Every year the Salvation Army places red kettles outside of popular stores to raise money for the less fortunate during the holiday season. In Buffalo there are kettles outside of Walgreens, Coborns, Walmart, Cub, and Target. Shoppers are encouraged to quickly stop and put some loose change into the kettles. In a survey of 50 BHS students, 72 percent said that they will donate to the kettle every once in awhile. Sixteen percent said they…

Mandy Boyle and Mike Curry share a common aspect of their jobs as they walk the halls of BHS.  Both Boyle and Curry are ending their student teaching experiences today. The two familiar faces will no longer be a part of the BHS community when classes begin tomorrow. “Buffalo is an amazing school. There is great student and staff support and I feel very welcome here,” said Boyle. Both Boyle and Curry enjoyed being at…

Three Buffalo High School teachers have proposed an idea to offer hybrid and online classes for next year, as an alternative learning experience for some of the classes that they teach. Brenda Deikman, Daryl Boeckers, and Jason Karn are hoping the proposal passes, so students have an option of doing things more independently instead of being in the classroom five days a week. Right now this is just a proposal that still needs to be…

Last Wednesday, December 7, Foreign Exchange Student Eman Swidan, came to speak to members of SSU at the media center during AAA. Swidan traveled from Palestine to spend the year here in Minnesota. “In the past, we have gotten a list of all the foreign exchange students early on in the year, and if have any in my class, I ask if they would like to present [to SSU],” said SSU Advisor Tracy Hulley. Palestine…

The Bison Girl’s Basketball team beat Minneapolis South 48-70 last night in the first meeting between the teams since 1991. The last two time Buffalo has played Minneapolis South was in 1990 and 1991. Buffalo lost both games with scores of 32-58 and 46-53. Head Coach Scot Sorenson was very pleased with the win and hopes the season continues to keep going this way. ” Minneapolis has had a lot of success the last 5…

With four main sets of stairs here, one by each grade level, and only eight minute passing periods, the stairs have been fallen on many different times, and on many different occasions. Falling down the stairs has become part of the culture here at our school It’s even happened to our new coming Freshman already, like Anna Demgen, who has fallen down the stairs at least twice already. There are many different ways falling up…

Almost every sports team has a leader, especially here at Buffalo High School.  For the gymnastics team this winter it is Senior Paige Habisch. This previous summer for Marching band’s flute leader was senior Kirsten Olson. She is also a leader for this fall’s Girl’s Swimming and Diving team. These girls are just some of our 2011 Captains. They are captains themselves and also with one other girl.  Annika Bordak is the other captain for…

The Boys’ Hockey team lost their home opener versus Brainered 2-6 on Thursday night. The evening started off with enthusiastic player introductions sparking energy through all the cheering fans in the stands. Right off the bat during the first period, Brainerd struck first, but shortly after, Freshman Gunner Goodmanson tied up the game when the puck bounced off his skate into Brainereds’ goal, assisted by Senior Max Willard. Unfortunately from then on, Brainerd got another four…

FFA members have been busy raising money. On October 25 they took off school to devote their time to the corn drive. Today, Tuesday December 6 the group will be giving the $2,011 they earned from the drive to children in need at Camp Courage.  Camp Courage is a camp for disabled children. “I was nervous and I didn’t know the process, but the kids knew what they were doing. It was a really good…

Elementary Classrooms all piled into Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center on Wednesday to watch the very first performance of Once Upon a Mattress. One of the classrooms sitting in the auditorium was Sharon Herzfeld’s fourth and fifth grade class from Parkside Elementary. “I thought it was cool they invited us,” said fifth grader Jayden Perry. “We were the first to see the play.” The young students were enthusiastic when describing their experiences watching the…