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Final Touches: Mr. McColl Set To Retire

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By Gabriela Darling John McColl, who teaches graphics and photography, is one of several teachers who is retiring from Branford High School this year. He has been teaching at BHS since 2003 and said he became a teacher to inspire and teach young people to create quality artwork and share his experiences as an artist/graphic designer.  “Relax and enjoy sharing what you know with students,”

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Is School Spirit In “The Gray” at BHS?

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The state of Branford High School spirit – whether it has improved or worsened – has students and teachers asking what has changed this year as we returned to a new sense of normalcy. 

There are many different perspectives on what school spirit is and some define it as school wide participation and spirit in events. Some say there is great school spirit.

But some believe that the school spirit is less than what it has been before.

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Five Questions With … Mr. Biondi

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By Colin Donahoe As part of a series, The Branford Buzz is asking teachers and students “Five Questions with…” to help the BHS community get to know one another and share ideas. This week’s feature is Mr. Richard Biondi, also known as Bondo. He is a social studies teacher and coach here at BHS, where he has been for nearly 30 years. Bondo coaches the

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Five Questions With … Carter Burgess

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By Colin Donahoe As part of a series, The Branford Buzz is asking teachers and students “Five Questions with…” to help the BHS community get to know one another and share ideas. This week’s feature is Senior Carter Burgess Carter, a talented woodworker and very devoted student. On top of that, Carter was also a captain of the BHS boys Cross Country Team and captain

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School’s Only Business and Finance Teacher Retiring This Year

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By Nate Dornfeld Mary June Champagney, Branford High School’s only finance and business teacher, recently decided that the 2022-2023 school year will be her last year of teaching. She teaches personal finance, business and entrepreneurship. Champagney lives in Manchester and you can see her pasion for her job by waking up everyday at 5 a.m. in order to get to BHS on time. She started

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BHS Juniors Earn National Writing Awards

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By Staff Reports Two budding young writers – Branford High School juniors Lucy Peterson and Clare Barnett – were recently selected for a 2023 Achievement Awards for Writing, given by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage high school students to write and to recognize some of the

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No Place For Hunger: Students Stressed With New Breakfast Hours

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By Salsabil Logno, Keyla Padilla and Taylor Tracy A new schedule that only provides Branford High School students with a 15-minute window to get free breakfast in the morning has left some hungry students frustrated and has caused mixed feelings. From many students’ perspectives, the new breakfast schedule – implemented in March – is unfair. In the updated schedule, breakfast is offered from 7 to

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Branford Buzz Wins Connecticut Press Award

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Staff reports The staff of The Branford Buzz was recognized recently by the Connecticut Press Club for its writing and news coverage of Branford High School’s cell phone restriction policy. The Buzz, and its student journalists, were awarded an honorable mention for a High School News Story as part of the 2022 Connecticut Press Club Awards for the article “Cellphones Silenced at BHS: Classroom Ban

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BHS Girls 2023 Spring Sports Preview

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By Jake Elpi and Brody Fagan After another successful winter season, we head into the warm weather hoping for a great start to the 2023 spring sports season. Branford High School is wishing luck to the baseball team, boys lacrosse team, track and field team, golf team, and the boys tennis team. For the latest schedule of all the spring teams click here. Let’s dive

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