Sarah Miller

Annual Deutsches Fest competition inspires interest in German heritage

Commercials, posters, and hand puppets are among the many categories of competition which BHS German students will be competing in, at this year’s Deutsches Fest. The annual competition will be held at St. John’s...

D.A.R.E. program teaches self-esteem, stress management as drug reduction measure; local support rewards police efforts, elementary school 'graduates'

On October 2, 1990, Buffalo School District began a new, innovative program to help reduce drug usage among students. The DARE program, Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, started in Los Angeles as a joint...

Voters challenged by choice

On November 6, approximately one third of the senior class will have the opportunity to vote for the first time. The right to vote has been a controversy throughout history. “I would say that the right to vote is...

BHS moves to North-Suburban

This year Buffalo Senior High School will become part of the North-Suburban Conference. Due to shifts in enrollment, some schools lost students while other schools increased student enrollment. The conference switch...

Youth in Government faces possible termination

Associate Editor The Youth and Government Program at BHS is endangered. Low attendance and changes in advisors have reduced the membership to two people. The Youth and Government Program, where the students take...

St. Valentine's Day reminds the love-lorn of Prom

Here it comes again. That mystical, magical time we call Prom. Ah, yes, love is in the air and we, like most people, are inhaling as if we just finished a five-minute mile. But along with this time of love, comes...

Music department acted out a '16th Century Christmas'

Modeled after similar programs in colleges and churches, once again, BHS presented its annual, 16th Century Christmas. Two years ago, Mike and Erin Walsh organized and put on the first program. The program, based on...

Local woman accuses BHS of devil worship

Associate Editor Is BHS involved in devil worship? Not long ago, Principal Nick Miller received a call from a woman who insisted that the horoscopes be removed, claiming them to be devil worship. She was not...

Traditional fundraising curtailed by old policy

Associate Editor The fundraising through candy and other food, has been a tradition at BHS, but all this time a school rule has forbidden these sales. Although the rule was enforced in the past, it was spotty. But...

Peer Helpers listen, no preaching, advising

Peer Helpers is a one-to-one, you-talk-we-listen group that hasn't made much noise at BHS, but has helped many students. The members are not trained counselors-they're students. The 26 people involved do not give...

Special program educates beyond blackboard

People dance in the center of the room, music fills the air. Teenagers move to the beat, everyone to their own individual dance. A typical party. There are even the typical chaperones standing like wallflowers around...

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