming and Diving team. These girls are just some of our 2011 Captains. They are captains themselves and also with one other girl.  Annika Bordak is the other captain for…

FFA members have been busy raising money. On October 25 they took off school to devote their time to the corn drive. Today, Tuesday December 6 the group will be giving the $2,011 they earned from the drive to children in need at Camp Courage.  Camp Courage is a camp for disabled children. “I was nervous and I didn’t know the process, but the kids knew what they were doing. It was a really good…

Elementary Classrooms all piled into Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center on Wednesday to watch the very first performance of Once Upon a Mattress. One of the classrooms sitting in the auditorium was Sharon Herzfeld’s fourth and fifth grade class from Parkside Elementary. “I thought it was cool they invited us,” said fifth grader Jayden Perry. “We were the first to see the play.” The young students were enthusiastic when describing their experiences watching the…

The first snowfall occurring on Saturday, November 19, brought slippery roads and dangerous conditions for all drivers. Especially young inexperienced ones. “I was waiting for my friend [Sophomore] Jesse Sullivan to get to my house Sunday night when my power went out,” said Sophomore Wilson Anderle. “When I looked out my window, there was Jesse’s truck in the ditch wrapped around a power pole about 40 yards down the road.” Some incidents involved more than…