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By Colin Donahoe As part of a series, The Branford Buzz is asking teachers and students “Five Questions with…” to help the BHS community get to know one another and share ideas. This week’s feature is Senior Carter Burgess Carter, a talented woodworker and very devoted student. On top of that, Carter was also a captain of the BHS boys Cross Country Team and captain
By Nate Dornfeld Mary June Champagney, Branford High School’s only finance and business teacher, recently decided that the 2022-2023 school year will be her last year of teaching. She teaches personal finance, business and entrepreneurship. Champagney lives in Manchester and you can see her pasion for her job by waking up everyday at 5 a.m. in order to get to BHS on time. She started
By Staff Reports Two budding young writers – Branford High School juniors Lucy Peterson and Clare Barnett – were recently selected for a 2023 Achievement Awards for Writing, given by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage high school students to write and to recognize some of the
By Salsabil Logno, Keyla Padilla and Taylor Tracy A new schedule that only provides Branford High School students with a 15-minute window to get free breakfast in the morning has left some hungry students frustrated and has caused mixed feelings. From many students’ perspectives, the new breakfast schedule – implemented in March – is unfair. In the updated schedule, breakfast is offered from 7 to
