Spotlight
Shining a spotlight on the Kind, Proud, Driven Leaders that make Buffalo High School stand out.
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After 40 years of dedicating his life to teaching, Science Teacher Boyd Emmel has made the decision to retire. Emmel has spent his years teaching in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and at BHS. He has taught Biology, 9th Grade Physical Science, Basic Biology and Biotechnology. He also teaches Driver’s Education and coaches the Track team. “I thought earlier in life I would teach as long as my father did, which was for 38 years,” said Emmel. “And…
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On Sunday, March 8th Senior Connor Mann took Sophomore Anna Demgen to what she thought would be just a Hoodie Allen concert. Little did she know that Mann had a little something extra planned for the evening. “It seemed like an ordinary concert,” said Demgen. “I had no idea what was about to happen.” Then, half way through the concert Mann was approached and talked to by a man who was part of the security team at the concert.…
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Every year on March 14, math geeks around the world come together to celebrate the number Pi. Pi day is celebrated on March 14, because the date (3/14) is the same as the beginning of the number (3.14). The number Pi has over one trillion digits after it’s decimal point, and at BHS, there are many different ways students and staff have planned to celebrate it. “If I’m right, Pi Day is on March 14…
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In the spring, many people of the Christian faith practice Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, they give up a commodity of their life (such as soda or junk food) and also don’t eat meat on Fridays for six weeks until Maundy Thursday. To accommodate students practicing Lent, BHS’s Food Service staff serves fish on Fridays. “We’ve always had some sort of fish served on Fridays during Lent. We usually only serve it on Fridays, so…
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On August 9, 2012, exchange students Meng-Hsien Lin and Raveerat Rojtavornpornsuk stepped off their plane into America. Lin, known as Violet to fellow BHS students, is from Taiwan. Rojtavornpornsuk, known as Eve to fellow BHS students, is from Thailand. Both girls will be here until June 15, 2013. “My favorite part about America is the freedom. Back home, we have a lot of parental and governmental control,” said Rojtavornpornsuk. “I don’t like the snow though,…
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With track season beginning in under a week, many seniors are preparing for their final track season in high school. “I’m trying to get a lot of vaulting and lifting in,” said senior pole vaulter Mitchell Valli. “I try to do both three times a week so I am ready to go.” This year will be a special one for these students. It will be the last time they get to wear the purple and…
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“There was about a month where I thought I could make a living off music,” said English Teacher David Robinson. Robinson frequently plays for Crows Feet, a local band, and been in a myriad of bands previously. After that successful month of fill-in jobs and various shows, he experienced an eight month dry spell. He had joined his first band in college and has been playing guitar since. Each band has had its ups, downs,…
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“He was reading when he was one-year-old,” Nancy DuBois said of her son, Senior Robbie DuBois. Robbie, along with his older brother, Joe DuBois, is exceptionally gifted. “He worked with a professor from the University of St. Thomas and they tested his IQ and his grade level equivalencies and determined he should start school early,” Mrs. DuBois said. “I know when Joe was four, they tested his academic level and he was 10th grade, four months.…
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“I will admit, I have a problem.” 360 calories and two dollars and fourteen cents later, teacher Gerard Rohl’s morning McDonald’s cravings are satisfied. With a routine of going through the McDonald’s drive through, the cute, little old lady employees expected to see Rohl that morning. “The old retired ladies pretty much already know that I’m going to order my Breakfast Burrito and Diet Coke,” said Rohl. “The Egg McMuffin doesn’t really have a taste…
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Imagine getting an ultrasound to see if you have a kidney infection, but instead see a head and a hand of the child inside of you. Delivering her son at two pounds, four ounces, Junior Madison DesMaris didn’t know she was pregnant until she was 28 weeks (nearly seven months) along when she went into the doctor to see if she had a kidney infection. “I’ve had a few kidney infections,” said DesMaris. “So when…