There is a right way, and a wrong way to protest and exercise the right to free speech. Middlebury students recently chose the wrong method in a protest on their campus. On March 2, 2017 Charles Murray, a conservative author, political scientist, and...
Lunchtime is an oasis in many teenagers’ school days. It is a period of relief and replenishment for students, when they are provided with time to nourish their bodies and minds. As one might expect, food plays a central role in this nourishment....
Changes to the administrator hiring process under Burlington School District Superintendent Yaw Obeng have removed parents from committees and left community members concerned.
Obeng was involved in hiring a new principal at Champlain Elementary School...
Over 100 Burlington High School students planned to bundle up and brave the cold tonight for the annual Spectrum Sleep Out. Mother Nature decided otherwise.
Organizers moved the event inside the high school building after a combination of snow, sleet...
Burlington High School students have been carrying a lot of weight on their backs. Books, binders and school supplies can add up, and the school’s health office is seeing the impact.
“Excess weight from a backpack can cause a lot of back complaints,”...
Junior Alida Beste says one word comes to mind when she hears ‘C-Woods’: trouble.
C-Woods is the area behind the C building of BHS, the wing in which most English and History classes take place.
Junior Delia McConnell also feels that C-Woods has...
Walking through most parks on a warm sunny day one often finds a handful of teens and twenty somethings throwing a frisbee around.
The game is synonymous with cookouts, trips to the beach and college students. However, the relatively new sport of ultimate...
Every day hundreds of students pass through the library, however few know of the Kelly Collection of books. Near the beanbag chairs and in the upstairs corner of the library, students can find the Kelly Collection of books. The Kelly Collection boasts...
The boys varsity basketball team is willing to bleed blue and white during the postseason in order to go for a back to back championship. But will the lack of team chemistry hinder them from achieving their goal?
Captains Kaden Rosamilia and Kujtim Hashani,...
Technology is a central to the learning at Burlington High School. There are smart boards in many classrooms, students turn in their assignments online and every student has a Chromebook. Unfortunately, when technology became integrated into the BHS...
Update Feb 24, 2017: The Spectrum Sleep Out will now be taking place outside on school grounds, Principal Racicot announced on Friday afternoon. The decision was made after a meeting with administration, Ms. Dupuis, and Spectrum staff. Spectrum staff...
Approximately every month Burlington High School has a lock down or fire drill. Students are well versed on how these monthly drills usually go. For fire drills students quickly leave the room and exit the building through the nearest door, as for lockdowns...
