Month: October 2013

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Lots of Different Halloween Looks for BHS Students

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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 dress up. Check out @BranfordBuzz on Twitter for even more pictures. The cheerleading team dressed as the TY Beanie Babies Collection. Each team member was a

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

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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 help him out today. He recently graduated from ECSU this past may and was eager to start a new teaching job. BHS welcomed him with

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Teacher Feature: Ms. Vitelli Joins BHS Science Department

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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 hired this year to teach science. Her love for this subject started back into her freshman year of high school. She knew right away that

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New Credit Rules Surprise Some, Confuse Others

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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 upon incoming freshman instead of 20”, says guidance counselor Amy Olszewski. To many students this was a surprise. Due to the news of the extra

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Post High School Advice From a BHS Grad

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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, it seems as though a different story always comes back with them. Jess was happy to say she’s been having a positive college experience and

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Goodbye to CAPTivating Standardized Testing at BHS

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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 standardized testing throughout high schools. Over the years, sophomores were required to take CAPT (Connecticut Academic Performance Test). Schools are now switching to a new

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Teen Brains, Still Under Construction

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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 volunteered to help out on a roofing job.  I was thoroughly enjoying the first-time thrill of being 20 feet off the ground with no harnesses

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Categories : Front feature School News Sports

Branford Volleyball Serving up the Competition

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By: Ryan Connell  The Branford High school Girls Volleyball team has been stellar so far this year. They have a record of 11-5 heading into the last part of the regular season. They have already clinched a share of the Oronoque division title and look for bigger and better things in the postseason. They have been one of the hottest teams in the SCC winning

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Will Girls Soccer Claim another SCC title?

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By Casey Cuningham Last year, the girl’s soccer team made BHS proud by claiming the SCC title for the first time ever. Although they had never won the championship before, Ms. Kohut, the soccer team’s coach, wasn’t surprised by their victory, saying, “we beat some really good teams in that tournament to make it to the finals, so once we got to the finals, in

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New Rules for Student Athletes in Play for 2013

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By Brandon Ray Branford High School’s new athletic eligibility requirement policy has had a positive effect so far on student-athletes, according to athletic director Jake Palluzzi. The required policy has changed this past year and is just starting to take effect for the first quarter of this school year. To be eligible to compete on a sports team, students are now limited to one failure

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