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by Meglin Bodner That’s right! BHS proudly presents “The Phantom of The Opera” as the spring musical. It was first performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London in 1986 and is the longest running show in Broadway history, having had its 9,000th performance in September 2009. “The Phantom of the Opera” was taken from the book “Le Fantome de L’Opera by Gaston Leroux. The music was written
by Editor-in-Chief Marisa Kaplita Texting is a national phenomenon that has affected people of all ages over just the past few years. Even the inventors of texting had no idea of the effect they were created onto the nation. And I must admit that texting is a wonderful thing, but there comes a point where it’s just too much. It has come increasingly apparent to
by Marisa Kaplita The new school year has begun and we kicked it off great; our new freshmen came in, we started all our new fall sports, and we even dedicated our student center to Dr. Higgins. However, we also started the year off with another uneventful pep-rally. A few of the teams actually did do a good job, but most of them just did
by Megan Gilstrap Remember right before you left the middle school, and you were an 8th grader and you felt like you were on top of the “School chain”. Well that’s not how it was when you became a freshman the year after that. The new freshmen class knows how it feels to be on the bottom of the “school chain”. It’s hard to be
The Construction of Canoes By Meglin Bodner The Advanced Woodworking classes have worked hard to complete handmade canoes with the help of their teacher, Mr. Niemiec, and various others. Mr. Niemiec was thinking of new projects that the students could try out. He wasn’t sure exactly what to do, so he asked another shop teacher. They came up with making canoes. Mr. Niemiec
On June 11, 2009 James Bannon and Zachary Fair appeared on the WTNH Channel 8 midday show in a cooking showcase making Lemon Tartlets. The segment was taped early in the morning and air at approximately 12:30 last Thursday. If you missed it air, you can still see it here Photo Credit: Here -Madeline Alden
By Merissa Blitz Photos- Madeline Alden This school year, many new fashion trends have bloomed. The two most popular seem to be the peace sign and the scarf. You can see many of the street vendors in places like New York City carrying scarves and peace sign attire. Scarves are popular at stores such as American Eagle, Hollister, PacSun, and many more. “I love wearing
By Ella Borkowski Science teacher Michelle Valauskas recently started teaching Branford High School. The following is an interview conducted with her by The Branford Buzz. Q: Where did you grow up? A: Guilford, CT Q: Why did you choose to teach at BHS? A: I have always heard great things about BHS, and feel very lucky to have been given an opportunity to teach here.
By Liz Tate The 2008 Branford High School Milestone yearbook won four marks of distinction from the National Scholastic Press Association. The NSPA rated The Milestone yearbook a 42.50 out of a possible 45 points. This puts The Milestone in the top 5% of the best yearbooks produced in the country. In fact, one of the judges said, “What you produce here is a college
By Alice Ni Girl’s Soccer- After last year’s phenomenal season, the girl’s soccer team set higher expectations for themselves for this year. But although they played well, it wasn’t enough. Chelsea O’Connor who plays defense said that, “We’re all really athletic, talented, and hardworking, but we got really discouraged once our season started out rough and we never got back into things until the very
