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Seniors can request to see teachers online with Powerschool. Photo: Jenna Peterson

BHS rolls out new Flex Time period

Ayden Flanigan November 7, 2019

During the second week of school, Burlington High School (BHS) implemented a new initiative: Flex Time.  Flex time provides time during the normally scheduled advisory for students to meet with teachers. Students use the time to check in, make-up...

Photo: Courtesy Burlington School District / Superintendent Yaw Obeng (right) pictured above with Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger (left).

BREAKING: Superintendent Yaw Obeng to step down in June

Julia Shannon-Grillo November 6, 2019

Burlington, VT - At 9:33 this morning, Burlington Superintendent of Schools Yaw Obeng sent an email addressed to BSD Community announcing his resignation.  “This decision has not been an easy one, but the rebuilt structures and stability will...

Photo: Julia Shannon-Grillo / The northbound vehicle flipped outside the City Bluff condos.

Vehicles collide outside Burlington High School

Julia Shannon-Grillo October 10, 2019

Co-written by Julia Shannon-Grillo and Jenna Peterson Late this morning, a car crash occurred at the intersection of North Avenue and Institute Road, outside of Burlington High School (BHS).   Burlington police officers on the scene said...

Photo: Nora Jacobsen

HOME FOR HOMECOMING

KCMalinda Hlords October 4, 2019

Boys Volleyball  Record: 2-5-0 This season: Boys volleyball started the season with a loss against Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU). However, they quickly came back with two consecutive wins against Vermont Commons and Rice Memorial...

Photo: Summer Grace
/ Students gather for an environmental rally in April, 2018.

BSD, stop endorsing student strikes

Julia Shannon-Grillo October 3, 2019

The power of a walkout stems from its core of civil disobedience. Walkouts make a statement by breaking the law. From women walking out of factories to oppose low wages in the 1930s, to 21st century students leaving school to advocate for gun reform,...

Image: Tom Peterson, BCOC

Initial BHS/BTC building estimates $21 million above bond

Julia Shannon-Grillo September 30, 2019

In November 2018, Burlington voters passed the largest school renovation bond in Vermont history: 70 million.  The goal: make Burlington High School an accessible, secure, energy efficient center for 21st Century learning. The plan: renovate the...

Summa leads the pack in last years Manchester Invitational

Hard work pays off: Burlington cross country star runs to the top

Nora Jacobsen September 20, 2019

On September seventh, Burlington High School (BHS) senior Wondu Summa won the Burlington Cross Country Invitational 5,000 meter run by a whopping 58 seconds. The following week he placed third at the Queensbury Invitational, a much larger event...

Burlington High Schools environmental club LEAP, put posters detailing the strike around school

“Our house is on fire”: Burlington strikes for climate change

Jenna Peterson September 19, 2019

In August 2018, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg started an international political movement.  Every Friday, instead of school, Thunberg occupied the steps of the Swedish legislature to insist they find a solution to the climate change crisis. Thunberg’s...

50 things to do this summer

50 things to do this summer

May 29, 2019

By Halle Newman There’s one hundred and four days of summer vacation, and school comes along just to end it, so the annual problem of our generation is finding a good way to spend it. Like maybe: Sleep. You deserve it. If you’re not sleeping...

Phin Brown, a 16 year old BHS senior.
Photo: Instagram

Secret Service agents frisk BHS senior: everything we know about the story now

May 29, 2019

By Nataleigh Noble Most high school seniors are only faced with the big decision of “What Comes After High School?” 16 year old Phin Brown, on the other hand, has some other choices to make. A little over a month after his encounter with two Secret...

Photo: Courtesy Gaelen Kilburn
Kilburn placed second in Mountain Bike Nationals in Snowshoe, West Virginia

Concussed Kilburn: third time’s the harm

Julia Shannon-Grillo May 28, 2019

In 2014, 2.87 million emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths occurred as a result of traumatic brain injuries - a 53% increase from the numbers seen in 2006. Traumatic brain injuries, commonly called concussions, are caused by a...

Photo credit: Lila Woodward

Love your body: say no to shame

May 17, 2019

By KCMalinda Hlordsz Body shaming is a form of bullying. Bullyingstatistics.org defines body shaming as the act of making someone feel badly about their body, for example, shaming them for being ¨too fat¨ or ¨too skinny.¨ i-D Magazine,...

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