By Bailey Gorlewski The Batavia Scholastic Bowl team lost a close match against Elgin on Thursday, Nov. 5. The match came down to a buzzer beater answer by Elgin on the last question to win them the match. The loss puts Batavia at 1-2 on the season, with a win against West Aurora, and losses […]

By Maria Poling Bulldog Hour is a great use of time to do homework, test retakes, and meet with teachers. But not all students are meeting with teachers or doing homework. Some students aren’t checking in with classroom using the barcodes and because of this Bulldog Hour may be removed. I think the reason why […]

By Aaron Viland If you drink a large quantity of soda, you may be able to be of assistance to some folks here at the high school. Batavia teachers, Daniel Renz and Chris Payton, and their students are attempting to collect 1,500 2-liter plastic bottles. No, Renz is not desperate for some extra beakers for […]

By Lauren Burnham Batavia High School presents the comedic tale of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend, spinning the audience a tale of lovers and magic and mischievous misdoings for their viewing pleasure. This version of the play was adapted and directed by Joshua Casburn, the Theater Arts Director at the high school. It’s been […]

By Lauren Burnham Tired of binge watching the same old mainstream shows like Supernatural and Bones? Satisfy your zombified hipster brain with some not-so-mainstream TV! 1.The Finder The Finder is # 1 on my list, not because I think it’s the best, but because this show is the most relaxing show I’ve watched. Since I […]

By Andrew Costigan Basketball season starts in a week and Batavia’s team is excited to take the court again after finishing with a 15-14 record last season. Batavia has nine returning seniors playing this season and hope to use this depth to continue to improve and make Batavia a basketball powerhouse. The Spectator was able […]

By Maria Poling I wanted to know what other freshmen thought was different in high school than middle school and what was the same. For me, I thought the cafeteria food and the bathrooms are different. There’s more people especially tall people in high school than their was in middle school. We can also eat […]

By Maison Tollas High School Bucket List There are some obvious feats that you should achieve before you graduate high school. These include: join a sport, a club, apply for college, go to a football game, get good grades, etc. But there is a series of less “cliché” (school-appropriate) accomplishments that you should really complete […]

By Gianna Kozaczka Most everyone in this world dances in their own way. There’s contemporary dance, ballet, hip-hop and many more forms. Another form of dance, which is unlike any other is flow dance or flowarts. It’s called flow because you use inanimate objects and synchronize it into dance, which causes it all to come […]

By: Jennifer Walton Batavia High School is nowhere near perfect. There are many changes that can be made to it. School staff doesn’t typically listen to the students, ask what there opinion is, and what they would like to change or add to the school. This week, The Spectator made an anonymous survey and sent […]