Category: School News

General news from the Buzz News Desk

New Laws Aim to Curb Teen Distracted Driving

By Angela Pascale Many BHS students obtain a driver’s license. Along with all the other distractions a cell phone may bring, now there’s one more thing for teenage drivers to worry about – new laws aimed at teens are becoming

New Band Teacher Hoping to Make More Music

By Sabrina Stemm New Band Teacher Mr. Valenti is in his first year at BHS, but he already has hopes to expand band and make the class a more a recognizable force in the Branford High School community. Band, for

Super-Size Me: Senior Day Edition

By Gina Marino Each sports season, the time comes to honor the seniors in their final year, with what appears to be bigger and bolder “Senior Days.” Seniors at BHS have noticed that this year in particular marks some of

Teacher Feature: New Math Teacher Didn’t Enjoy Math in High School

By Maria Quagliano New math teacher Mr. Elsden has joined the Branford High School community and is liking it more and more everyday he said. Elsden, who teaches geometry honors and algebra 2 block, said he was inspired to become

Senior Year: Lucky Enough to Avoid the College Application Stress

By Angela Pascale As senior year begins, a student’s life becomes extremely stressful from college applications, Capstone essays, and much more. Senior April Simmons, 17, has a lot less stress on her plate these days. April plays lacrosse for BHS

Boys Soccer Sets Sights on Next Season

By: Jackson Mariotti  This year, boys soccer ended their regular season with an impressive 11-6-1 record. After clinching the Oronoque Division easily, the team moved on to the post season. Unfortunately, they had an early exit in both SCC’s and

Lifetime and Personal Fitness Classes Grow Stronger

By Justin Veilleux The lifetime and personal fitness classes both have grown recently as they offer an alternative for students to take instead of a regular physical education class. Lifetime Fitness is a class where students do numerous activities to help them

Teacher feature: A New Mr. White Making Noise at BHS

By Maria Quagliano Within the walls of Branford High School students and faculty have been aware of the name Mr. White from the guidance office, but now they have the chance to get to know a new personality behind the

Home Coming Back: A Look Into Homecoming 2013

By Shradha Shrestha This year, Branford High School will hold a homecoming dance – with a catchy twist – to introduce spirit week. For many years, BHS hasn’t had any homecoming event besides powder-puff to increase school spirit. However, this

BHS Veteran’s Day Ceremony 2013

By: Sam Bailey-Loomis, Editor Today, Branford High School held its annual Veteran’s Day celebration, honoring more than 30 local veterans. The event was organized by the school’s Horizons Program, and has been an anticipated event recurring annually for 14 years