The BHS Register staff earned multiple honors in this year’s All-New England awards from the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA), announced today.
The Register was named Runner-Up for All-New England Best High School Newspaper, placing...
Miranda Brown '27 has won the prestigious Freedom Forum Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Award.
Miranda was chosen to represent Vermont as one of just 51 students nationwide (one from each state and Washington, D.C.). The program recognizes high...
Rose Howell ’26 was named Vermont High School Journalist of the Year by the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA).
Howell is the co-editor-in-chief of the student newspaper of BHS, The Register. She now advances to the national Journalist...
Annie Harte, Co Editor-in-Chief
• February 24, 2026
Barwaaqo Sugow ‘26 said she definitely feels like there's a disproportionate number of black students to white students in honors classes. Both Sugow and Gladis Mbilampassi ‘26 said that this discrepancy makes them feel “out of place.”
“I...
In December, U.S. President Donald Trump called Somalia a “s**thole” country and its people “garbage.” In response, staff and students at Winooski Middle & High School raised Somalia's national flag. Almost ten percent of the school’s students...
The lunch rush at BHS begins as students wait in line, many of whom rely on the freely provided meals that have become a daily guarantee ever since Vermont made school meals free for every student in 2022. In fact, 62% of BHS students surveyed eat school...
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...
Alex Blaise ‘28 found Character.AI in the midst of the pandemic. Feeling isolated from friends, Blaise found comfort in ‘conversing’ with the characters they created on the app. If Blaise wasn’t satisfied with a response, that was no problem....
On a sunny afternoon in September, indigenous scholar and educator Judy Dow led my Burlington City and Lake Semester class on a tour of the Old North End.
Wearing dangly feather earrings and a shirt with birds on it, Dow led us through the “Mocassin...
Journalism students were recognized at the New England Scholastic Press Association Conference in Boston on Friday, May 2.
2nd Place: Print Newspaper
Vermont Journalist of the Year: Connor Byam
1st Place Sports Page Design: “The Pride of...
Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14159 on January 20, 2025 titled "Protecting The American People Against Invasion." This order significantly expands the role of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
A student who requested anonymity...
Connor Byam '25 was named Vermont High School Journalist of the Year by the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) on Sunday.
Byam, co-editor-in-chief of The Register, now advances to the national Journalist of the Year competition, with...
