By Sara Prier Covered in hundreds of tiny, hand-placed sunflowers seeds, edged in feathers, in contrasting shades of white and black. The dess shines in the blinding lights of the stage, stealing the attention of the audience, holding their eyes captive. Jessica Duschean poured hundreds of hours into her dress to show at Batavia’s annual […]

By Sydney Stokke For high schoolers, spring signals the end of the year, which means summer break. But first students must pass finals. Every year, high school students cram for their AP exams and finals. They get stressed because they want to do well, but might not know the best way to study. Every person […]

By Elyssa Hammond There are a total of 26,394 citizens of Batavia, Ill. Attending Batavia High School, Sophomore, Madison Watson is one of those citizens. Watson participates in two clubs and four sports as a high school honor student. Besides being an excellent student on honor roll, Watson also maintains a balanced life of church, […]

By Samantha Fricano The darkness envelops the sky. The only source of light is the dim glow of the headlights as we drive along the winding road 10,000 feet up the mountain. One wrong move and the car would plummet off the mountain and plunge into the menacing ocean below. The car emerges at the […]

By Seth Winkle As Jake Birkhaug ended his wrestling season February 7 and began auditioning for the school play ¨Little Brother¨ a few days later, all amidst his studying for AP classes and working towards improving the school as student ambassador, many wondered if Jake’s effort was going to be worth it. He would tell […]

By Kenna Ducoff Fifty of Batavia Public School District’s smartest third through eighth-graders will no longer be attending Batavia Public Schools next school year. The Board of Education in Batavia decided in February to join the John C. Dunham STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) Partnership School. Only the 50 selected students will get the […]

By Brendan Jones Most athletes are either hard working or talented. It is rare to find both, but Glenn Albanese Jr. is both dedicated and a naturally gifted athlete. Standing at six feet and six inches tall, two-hundred and twenty pounds, Albanese Jr. is a student-athlete at Batavia High School. As a 16-year-old he verbally […]

By Natalie Delcorps According to St. Augustine, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” Twenty-three students from Batavia awaited a flight to France at the start of Spring Break for a trip of a lifetime,  traveling to five different places in and near France. Even though this […]

By Natalie Delcorps On August 18, 2014, more than 2,000 students at Batavia High School were outfitted with Chromebook laptops, briefed, and sent off to their first day of school. It’s a historic moment for Batavia High School. All students now have their own electronic devices to do schoolwork, and not just for core classes […]

Big lights beaming down on the freshly cut grass, crowd roaring, cheerleaders cheering, dancers dancing, and the band playing the song we are all familiar with, Batavia Loyalty. This is what Batavia has been waiting for all year long, Batavia’s Friday night football games. This year representing Batavia’s football team will be captains Rourke Mullins, […]