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BHS Boys 2023 Spring Sports Preview
The spring 2023 sports season is underway, with several teams anticipating a successful competitive season.
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BHS Musical Comes Back Stronger Than Ever after COVID
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
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Paws For A Cause Brings Smiles to BHS Students
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
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BHS Starts Bathroom Pass Policy to Reduce Student ‘Roaming’
By Scout Engstrom and Paige Johnson Branford High School implemented a new bathroom/hall pass policy this month to minimize roaming and congregating in the halls and bathroom. However, this has caused some controversy among students and teachers. Principal Lee Panagoulias said it was not solely up to him to decide to implement the hall pass system, but it came from the BHS leadership team, which
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BHS Alum Discusses Dream Job: ‘One big competition every day’
By Gianna Piscitelli From the small town of Branford to New York City, Branford High graduate Kelly Laske, 29, has lots to share about her journey of becoming the social media manager at Page Six at the NY Post. Laske talked to the BHS journalism students last week in class to help them better understand the true world of journalism, reporting and social media. Ever
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Junior Ella Kelly to Compete in the Poetry Out Loud State Championship
Staff reports After a year on the sidelines, Branford High School is back in the state Poetry Out Loud competition, represented by junior Ella Kelly, who has reached the state final. Ella will recite her three poems live at the state finals at Hartford’s Bushnell Theater on March 11. After a very close school championship, Ella Kelly submitted her three recitation videos to the regional
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What is a Trivia Fundraiser to Benefit BHS?
By Sam Harwin It’s been a long and tough pandemic these past few years. So it’s time to get out of the house and participate in the Home Restaurant free trivia night on Tuesday, February 28. The night is being organized by Branford High School’s Junior and Sophomore classes. Proceeds from the night will raise money in order to help improve the school. Everyone is
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Bringing the Sauce to Make BHS Healthier
By Adam Albrecht A special message in the form of marinara sauce arrived at Branford High School this month, giving students some say in adding new and healthy options to the school lunch menu. During all lunch waves on the 13, Massaro Community Farm brought their marinara sauce for students and faculty alike to try. Chef John Turenne and farmer Steve Munno from Massaro have
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News in Review: The Top News Stories at BHS Last School Year
During last school year The Branford Buzz covered a variety of important and interesting news events from the Branford High School community. A lot happened that is worthy of news coverage. With a new school year underway, the staff of the Buzz is excited to continue serving as the online news source of the Branford High School community. The new school year also provides an
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The Year’s Final Post: Reflecting On Our Time at BHS
By Grahm Reynolds and Sushant Kunwar It’s been an eventful four years at Branford High School: we started as young freshmen who were told to be wary of the seniors and walk fast in the halls and now, we write this as seniors who did our best not to scare the freshman. We still walk fast though. The students of the class of 2022 faced
