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“The Rock” has long been a special part of Buffalo High School, and now it’s missing. Who done it? BHS’s Students Stepping Up (SSU) has started their third annual Clue Game, which gives students an opportunity to solve a mystery. Each morning, SSU Advisor Tracy Hulley gives a clue to BHS, via the morning announcements, about the teacher guilty of stealing The Rock. At all lunches, for 50 cents, students may submit their guesses. Correct guesses…
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Two teams of students competed yesterday at ComedySportz in the PAC at Buffalo High School to get a reaction out of the audience while a referee calls fouls. Ten students participate in ComedySportz, an extra-curricular activity that deals with improv skills and making people laugh. Comedysportz is improvisational comedy which high school students play as a sport. Buffalo High School competes against other schools to see who gets the most laughs out of the audience, which gives…
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In high school, students are faced with many decisions. They are forced to make choices regarding their future, and that can be a scary thing for some. Others have it all figured out. “I’ve always wanted to be a teacher and I’ve always liked working with kids with special needs.” said Senior Stephanie Klein, who plans to attend Northwestern College in Roseville to study Special Education. The program will take her four years to complete,…
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A new season started for the Bison Softball team last Monday, March 12. The weather was unusually warm and the girls dug right into the field for practice after school. As a new season starts, the team looks to repeat as Mississippi 8 Conference Champions. Last year, after a bye because of the high seeding from the 20-4 record, the Bison team won their first section game, but ended up losing 1-0 to Prior lake…
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In the beginning of March, one of the most popular websites that students use to share and explore became blocked by the district’s Internet filter. If you’ve ever logged into the BHS computer system you’ve encountered the schools filtering system. From logging into the desktop, to logging into the Internet countless times, all students and staff have experienced the reminder that what they look at and what they do online is being monitored every second of…
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The Performing Arts Center filled with students from all kinds of BHS classes and some students from Rogers High School. They were all there for one man and his name was Tommy Watson. His goal? To make a difference in their lives through motivation and hope. Tommy Watson Ed. D (candidate) started life in what you could call “less than ideal” conditions. He grew up with a mother and father both addicted to heroin and what…
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Tim Skarin: “I am joining the Marine Corps. because I believe that the Marines will give me the best training,” said Senior Tim Skarin, “and my father is also a Marine.” When asked how long he is planning on staying in the military for, he said, “As of right now I am enlisted for a total of eight years, six active and two reserve. After that is done I will decide if I want to…
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Joseph Kony, a Ugandan guerrilla military warlord of the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army), has been in action for over 26 years and is considered the world’s worst war criminal. He has kidnapped and mutilated over 30,000 children. Kony and his men kidnap children, forcing the girls into sex slavery and giving the boys guns turning them into child soldiers. Kony is fighting for no cause. His only purpose is to show that he has power.…
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The Spain trip scheduled for next year has been changed to Costa Rica. The trip is offered to Spanish students every other year and has been to Spain the last two times. In the past, the destinations have included Spain, Costa Rica and different cities in Mexico. Students voted for Costa Rica and Spain as the top places they wanted to go, and, due to cost, the Spanish teachers decided Costa Rica would be more reasonable this coming year.…
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After a weekend of visiting his sister in Wisconsin, Junior Kyle Cole got on a bus with the intentions of going home, but wound up at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois. “Sunday, I got on a bus to go to what I thought was Minneapolis, but it turned out to be Chicago. I asked the bus driver if we were going to Minneapolis and he said, ‘yes’, but 45 minutes into the ride I saw…
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