After Buffalo Bison girls softball ends their season with a successful record of 14-5, they end up falling out of sections with a record of 3-2.  Losing to Shakopee on their first trip down to Mankato, where sections were held, and then losing again to Mankato East on Saturday took them out of sections. “We had a great season and a great run at sections,” says team capitan Kristin Jeske.  “I’m not disappointed at all.  I’m…

The Buffalo FFA Chapter will hold it’s Award Ceremony and Banquet on Friday, May 22nd 2009, in the PAC. There will be food and beverages, as well as an excellent Powerpoint created by the outgoing President, Lacy Swearingen. There will be new officer inagurations, as well as State participant awards and some “goof off” awards. The chapter is excited to welcome it’s new officers, and sad to see it’s old officers departing. NEW OFFICERS- PRESIDENT-…

Beginning over a month before the May 6th Supreme Court visit, the Cultures United group along with Denise Wahlin-Fiskum’s CIS Literature class read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, relating it back to the Meng Vang trial. The book was set in the 1940s and was about an African American man, Jefferson, who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jefferson was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to the…

On May 17  Buffalo High School’s Globally Minded Student Activists group hosted their second annual community benefit. The event was organized to spread knowledge and donate to the “Not for Sale” foundation on Human Trafficking. The event consisted of a silent auction, and booths with jewelery, frames, hats and Henna tattoos, followed by student performances. Many acts were similar to last years event performed such as student bands Icicles to Eskimos and Undefined Purpose. Performances also…

A high school administrator died last Sunday at Flushing Hospital Medical Center from H1N1, or Swine Flu. Mitchell Wiener, 55, was sick for nearly a week with the virus after students came back from spring break. According to USA Today, the outbreak in New York started three weeks ago when students returned from vacations in Mexico to a Catholic school in Queens. The school was closed immediately due to the risk of infection. Several other…

     On Saturday, May 16 the Bison Track and Field team hosted the Bison Youth meet. It was a fund raiser for the year to come and it was very successful. Kindergarten through sixth grade kids attended the meet in a variety of events. The meet ran the same way as a high school meet only with less kids and less events. There were only kids from the BHM school district and they competed against each…

Today seniors got a big surprise when they got their “Got to be me” books from 8th grade. What makes the these book so special, and what impact do they have on seniors? Eighth grade teacher Jan Heyerdahl,  who’s been doing this for 25 years, said ” It’s as successful as the students make them. They reap the rewards, and under it all they become better writers.” Natasha Leech who has only been doing this for four years…

May 28th the art show takes place in rooms F101 and F102, and a few steps away in front of the PAC a auction is going on. Biding starts at 7:45, and all profit goes to the benifit o VSA arts of Minnesota for more information about VSA check out thier website. They even mention Buffalo for all the donations over the many years (VSA.com.) The art department at Buffalo takes pride in the art…

Students in grades 7th – 12th (in fall of 2009) have the oppertunity to join the summer strength and conditiong program. Tory Hanson the main coordinator/coach says “100s’ of hours are spent to make sure the program runs smoothly. There will be 3 to 5 staff memembers at every session depending on the activtiy. We spend 7 to 8 hours here each day 4 days a week to make sure the students get the full…

Early this season the Bison Girl’s Varsity softball team struggled with five losses to good teams like Zimmerman , Becker, Spring Lake Park, Big Lake , and Shakopee. But after an eight game winning streak they quickly redeemed themselves and are now tied for first in the conference along with St. Micheal/Albertville and Becker. Hoping to knock them out of the race for first, Buffalo is scheduled to play their second game against St. Micheal/Albertville Friday May, 15.…