Family and Consumer Sciences teacher Julie Mundahl received the Minnesota New Achievers award of 2011. She believes one of the reasons she was found deserving was because of her effort to involve parents with their children’s education. “I think research shows that the more involved a parent is in their child’s education, the more successful the child does. Parent involvement is proven to make a difference.” said Mundahl. “I was able to get funding for…

Bison Girls Volleyball is 11-1-0. They won their last match against rival St. Michael. Tonight the girls play Chanhassen at home. Photos by Ben Lepinski

The “Brown Bagging It” page on Facebook is something that is designed to get school lunches back to normal. Almost as if it was a protest, the page wants people to actually start bringing their own lunch to school to bring normal lunches back. At the beginning of the school year, kids were bringing home lunches all the time, and now that has died down. Homemade lunches are rarely seen anymore. However, students still complain…

“Immediately after I jumped, I could tell that I was going to hit the diving board,” said Sophomore Kirsten LaPlant. “I just tried my best to cover my face.” The growing crowd in the Mound Westonka pool area was sent into a panic as they took in the situation. Voices shot through the crowd crying out, “Somebody call 9-1-1!” “My coach was talking to me about how I could fix my back dive,” said LaPlant.…

1. Cars are expensive I know what you’re all thinking; “Wow, really, tell me something I didn’t know.” I know that you know cars are expensive, but until you have your own, you have no idea. Sure, we all know how much gas costs, but c’mon, it’s not that bad right? Check back with me when you’ve filled up your car for the first time and tell me you didn’t feel like going out and…

This year, a significant change has reformed school lunches across America. New government mandates require schools to make their lunches healthier for students.Although some students are protesting, most don’t seem upset from the changes. “I think the new lunches are fine,” said Sophomore Nina Johnson. “They’re basically the same as last year’s, just a little tweaked.” Other students, such as Junior Caitlyn Holm, disagree heavily with the new school lunches. “I think the new lunches are…

By: Damon Curry and Jack Flesher Every year Buffalo high school sends out a survey to all the students and teachers to take. Although we all may or may not participate in completing the survey students –or even take it seriously- very few students and some teachers might not know just how much this survey impacts the way this school runs. The administration takes this survey and its responses very diligently, using all of the…