Category: School Events

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

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

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

Branford Starting ‘No Place For Hate’ Initiative

By Kaelyn Denison Branford High School has recently partnered with ADL, the Connecticut Anti-Defamation League, to commit to a new program called ‘No Place For Hate’ to provide an inclusive and safe environment in the school. At Branford High School, the ‘No Place For Hate’ is a committee who dedicate their time into preventing hate from going any further in schools and to stop it

The schedule for the last week of classes at Branford High School

Year End Exams Will Follow Same Schedule as Midyear

By Aryana Wilson Come June, Branford High School will keep the same schedule for end of semester assessments that it used for midterms this year and will not revert to an extended exam schedule that it used to do back in 2019. Just like with midterms this year, there will be no separate longer exam schedule at the end of the year, which Principal Lee

A student plays the card game Uno during a recent Hive Choice class at BHS. Photo credit: Morgan Stone

First Year of Hive Choice Gets Mixed Reviews

By Vanessa Fusco and Nicole Pagliaro Hive Choice, a new program at Branford High School that offers the opportunity to participate once a week in a non-academic activity of their choosing – cornhole, crocheting, Uno for example – has gotten some mixed reviews so far from students and staff. “I think we need time in our days to take care of ourselves, kids and teachers,”

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

Normalcy Returns As Anything Goes In Successful BHS Musical

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

BHS Alum Kelly M. Laske,who is the senior social media manager for US Weekly, speaks to students in Mr. Miller's Digital Journalism Class. Photo by Lauren Dombrowski

BHS Alum In Social Media ‘Dream Job’ Returns and Tells Students To Think Big

By Adam Albrecht Being the Senior Social Media Manager for a huge media company is difficult and many may crack under the pressure, but Kelly Laske makes it look easy. And she loves it. Laske, 28, is a 2012 graduate of Branford High School and currently works for US Weekly, a popular celebrity and entertainment based magazine. She has dreamed of being in her position

To Mask or Not To Mask? That is Question for Board of Ed Tonight

By Sushant Kunwar Tonight, the Branford Board of Education will hold a public hearing to hear input from the school community about the future of the mask mandate in Branford Public Schools.  This comes two weeks before the state mask mandate is set to end in Connecticut. Earlier last week, Governor Ned Lamont announced that the decision to require masks in schools will be determined

New Recycling Plan Helping BHS Go Green

By Grahm Reynolds Recently, Branford High School has implemented a new program — headed by the National Honor Society and Environmental Club — to recycle paper that is thrown into blue recycle bins around the school. Previously, this paper was just thrown out with the rest of the trash, leading it to rot in a landfill.  “Paper consistently makes up the highest percentage of landfilled