Category: Student Life

An insight of what’s happening for students at BHS

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

Teen Brains, Still Under Construction

By Sophie Angelo Recently, on a beautiful Saturday in October, I found myself on the rotting roof of someone’s old garage in East Haven, CT.  In order to raise money for a mission trip planned for the following summer, I

What’s that Noise Coming from the Bathrooms?

By Angela Pascale and Gina Marino The new hand dryers that were put into the bathrooms over the summer are causing a lot of chatter in the school community. They may just be hand dryers, but they came in making

Watch Out World, Smart Phones Are Taking Over

By Gina Marino The technology that is the “smartphone” is making the big impact in the educational world. It was just the other day that student Jessie Pantani, ’16, used her phone as part of her assignment. “My assignment was

College Life After BHS

By Brianna Boteler Branford High School students who head off to college may be leaving Branford, but according to a new report released by the Guidance Department most BHS students stay close to home. The Summary Report released by guidance

The Apocalypse is Here. So What Now?

By Nina Mariotti As 2012 rapidly comes to an end, some would say the world is coming to an end as well. For the past few years now, people have been claiming that the Mayans predicted the world would end on

Poetry Out Loud

by Editor-in-Chief Marisa Kaplita This past Tuesday on February 14th during period six 15 BHSers battled it out on the stage; Aria Jones, Henry Jin, Ben Shao, Christina Smith, Chrissy Beaulac, Kaity Robbins, Pompeo Mazella, Brianna DeNegris, Jennifer Lassen, Rachel Hanchuruck, Michelle Caron, Meglin Bodner, Jenny Flynn, Bryanna Willaby, and Ziqi Wang were all participators

Editor's Picks: Valentines Day Movies

Looking for a movie to snuggle up and watch this February 14th?  Well, our staff has picked out the best ones for you! Valentines Date Out The Vow is a perfect movie made for Valentines Day couples looking for something

Can’t Get to School on Time? Here’s Why.

By Shannon Thomas This school year, the amount of traffic in the morning has increased and has required the administrators to ask the Branford Police Department to help with the situation. Students and teachers have all seen the increase in