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Posters around Burlington High School advertise the Gay Straight Alliance club, which was relaunched as an after school program this year. | Photo: Lucy Govoni/Register

Club Launched as Safe Space for LGBT Students

Lucy Govoni April 29, 2017

Think of a club and BHS probably offers it. BHS students have the option to participate in clubs such as, bowling, Leap environmental club, detour literary magazine, Model UN, there is even a minecraft club. In addition to the list BHS also offers a club...

Members of the Burlington High School Scholars Bowl team pose for a photo after a competition this season. The team hopes to compete at the national championships in Atlanta. | Photo: Courtesy

Scholars Bowl Team Looks to National Championships

April 27, 2017

Burlington High School’s scholars bowl team is heading to nationals after making it to the semifinals of the state championship. Scholars bowl, a sport where teams of four answer questions that range from classical music to pop culture, has grown in...

Burlington High School Principal Tracy Racicot. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Racicot Hired as Permanent BHS Principal

April 21, 2017

Tracy Racicot has been hired as the permanent Burlington High School principal, according to a letter from Superintendent Yaw Obeng. Herb Perez and Noel Green will remain part of the administrative team. Obeng met with staff members at the high school...

Senior Maddie Khamnei thinks GPA based graduation sashes divide students. She has proposed to administration the idea of having all students wear the same color sash. | Photo: Jake Bucci/Register

Student Hopes to Remove GPA Based Graduation Sashes

Theo Davis April 18, 2017

Senior Maddie Khamnei feels that graduation sashes divide students. BHS uses the Latin system of designation, where students wear (or don’t wear) a sash which represents their cumulative GPA over the course of their high school career.. There are...

Students will be holding a mock car crash at the high school on Wednesday.

Students Hope to Raise Awareness Through Mock Car Crash

April 18, 2017

Every two minutes, a person in the United States is injured in a drunk driving crash, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Burlington High School students will see the consequences of impaired and distracted driving on Wednesday,...

Whats Up With That? is a bi-weekly column written by Staff Writer Lucy Govoni.

What’s Up With That: Vending Machines

Lucy Govoni April 15, 2017

The vending machines that have forever lived in the far left corner of the cafe between the entrance and exit to the lunch line, however they have been relocated. Consequently, students are disoriented.  What once was an empty spot near the stairs to...

Brian Difranco has been a school resource officer in Burlington schools for the last decade. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Officer Difranco: A Community Presence

April 14, 2017

Brian Difranco spent his high school days hanging out with police officers at the Livingston County Jail, where his grandmother worked as a cook in the kitchen. “It was fun. It was usually lively,” he said. “My grandma was an old Italian woman....

Sticky notes line the walls of the office of BHS Principal Tracy Racicot, filled with suggestions for a redesigned schedule that will launch in the 2017-18 school year. | Photo: Alexandre Silberman/Register

Administration Halts Schedule Changes for 2017-18 School Year

April 14, 2017

Changes will not be made to the Burlington High School schedule for next school year, administration announced to lead teachers last week. Tracy Racicot confirmed the news in an interview with the Register on Thursday. Multiple factors were involved...

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) has voted to re-accredit Burlington High School.

English Department Adds Humor, Mindfulness to Teaching Style

April 13, 2017

Wander through C-building and you will see fifteen teachers, teaching ten different ways.   It’s striking how teachers of the same subject have such different and creative ways of helping students learn and connecting with them. It’s important for...

The job posting for the Burlington High School principal position, as seen on the district website on April 12.

District Begins Public Search For BHS Principal

April 12, 2017

The Burlington School District has publicly posted the Burlington High School principal position, as of April 12. The job description and application details are currently available on the district's employment opportunities website. Current Principal Tracy...

Burlington High School freshman Eamonn Bottger receives his medal after a podium finish in luge at the Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. | Photo Courtesy: Eamonn Bottger

Freshman Luge Athlete Sets Sights on Olympics

Theo Davis April 4, 2017

Burlington High School freshman Eamonn Bottger wants to represent the United States at the Olympics in luge, and he’s headed down the right track. Luge is a sport where one or two people race down a twisting ice track on a small sled on their backs....

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