Year: 2013

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Tweet: The Sound Of College Rejection

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By Shradha Shrestha College is far from Shelby Oliveri’s mind since she is only a sophomore, so she doesn’t hesitate when it comes to posting private matters online. However, this may be an issue in near future since colleges are starting to look for more than an applicant’s academic skills. December is the time when many seniors submit their final applications to colleges, and, according

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New Laws Aim to Curb Teen Distracted Driving

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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 stricter for cell phone use. A new Connecticut law states that 16- and 17-year-olds may not use any kind of cell phone while driving, including

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Dancing With the Staff: Champion Chen

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By Sam Bailey-Loomis Buzz Editor Tonight, in the BHS auditorium, students from all grades, teachers of all subjects, students from other schools, and others in the Branford community all came together to observe the well-known spectacle of Dancing with the Staff. Teachers included in tonight’s competition for the winning title were Miss Kordek, Mr. Hernandez, Mr. Park, Dr. Chen, Mr. Collins, Dr. Knickelbein (a.k.a. “DK”),

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New Band Teacher Hoping to Make More Music

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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 the most part is like any other class, aside from the requirement to have played an instrument prior to signing up. According to Mr. Valenti

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Super-Size Me: Senior Day Edition

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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 the most elaborate Senior Days since their freshman year. The celebrations seem to be getting bigger and bigger each season. Pat Laske, a senior, said

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

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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 a math teacher by a “great group of math teachers” he had in college. He also wanted a career where he could help people. Surprisingly

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Senior Year: Lucky Enough to Avoid the College Application Stress

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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 but also for other travel teams, where she was noticed earlier this year by Wagner College. They contacted her July 1st, the first day college

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Boys Soccer Sets Sights on Next Season

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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 the State Class L playoffs. Even though they were disappointed, they are already looking toward next year. Seven juniors started varsity, and with almost the

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Photo Gallery: Dancing the Night Away at Homecoming 2013

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Friday night’s homecoming dance at Branford High School seemed like a great success. The commons were filled with more than 400 students. The location, originally set in the big gym, had to be relocated due to an overwhelming turnout of students buying tickets. There was lots of dancing, great music, and fun times for everyone. Students from all grades attended the dance which lasted 4

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Lifetime and Personal Fitness Classes Grow Stronger

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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 with their physical strength and their mental strength. The class started 3 years ago. “The goal is to introduce students to activities like training, yoga,

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