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COVID-19 has not stopped the Student Council from holding this year’s Homecoming Dance which will take place under a tent in the parking lot.
The lack of a class officer election for this year’s senior class creates an unfair and unjust situation.
Not holding elections this year helped maintain continuity in student leadership during this unprecedented time.
By Aditya Rajpurohit and Sushant Kunwar Branford High School held its first pep rally in over one and a half years last month. Various fall sports teams took to the football field to introduce themselves and encourage members of the BHS community to show their support in upcoming games. “As a community, our BHS students have overcome a variety of obstacles in the past year
By Grahm Reynolds and Sushant Kunwar Last week BHS started off its 2021/2022 school year with the first day of school. Differing from last year, this year sees all students in the building, with no virtual learning. This is a new step in the long journey of the Branford Public Schools community to reach normalcy beyond the pandemic. With the new year, there have been
By Grahm Reynolds Recently, BHS was host to a struggling floral shop, a sadistic dentist, and a murderous plant with a penchant for human flesh. This year’s spring musical, Little Shop of Horrors, was anything but. Starting on opening night – May 12th – through the final show on the 16th, the auditorium was filled with sights and sounds which audience members seemed to find
By Sushant Kunwar Branford High School is working with The Fair Haven Community Health Care to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to students of ages 16 and older. In a recent newsletter, Superintendent Hamlet Hernandez implores parents to consider vaccinations for their children. Students can receive their first dose on May 13, 2021 and their second dose on June 3, 2021. The shots are free for all
By Sushant Kunwar and Grahm Reynolds At the time of writing this article, there has been two school weeks of a full in-person school model. The road to this return was a long and hard one. This return was possible due to the combined efforts of parents, teachers, and all other members of the Branford Public Schools community. Opinions on this issue—as always— are varied
By Tyler Jarvis The Branford High School Baseball Team won their first game of the season in dramatic fashion Wednesday, April 14 against the North Haven Indians. The win made Branford 1-2 on the year and 1-0 in the division. Both pitchers dominated; offense was hard to come by in the first 6 innings. Senior captain Collin McNeil had strong command of the ball with
By Stephanie Toste Branford High School will have a new schedule next school year, but it is not clear yet what exactly it will look like. The school has recently put together a committee of faculty, leadership team members, administration, along with a student and parent representative, to help go about this change. “[The committee] will be going through a process to answer three guiding
