By Davis Ward Sadly, it’s over. Sadly, the Friday night lights aren’t going to be turned on for another year. Sadly, the Bulldog stadium won’t be used for ten months. And sadly, the Battlin’ Bulldogs will be losing 28 seniors this year. “There are no words to describe our success this season,” said Quarterback Kyle […]

By Maison Tollas An Illinois State Truancy law has limited total absences to nine days per school year — a five percent decrease from the original 18. The Illinois state law used to account for absences for 10 percent of the school year or 18 days. According to an article posted by lawyers.com, if a […]

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 Maddie Rea and Alexandra Davis Our school has a tennis team? Surprise ladies and gents, we do. Other sports tend to be taken more seriously at Batavia. When I tell people I play tennis, the response back is usually negative. They laugh or make jokes about how easy it is to play. In fact, tennis […]

By Sam Fricano The time has come around again where the green leaves turn to a beautiful red-orange and the air becomes crisp as a new season begins. While everyone is sad to see summer go, in my opinion fall is the most beautiful season of them all. The entire world around us changes color. […]

By Seth Winkle Football: Everyone knows the Batavia has a great tradition of football. Head coach Dennis Piron has not lost a conference game since he took over in 2011. Piron only lost one regular season game this season in a nail-biter against Oswego. Many of the Bulldogs are going on to play in college, […]

By Makayla Mason Batavia High school has a wide range of classes to take. Some options are unusual, like Latin in the language department. Latin, though it would definitely be an interesting class to take, is it the most useful one to take? Batavia High offers Spanish and French, like most schools, but it also […]

By Samantha Fricano As a teenager there are tons of different fashions and styles that you can choose to wear to express yourself. However, as a highschool student with no steady income there’s a point where you have to decide what you want to spend your money on. Featured below are, in my opinion, the […]

By: Anastasia Gelardi   While Batavia Public School District 101 is preparing for the 2015-2016 school year, the Batavia High School administration has made the decision to eliminate Dance from the P.E Curriculum at BHS moving forward, leaving students, as well as teachers and parents, disappointed. BHS has offered a wide variety of different classes […]

by Sara Prier This year, students in numerous states will waste valuable class time over the course of eight days in order to take the Parcc testing. The test is meant to quiz students on their understanding of English and math in accordance to the Common Core State Standards. However, the test does absolutely nothing […]