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New cell phone policy at Branford High School restricts use by students in class. Photo credit: Macey Girard

Cellphones Silenced at BHS: Classroom Ban Starts Monday

On May 5, 2022May 26, 2022 By Branford Buzz

By Adam Albrecht Branford High School plans to ban the use of cell phones and other electronic devices in classrooms starting Monday because school officials say they are too disruptive to the learning environment. Starting May 9, students will no longer be allowed to use or have their cell phones and other devices during academic classes and hive time. The only exception is during lunch,

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Final Stretch: Mr. Synodi Retiring

On April 18, 2022May 26, 2022 By Branford Buzz

By Mike Farricielli, Kyle Givner and EJ Madera Physical Education Teacher Savas Synodi is retiring at the end of April after a nearly 40-year teaching career. He is going to miss his teaching career but he’s looking forward to retirement, he said. Synodi has loved teaching at Branford High School and impacting the lives of students. He’s been at BHS for 34 years and his

Anything Goes the musical was a success at Branford High School in March 2022

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Normalcy Returns As Anything Goes In Successful BHS Musical

On April 12, 2022June 7, 2022 By Branford Buzz

By Ariel Cobden and Madison Cook The Branford High School Performing Arts program recently completed a successful production of “Anything Goes,” performing in front of a full live audience for the first time in two years. “Theater is back and better than ever,” Director Colin Sheehan said. In the play, Reno Sweeney (Isabella Rarick 22’) sets sail on the S.S America for a get away

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Branford Making Plans to Returns to In-Person Learning

On March 8, 2021March 7, 2021 By Branford Buzz

By Grahm Reynolds and Sushant Kunwar On February 24, the Branford Board of Education held a meeting in which many parents, students, and teachers voiced their concerns regarding the hybrid learning model. The general consensus among those who spoke at the meeting was that a swift return to full in-person learning would be best for not only the students, but the Branford Public Schools community

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Less Socialization in School Taking its Toll

On November 24, 2020November 23, 2020 By Branford Buzz

By Sushant Kunwar Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many schools have had to change their learning models to ensure all students’ and faculty members’ safety. Branford High School is among the multiple schools in America that assumed the hybrid learning model to start the 2020/2021 school year. This transition has brought up questions regarding students’ mental health. Teenagers, who are proven to be the most

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Unique Challenges Await New BHS Athletic Director

On November 20, 2020December 19, 2020 By Branford Buzz

By Grahm Reynolds Recently, BHS welcomed a new member into the Hornet family – new Athletic Director Mr. Thomas Ermini. Becoming the new athletic director in the middle of a national pandemic, Ermini has some ideas about what to do to help BHS during this time. Prior to becoming our Athletic Director, Ermini worked since 2017 at Walsh Intermediate School where he was a physical

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BHS Working Through the Challenges of Hybrid Learning

On November 2, 2020November 24, 2020 By Branford Buzz

Many of those in the BHS school community – students, parents, faculty – say that hybrid learning is the best possible model of learning for the situation we find ourselves in. Under hybrid learning, students are separated into two cohorts – orang and blue. Each cohort attends in person two days a week and remotely two days a week. Wednesdays are set aside for all remote classes.

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A Letter to the Teachers and Administration of Branford Public Schools

On October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 By Branford Buzz

Dear teachers, administrators and staff of BPS, Let me preface this letter by stating how appreciative the students who chose to return to school are for the immense work you’ve all put into our reopening. However, it seems that the perspective of the students has been forgotten and quite frankly overlooked. Connecticut alone has reopened over 250 schools all over the state along with their

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Trying to Return to School: Coronavirus Edition

On July 9, 2020July 14, 2020 By Branford Buzz

With the vast reopenings of states, safety precautions are vital now more than ever in order to keep our communities safe this fall. But would returning to school be too threatening to the students’ health? Is education more important than health?

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Distance Learning: Education In the Time of COVID-19

On April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 By Branford Buzz

By Anna Dendas In unprecedented times like this, it is important to keep our minds active. And after two weeks of filling our suddenly free schedules by taking on new hobbies, reading just a bit more, and spending strangely long periods of time outside, Branford students, as well as teachers, began to miss something major that the Coronavirus took from them – the structure that

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