Category: Student life

What’s that Noise Coming from the Bathrooms?

By Angela Pascale and Gina Marino The new hand dryers that were put into the bathrooms over the summer are causing a lot of chatter in the school community. They may just be hand dryers, but they came in making quite the statement. There have been many opinions circulating, regarding the new addition. Principal Lee Panagoulias said, “the hand dryers are more environmentally friendly and

Watch Out World, Smart Phones Are Taking Over

By Gina Marino The technology that is the “smartphone” is making the big impact in the educational world. It was just the other day that student Jessie Pantani, ’16, used her phone as part of her assignment. “My assignment was to look up supporting documentation using our smart phones because it would be quicker and more efficient, seeing as everybody had them at their desk.”

College Life After BHS

By Brianna Boteler Branford High School students who head off to college may be leaving Branford, but according to a new report released by the Guidance Department most BHS students stay close to home. The Summary Report released by guidance shows all of the statistics on the class of 2012, including what colleges the majority of students applied to. Many of those top schools are

The Apocalypse is Here. So What Now?

By Nina Mariotti As 2012 rapidly comes to an end, some would say the world is coming to an end as well. For the past few years now, people have been claiming that the Mayans predicted the world would end on December 21st, 2012. Movies that show morbid or sad ways of the world ending,like “Seeking a Friend for the World to End” and “The Day After

Student Wins Writing Award

By Madeline Alden Cole Freeman, a senior here at BHS, was recently awarded a prestigious national writing award. He was one of 525 high school seniors across the country to win the award. Only 10 students from Connecticut were honored by the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing in 2007. In all, 1,789 students were nominated. To even be considered for