Jasper Roberts is a chocolatier at the Whizbangs candy store on Church Street. She, along with the other chocolatier Ana Ferdock, works behind a plastic partition at the back of the store.  Ferdock works with a big sheet of fudge, slicing and sectioning...

Antonia Constantino ‘27 recently cut herself off from social media. She says she still uses streaming services and watches long-form content, but has stopped watching short-form content like TikTok and Instagram. “I always have to start immediately...

Reading Specialist Lauren Morse clicks through a slideshow on prefixes and suffixes, pausing to have students circle them in each word and ensure they are following along. Books line the back wall and everywhere you look, you’ll find posters about the...

The Burlington School District budget proposal is out. Ten people across the district will be laid off this year. 4.5 of those people will be teachers. Two of these ten positions are English Language teachers.  EL teacher Susan Blethen said the department...

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...

In the deep October chill, a teacher hands out knives to her students. They’re on the roof of the BHS parking lot. They are talking and laughing with each other as they stab and slice their knives into…pumpkins. This pumpkin carving activity was a...

As students rely more on social media and influencers for information, creators like Troy Austen and Sam Wick reveal both the promise and risk of algorithm-driven news. Troy Austin isn’t only a friendly BHS security guard, he’s also the creator...

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...

The O.N.E. Community Center was decorated with colorful Tibetan prayer flags and posters of the Dalai Lama. Groups of giggling little kids zip in and around people eating Tibetan food and browsing the vendors selling jewelry, stickers, and other items. On...

Avery Eringis ‘26 was discussing cell phone towers with a peer during physics class when, according to Eringis, that student started yelling and “lashing out.” A few hours later, Eringis had a meeting with Vice Principal Heather Win. Here, Win...