Category: Front Feature

Spring Break In Spain Awaits BHS Choir

By Shradha Shrestha  It is only November, but Branford High School choir students are preparing for the trip to Spain on April Break 2014 by holding fundraisers, planning future concerts, and, of course, rehearsing. This upcoming year, Choir Teacher Mrs.

A Senior’s Take: Reaching The Final Steps Of High School

By Shradha Shrestha   Senior Michaela Hobbs, who is preparing to say goodbye to high school, is used to being busy. So a recent injury did little to slow her down. Hobbs, 17, field hockey captain, music and honors student,

Fallback Starts Sunday, Set Those Clocks

By Heather Beedle With the promise of an extra hour of sleep and an earlier sunset, daylight savings time ends this Sunday at 2 a.m. And this transformation or “fallback” is seen as a great advantage to students at Branford

In Between Everything, Students Find it Tough to Squeeze in Enough Sleep

By Justin Veilleux and Sabrina Stemm Many BHS students face great difficulty balancing the challenges of school, extra curricular activities, and work while attempting to get enough sleep every night. According to The National Sleep Foundation,“Students need 9 ¼ hours

Lots of Different Halloween Looks for BHS Students

By Faythe Ventresca Between childhood memories, hit TV shows and movies, adventurers, and animals – BHS students filled the school with Halloween spirit Thursday. Each sport team had themes that they had planned for a while and were excited to

Teacher Feature: Mr. Roberts Is New Addition to Math Department

By Heather Beedle The BHS math department has a new member. Mr.Ryan Roberts joins the school this year to start off his teaching career. Mr. Roberts did his student teaching at Stafford High School and learned new teaching habits that

Teacher Feature: Ms. Vitelli Joins BHS Science Department

By Faythe Ventresca Starting a new job can be overwhelming and scary, but one of Branford High’s new teacher is on the right track. One of the school’s newest teachers – Sarah Vitelli – is a BHS graduate who was

New Credit Rules Surprise Some, Confuse Others

By Gina Marino A new set of rules regarding class credits is in place this school year at Branford High School and caused a bit of confusion among students. “This year we will be the first year enforcing 21 credits

Post High School Advice From a BHS Grad

By Gina Marino Jess Parker may attend the University of Delaware, but the 2013 BHS grad is reaching out to students about life after high school. Although not everybody may attend college after graduating high school, for those that did,

Goodbye to CAPTivating Standardized Testing at BHS

By Faythe Ventresca It’s time to say goodbye to CAPTain Courageous and all the CAPTivating school days, but it is still unclear what new testing system is coming our way. The state of Connecticut has made their decision about switching