Spotlight
Shining a spotlight on the Kind, Proud, Driven Leaders that make Buffalo High School stand out.
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Throughout most BHS students’ early years of high school, they will go through Driver’s Education in both the classroom and six hours of behind the wheel training. Guiding them along this journey is a team of devout instructors. Driver’s Education instructor and 5th grade teacher at Hanover Elementary, Jeff Kyllonen, credits his students’ high success rates to BHM’s program being extremely well built. “We hold the students accountable for their work and for their learning,”…
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In her new, calm art room, Jillian Post is starting over from ground zero. After she’s spent years teaching at the middle school – where she already had all her projects and lessons planned out – she’s made the choice to leave it all behind and build a new foundation for older students. Now she’s having to create brand new assignments, like fractured portraits and photo montages all while hoping her students will enjoy her…
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Cady Macheel ’28 broke the school 5K record with a time of 18:54 at Buffalo Heights Golf Course last Thursday, September 24th. Amanda Montiplaisir set the previous school record in 2017 with a time of 19:10. Macheel’s new personal record (PR) and school record improved by 16 seconds, placed her 4th at the meet, and helped the girls team finish 4th out of 6. “Sub 19 was a big goal of mine last year, but…
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In 2025, the AI music market reached an all-time high of $6.65 billion dollars (Dyanomi, 2026). At the same time, nearly 90% of surveyed musicians say they have used AI in their music production process somewhere along the way. Known artists such as Paul McCartney, the renowned keyboardist and bassist of the Beatles, have been known to use AI in their process to create new melodies or sounds that go beyond human composition skills. Band…
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Math Teacher Reese Wishart returned to the high school after spending a year teaching at St. Michael Albertville. Wishart originally went to school for nursing. Wanting to be a pediatric nurse, her life goal was to help children in whichever way she could. During her time in college, she then realized that she wanted to be a teacher. “I could be a teacher,” Wishart said. “So I decided to be a teacher, and now that…
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From teaching students how to communicate in Spanish and French to creating connections with students, Elizabeth Nordmeyer has made a huge impact on every student she teaches. The impact made is part of what makes being named the the 2026-27 LEEA (Leadership In Educational Excellence award) winner so meaningful to her. Though she spends her days teaching Spanish and French, the LEEA represents more than just what happens in a classroom. For Nordmeyer, receiving the…
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As summer meets its end, so does barbecue season; however, for BHS English Teacher Marc Mens, a year-round hobby is still in full swing. Mens’s interest in cooking dates back to his early childhood, when he would cook breakfast with his father. “My dad taught me how to cook on a lazy Sunday morning,” Mens said. “I used to be the toast guy. I was in charge of toasting the toast and buttering it. My…
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Buffalo High School started the 2026-2027 school year a week earlier than usual, giving students a 4-day Labor Day weekend. Many students spent their extended weekend at their cabins, enjoying the last bits of warm weather, relaxing, or hanging out with friends. On the contrary, some students chose to do the opposite of enjoying their weekend–working long shifts at their job; for Ireland Morris ‘27, what started as a normal weekend schedule turned into an…
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Distance Runner Tristan Lenton ‘26 broke records in the State Track and Field Meet at St. Michael-Albertville High School on June 6. Not only did he place first in the 1600 meter, but also broke the school record with a final time of 4:12.33. While the win was a historic landmark in Lenton’s career, it wasn’t a moment he expected. Lentons started his career early, beginning in 6th grade. “When I was in elementary school,…
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It has been 17 years since any BHS tennis athlete has gone to state for singles. However, William Schmidt ‘27, has changed this statistic and will be competing at the Minnesota Boys State Singles Tournament for AA today, June 4th. Schmidt joined tennis during the COVID pandemic, when he was in sixth grade, due to wanting to play a sport that was outside. It wasn’t until his eighth-grade season that Schmidt became serious about the…