Spotlight
Shining a spotlight on the Kind, Proud, Driven Leaders that make Buffalo High School stand out.
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The season has just ended for the Coyote Adapted Floor Hockey team (the Coyotes are a co-op team with players from St.Michael, Monticello, and Buffalo), and looking back on their season there are some outstanding highlights to be proud of. They finished their second-ever season at Buffalo High School with a 3-6 record. After a big win for the Coyotes against Anoka 13-7 on February 27th, the Coyotes came off the court with confidence and…
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Buffalo High school-Devin Davidson regularly arrives and leaves the school with an empty parking lot, and dark skies. Davidson spends about 8-15 hrs a week with Divers ed and behind the wheel during the school year in addition to his teaching duties. Davidson gets here early to prep for the day by brushing the snow off the driver’s education cars and shoveling them out. The next step in the day is to prep for his classes.…
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Anonymous students running “The BHS Pop Shop” started selling pop and candy bars for $1 out of a locker just two weeks ago. The shop was created to not only make some money, but to offer more beverage and snack options to students that school lunch does not offer. In 2010, Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that his wife, Michelle Obama, initiated through her Let’s Move! campaign. This act made school lunches…
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Choir teacher Michael Walsh has been teaching for 38 years, and he has been at Buffalo High School for 33 years. During his time at Buffalo High School, Walsh has helped many students grow and become the best musicians that they can. “It’s been amazing working with Walsh, truly fantastic,” Sophomore Jack Lanners said. “He has taught me so much over only two years, and he has been a huge impact in my high school…
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Junior Isaac Basten is a runner, involved in Cross Country and Track. Ranked number four in the State with a post-conference mile time of 4:20, Basten is competing against the fastest athletes in Minnesota. “[During] the cross country season at one point I was sixth, and then last track season I finished seven,” Basted said. “I’ve always been flirting with the top ten [runners in the state]… but I’ve never been top four” Basten said…
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Sophomore Hazel Wintermantel will be heading to Africa with her family in the summer of 2018 to start missionary work. They plan on staying out there for three years to help the people of South Sudan by teaching young adults from Torit, the capital city of Imatong state. Hazel’s parents, Gina and Steven Wintermantel, will disciple the students, and then send them into remote villages to introduce a new way to live with a Christian…
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Hoping to get an answer for his chronic headaches, Blake Trout ‘21 went to get an MRI. When the results came back, they were worse than anyone could have imagined. The scan revealed a golf-ball sized brain tumor causing his severe pain, which he later would refuse to let define him. Two weeks later, at the University of Minnesota, Trout underwent an eight-hour surgery to remove the tumor for further testing. His tumor was cancerous…
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On March 14, students of Buffalo High School will join schools all across the nation in a student lead rally at 10:00 am. While schools like Osseo, Saint Paul, and Hopkins plan to have walk-outs for students voices to be heard, BHS will be having a walk-in instead to remember the victims at the recent Parkland High School shooting in Florida. It’ll give students a chance to have their voices heard by teachers, peers, local…