By Gabi Pucher For the class of 2021, the SAT was originally scheduled for April. However, the test was continually moved around and landed on October 14. The SAT test was not taken in any normal standard and caused students much-unneeded stress in these already harrowingly difficult times. Due to all of the effects COVID-19 had […]

By Leah Monroy As a Mexican-American teen living in Batavia, Batavia does not celebrate different cultures enough. According to the World Population Review, Batavia is predominantly made up of 88.75 percent white residents while the other 11.25 percent are minority groups.  How can Batavia incorporate and learn about different cultures? How can we be sensitive […]

By Drew Page A lot of people like movies; that’s pretty obvious, no? And a lot more people have been sat on by last year and all of its…uniqueness. That includes people being quarantined for the majority of the year, restaurants and other eating establishments boarding up shops, and angry, 40-year-old women who need to […]

By Kyle Rindt Imagine a test in which your entire life depends on. Getting a high score would ensure success for life, while if you get a bad score then the person will be unsuccessful for years and decades to come? These are the thoughts that are going through millions of high schoolers’ minds all […]

By Aubrey Rupp At Batavia High School there is no shortage of plastic products. Whether it be a lemonade bottle from the cafeteria or plastic spoons and forks, there is no denying that Batavia uses a lot of it. Although there are recycling bins everywhere, BHSl chooses to recycle only the paper products that are […]

By Nelson Rerko It would be pretty hard to imagine what school would be like if the cameras would be able to scan and detect who you were. Students in a Denver school don’t have to imagine, because they already have it.  It marks one of the newest plans some schools are taking against school […]

By Jayelin Haines and Irulan Riley According to everettsd.org, lack of sleep can easily affect academic performance, but this is old news to most students.  Here at BHS, school starts at 7:35 every day except for Thursday when school starts at 8:25. That being said, we start fairly early, but how does that early starting […]

By Ben Budke and Madison Waldschmidt With climate change currently happening,  everyone may seem to be asking what is the harm with plastic? Plastic is harmful in many ways, not just it’s composition, but other health-related matters. Plastic is used around food, buildings, and other useful products such as helmets, electronics, and flooring. The use […]

By Madison Waldschmidt Stress is beginning to take over students’ daily life in and outside of school. An NYU study on stress from high school students found that “nearly half (49%) of all students reported feeling a great deal of stress…Grades, homework, and preparing for college were the greatest sources of stress for both genders.” […]

By Irulan Riley The topic of standardized testing is always changing, with new methods and tests constantly coming out. It’s no surprise that people are debating about whether standardized testing is effective or not, or if the new methods of testing are good or bad.  MAP tests have recently made a comeback at BHS with […]