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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 Mr. Richard Biondi, also known as Bondo. He is a social studies teacher and coach here at BHS, where he has been for nearly 30 years. Bondo coaches the
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
Staff reports The staff of The Branford Buzz was recognized recently by the Connecticut Press Club for its writing and news coverage of Branford High School’s cell phone restriction policy. The Buzz, and its student journalists, were awarded an honorable mention for a High School News Story as part of the 2022 Connecticut Press Club Awards for the article “Cellphones Silenced at BHS: Classroom Ban
By Jake Elpi and Brody Fagan After another successful winter season, we head into the warm weather hoping for a great start to the 2023 spring sports season. Branford High School is wishing luck to the baseball team, boys lacrosse team, track and field team, golf team, and the boys tennis team. For the latest schedule of all the spring teams click here. Let’s dive
The spring 2023 sports season is underway, with several teams anticipating a successful competitive season.
By Elliot Urbina and Matt Cabahug This year’s BHS musical, School Of Rock, turned out to be a huge success with a 50% increase in crowds for this year’s show compared to the last few years, organizers said. Teacher Lauren Farrell, the musical’s ticket director, said that people missed live theater and that “the last few years were impacted by COVID.” She thinks that because
By Angie Cox and Gabby Darling To give students at Branford High School additional support and a break from the stress of school, Officer Rich Simons recently brought his dog, Heidi, an emotional support dog, to the school as part of the Paws With A Cause program. Simons and Heidi have done this program with area schools since 2020, and have started paying frequent visits
