Pete Hegseth and his team said the press corps had an October 15th deadline to agree to the policy, and on this day, nearly every credible news organization turned in their press passes and walked out.
The policy requires journalists to agree to only...
They look like behind-the-door shoe holders – in fact, some of them were originally for shoes, but now they hold cell phones. As you walk into class, the first thing students do is put their phones in their individually assigned pockets. One quarter...
Elliot Cardinal ‘26 was digging through old posters promoting the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) club when they found something upsetting. The new student leader of the GSA said they found “multiple homophobic slurs” written across one of the posters.
“And...
Hold your britches! For the first time since 1846, it’s no longer legal to be nude in the city of Burlington. The Burlington City Council’s final ordinance was passed in September 2025.
Roslen Wallstrom ‘28 witnessed a naked man walking past...
A JV football game was suspended after a parent of a U-32 football player reportedly told BHS’s Junior Varsity Football Head Coach Josh Safran, “I’ve killed better men than you.”
A U-32 parent shouted this after their child was injured during...
This year, every class at BHS will now have the same names for categories in their gradebooks and the same point values, with some variation decided by individual teachers within the prescribed limits as follows:
Summative Assessment (tests, essays,...
Signing the beam was difficult. The colorful marker tips were blunted and it was already covered in hundreds of signatures. Students, teachers and community members all scavenged for a nook or cranny to scribble their name on the long olive green beam.
The...
Tripadvisor lists Church Street Marketplace as one of the top 5 things to do while in Vermont. It is bustling with activity: street entertainers, festivals and a lot of small businesses standing side-by-side with larger companies. CVS sits across from...
Bellamy Crehan, Journalism 1 Student
• December 22, 2023
In the Essex High School cafeteria, tables are filled with mac n’ cheese, chocolate chip cookies and onigiri (Japanese rice balls). It’s a potluck dinner, to celebrate the last night of a 10-day student exchange program between Vermont and Japan....
When Nora Perry ‘24 came to school, they were prepared to audition for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”. They walked out of auditions as Percy Jackson, the lead in “The Lightning Thief”.
The drama department announced that “Spelling...
A racist comment was made by an Essex High School football player towards South Burlington High School Athletic Director Mike Jabour at Thursday’s SeaWolves game. The comment was reportedly made in response to Jabour’s decision to postpone the game...
