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The Student News Site of Burlington High School

BHS Register

The Student News Site of Burlington High School

BHS Register

What do BHS students think of the Seawolf?

What do BHS students think of the Seawolf?

Ayden Flanigan and Hazel Wasmund October 5, 2018

Burlington High School (BHS), Winooski High School (WHS), and South Burlington High School (SBHS) joined forces this year to create a combined football team: the Seawolves. One of the many tasks that fell to BHS history teacher and football coach,...

Cheerleaders Preform at BHS homecoming game
Photo: Anessa Conner

Bring it on! Combined cheerleading team provides opportunities for BHS students

Anessa Conner September 28, 2018

Every day at 3:05 Savanah Jarvis, a BHS junior, and Kami Chadwick, BHS freshman, rush to South Burlington High School (SBHS) for their 3:45 cheerleading practice. Their hair is already up in a tight ponytail with a bright blue bow. Jarvis and Chadwick...

Kavanaugh vs. Ford: BHS weighs in on the showdown

Kavanaugh vs. Ford: BHS weighs in on the showdown

September 28, 2018

By Halle Newman Christine Blasey Ford, 51, recalled going to a party in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 15. On her way upstairs to use the bathroom, she said she was pulled into a bedroom by two older boys and pinned down on a bed by one of them as he attempted...

Photo:Halle Newman

Hibakusha Stories: atomic bomb survivors share their stories with BHS

September 18, 2018

Written by Halle Newman On the morning of August 6, 1945, thirteen-year-old Shigeko Sasamori walked through the streets of Hiroshima, Japan, admiring the sunshine when she noticed an airplane flying overhead. “The white little grey airplane looked...

BREAKING: Burlington School Board and District Administration end the restrictive BHS Register Publication Guidelines imposed by Interim Principal

BREAKING: Burlington School Board and District Administration end the restrictive ‘BHS Register Publication Guidelines’ imposed by Interim Principal

September 15, 2018

On Tuesday, September 11, Burlington High School interim Principal Noel Green censored the Register, BHS’s student newspaper.  The editors were ordered to remove the breaking news of official charges filed by the Vermont Agency of Education against...

Burlington School Board members voted to adopt a $7M budget for FY18 and put forth a deferred maintenance bond, during a meeting at Hunt Middle School on Jan. 10.

Burlington School Board Passes $74M Budget, Seeks Maintenance Bond

July 11, 2017

Watch a video of the full meeting: The Burlington School Board voted to adopt a budget of $73.76 million for FY18 at a meeting at Hunt Middle School on Jan. 10. The result is a 6.6 percent budget increase over last year, which will now head to the ballot...

BHS 2016 Yearbook Available on Monday

BHS 2016 Yearbook Available on Monday

July 4, 2017

The 2016 and 2017 Burlington High School OREAD (yearbook) staffs are pleased to announce that the 2016 yearbook has arrived! Pre-ordered, pre-paid copies may be picked up from noon until 3:30 on Monday, Jan. 9 in the BHS Main Lobby. After Monday, pre-ordered...

Alexandre Silberman at the press briefing room for the U.S. House of Representatives during a tour of the Capitol Building at the 2016 Al Neuharth and Free Spirit Journalism Conference. | Photo: Courtesy Newseum Institute

Last Words: Senior Editor Alexandre Silberman Signs Off

June 12, 2017

This is the end. After hours of school board meetings, interviews, research and tens of thousands of words later, my high school journalism career has come to an end. It’s been a wild ride. Each story I pursued brought me closer to the greater community....

Register Senior Editor Jake Bucci.

Last Words: Senior Editor Jake Bucci Signs Off

June 12, 2017

Thank you, BHS class of 2017. Thanks for speaking out and for standing up. For dissenting and for agreeing. For holding each other up and watching out for one another. Whether we like it our not, our four years here were jammed packed with politics,...

Burlington Technical Centers new makerspace includes a mural created by students in the design and illustration program. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Burlington Technical Center Launches Makerspace

June 12, 2017

The Burlington Technical Center campus is getting a makerspace: a hub for interdisciplinary, project-based learning. The addition is part of a growing education movement around the country to provide spaces for independent, hands-on work. The “maker...

BHS teacher Ron MacNeil, back left, captures Ronald Reagans arrival at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington on Feb. 14, 1980. MacNeil worked as a photojournalist before going into education. | Photo: Courtesy Rob Swanson

Photojournalist, Scholar Ron MacNeil Says Goodbye

June 10, 2017

Feet up, leaned back. 90% of the time, this is the position where one finds Ron MacNeil. MacNeil, who has been with the district for 16 years, will retire from the history department at the end of the year. When you walk into C104, it becomes immediately...

ONTOP Program Director Ed Murray works with students on May 22. Murray is retiring this June after over two decades.

Ed Murray Departing ONTOP Program After 37 Years

June 8, 2017

When asked about the best part of his job, Ed Murray, program director for OnTop, jokingly replies, “summers off.” Murray will be retiring from his position as a special educator at OnTop, an alternative program for children who face behavioral or...

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