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Wednesday May 23, Walsh hosted a Tech Expo for everyone to share the importance of technology as a tool for teaching. Technology changes everyday, and it is important for schools to keep up to date with all the newest technology and the Branford School District is doing it’s best to keep up!
by Vincent Roca Salapalooza has always been an event that students look forward to as the school year comes to a close. However, this year, lack of both funds and student motivation threatened to destroy not only one of the few school wide social events, but our school’s final goodbye to the graduating senior class. However, Student council did not give up. Due to their
A mini voting station was created in student commons to allow classes to vote for their favorite candidates for Youth in Government. The winning students got to spend a day shadowing town officers.
By Jackie Salg Recently, Branford High School students heard about the dangers of reckless driving firsthand. On Wednesday, April 23, North Branford resident Lynn Riordan talked to an auditorium full of juniors and seniors at Branford High School, where she shared her touching story about the death of her teenaged son, Matt. The event was organized in advance of the school’s prom, which will take place May 25 at the Aqua Turf
by Kelly Du With so many products out there being advertised in the world, it’s difficult to believe one claim over another. One way companies create an illusion of superiority is by using the words “better” and “best.” They may seem similar, but in terms of advertising claims, they’re quite different. “Best” means “equal to.” Any product that is advertised as being the best just
Day of Silence was a project created by Cultural Diversity and GAS to raise awareness about bulling in schools. Over 30 students and some teachers participated in Day of Silence this year for all different reasons. Mrs. Baker said she took “part in the Day of Silence to bring attention to all those who feel silenced in our society with hopes that they will
by Kelly Du Everywhere we go, we are inundated with advertising. They appear in commercials, magazines and newspapers, along the sides of websites, billboards, etc. Any open space or place is good enough for advertisers. The most direct and easily noticeable thing used in advertising is the claims. Some are misleading lies while others are honest statements. But most fit into the category of “neither
by Kelly Du Statistics that we see and hear about in the news are influenced by how an experiment or survey is conducted. In one example, people’s egos distorted the results of a poll about television viewing. Two groups were given scales to choose how much television they watched a day. The first group had a scale that started at less than thirty minutes and
The BhsBuzz will be on break for the next week from April 14th to April 22nd and no articles will be posted. Thank you! HAVE A GREAT BREAK EVERYONE!
The Pep Rally originally scheduled for Friday April 13th has been postponed to the Friday after break, on April 27th. The cancellation is due to many reasons, but it is probably for the better, because no body wants to have a Pep Rally on Friday the 13th! Who knows what could happen?
