BHS Girls 2024 Spring Sports Preview

By Jenna DeFrancesco With winter fading away around Branford High School, it’s time for the hornets girls sports teams – softball, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, and tennis – to take to the fields and courts of competition for the 2024 spring sports season. Each team is looking forward to a successful season and below is a preview of each squad.  Softball 2023 record: 2-18

Local Charity Helps Feed Kids at Branford High School

By Lucy Peterson Due to rising costs and inflation, food struggle is a real issue for many families in Branford  The non-profit “Feed Branford Kids” has worked hard over the past few years to make food more accessible to all students in the Branford school district. At Branford High School, the organization provides free take-home food bags that are distributed to students each week. Volunteers

What Is The Greatest Christmas Movie Of All Time?

By Carmella Lippolis Editor’s Note: this is the second in a series in The Branford Buzz on holiday movies. Yesterday, we examined why holiday movies are such an important part of the season. Elf, The Polar Express, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone… Which is the greatest Christmas movie of all time? The Branford Buzz has grappled with this question before. It’s a pretty simple

Hornet Winter Sports Preview

By Jenna DeFrancesco The Branford High School community anticipates an exciting season for the upcoming boys and girls winter sports teams, hoping for early wins and support from the student crowds, known as the “Red Sea.” The winter track & field, basketball, hockey, and wrestling teams have kickstarted their seasons with practices in full swing, and opening games already occurring. After speaking to a number

BHS Students Design Award Winning Anti-Vaping Posters

By Isabella Armellino Three Branford High students were recently honored for designing posters for the Be Vape Free in 2023 billboard contest, and one student has her work featured on a billboard along Route 1 in town. The Prevention Council of Branford celebrated the achievements of the three students at a recent event November 28 at BHS. The first prize went to BHS junior Olivia

Shakespeare Returns to BHS

Staff reports This year’s fall play is As You Like It, William Shakespeare’s comedy about love, deceptive appearances, divided families, reconciliation, and sheep.  “Shakespearean drama always presents a challenge to actors who have to make sense of the language, but the rollicking comedy of As You Like It also gives us one of the Bard’s most amusing comedies,” says Director Maria Ogren, a retired BHS

Terror never gets old … get your copy of the Halloween Calliope!

Staff Reports Thanksgiving is coming up, so it’s time to grab yourself a copy of the fall issue of Calliope, BHS’s magazine of student writing and artwork. Get your own copy from Mr. Matthiessen in room F14 for just $1. The magazine editors once again selected the contents of this issue from among many contributions. “There was a lot of great artwork, it was hard