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Everyone gets asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” The seniors are finally leaving high school to go accomplish what they want to do. Some wonder what seniors are doing once they leave in to the big world. As some head off to college, going off to serve our country, and some will just start working. Many seniors are still undecided and don’t know what they are doing. Counselor Christina Cox said,…
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All of us live such different lives; we have our own individual hobbies, friends, beliefs and personalities. From these individual lives we all carry with us our own worries and troubles. Whether you are aware of how you do so or not, everyone copes with these stressors in life in some way or another. Here at BHS students surprisingly relieve their stress in many similar ways. In fact, a survey taken by 270 of our…
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Daniel Schneider, a BHS biology teacher, has a more interesting past than most of his students know. While attending the University of Minnesota, he went on several research trips to parts of the world that most people from landlocked Minnesota would never get to visit. These trips included visiting Florida to research manatees,visiting the Falkland islands to research fur seals, as well as several local trips to study wolves, ruffed grouse, and wild turkeys. Out…
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Skipping class has been a right of passage for rebellious teens for as long as anyone can remember but why do they do it? We took to the halls at Buffalo High School to find out. According to a survey taken of 115 9th-12th grade students 22% of students at Buffalo High School, which is about 1 in every 5 students, have skipped class at least once with the most skipped class being math. We…
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The Bison Boys Basketball team (4-18) played on Saturday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. at Buffalo High School against the Andover Huskies (6-15). It was the 16th annual Pat Sonju memorial game. “The Bison Boys Basketball season is a learning year,” said team reporter Rob LaPlante. “They are 4-19, but the Sonju game went well, for the most part.” The Bison entered the game 10-5 all-time in a game in which they honor the late Pat…
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As Buffalo High School seniors are heading into the last half of their high school career, some students are rushing into their counselor’s office to switch classes, graduate early and pick up mentor ships. “We see quite a few students that want to graduate early. Most of the time the conversation is what is your post high school plan and are you challenging yourself and preparing yourself for whatever your plan is,” said Counselor Jennifer…
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For seniors David Watermiller and Luke Merz it all started when they first played tee ball together. Their friendship continued to grow as they continued playing baseball together for the past 14 years. This is the last year in a bison uniform for Watermiller and Merz, but not the last time on the diamond together. Dave and Luke are attending Bethel University next fall to continue academic and baseball careers. “I really liked the campus…
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Science Teacher Hygrell’s biology class has an assignment where students skin a tiny squirrel and turn it into a skin doll. Don’t believe me? The evidence is there as there is an abundance of taxidermic animals within Mr. Hygrell’s classroom. Hygrell has said that the animals come from students, staff, and other places, like the DNR. The animals themselves either come from hunting trips, or simply found by the side of the road. The process for making a…
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Backpacks Hats Short Shorts Buffalo High School Allowed Allowed Allowed Rockford High School Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed Orono High School Allowed Allowed Not Allowed Maple Lake High School Not Allowed Not Allowed Not Allowed Buffalo High School has a very lenient and almost non-existent dress code. We can wear hats, short shorts, and carry around backpacks all day with us to our classes. This sense of freedom is not a common occurrence for…
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As kids grow, so do their appetites, but that’s not the only thing growing. School lunches have been raised by as much as a quarter in some districts such as Riverhead and North Syracuse Central in NY City, and the BHM district is seeing similar increases. Just since last year the school lunch prices were raised by $0.05. Currently at Buffalo High School a basic school lunch sells for $2.75. Milk costs an additional $0.50…
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