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Q&A: Reflecting on mentoring


Q&A: Reflecting on mentoring

By Alexa Quiroz After school mentoring program is coming to an end soon. Mentoring is an afterschool program where high school students mentor elementary school students. Many students benefit from mentoring, both high school and elementary school. Giving us an insight is high school student Harrison Bingaman. Q: How long have you been mentoring?  A: […]

Q&A: Sophomore Drum Major Chelsea Boothe reflects on her Batavia Marching Band Experience


by Sophia Nahorski Chelsea Boothe is a highly involved student at Batavia High School. She is a sophomore and participates in many extracurricular activities. These activities include Youth and Government, Mock Trial, Girl Up, Key Club, Student Council, Book Club, LINK, student ambassador for the super attendant, Marching Band, and Model UN. The Batavia Marching […]

Q&A: Frannie Gosselin talks about possibly majoring in music


Q&A: Frannie Gosselin talks about possibly majoring in music

By Bella Punzio 13 years of hard work and dedication Frannie Gosselin is in her senior year of high school. She has a passion for music and band and would like to pursue some career that involves music in her future. Frannie has a lot of experience with trombone, a little bit of piano and […]

Q&A with campus monitor Williams


Q&A with campus monitor Williams

By Nela Sedlarova Anthony Williams is a campus monitor at Batavia High School. He’s a well known monitor that can have almost every student say he is one of their favorite monitor’s from the school. Although most students can say that, not most can say they know more about him than his name and job […]

NEWS: Swingsingers end their season as Champs!


NEWS: Swingsingers end their season as Champs!

By Athziry De La Peña  Swingsingers is a 39-mixed-audition show choir, directed by Maddy Kozar, Peter Barsch and with the help of Addie Bloom and Maddy Misuira. This season they faced many struggles, but also encountered much success. BHS is no stranger to groups like this. Swingsingers has been live for longer than many of […]

Brooke Carlson’s storied high school basketball career comes to an end


Brooke Carlson’s storied high school basketball career comes to an end

By Eva Holzl As Brooke Carlson wraps up her last high school season playing basketball and reflects on her season, she got to experience the joy and excitement of reaching it to the super-sectional game. And getting to celebrate with her teammates for all the accomplishments and milestones they reached brought happiness and excitement to […]

Pole Vaulting Unveiled: The Good, the Bad, and the Bungee Cords


Pole Vaulting Unveiled: The Good, the Bad, and the Bungee Cords

By Zahra Ahmad “I think it’s unique; it takes a lot of different components of athleticism. You have to be fast, strong, coordinated, explosive, all at the same time. And you have to do all those things at a particular timing, just to go up,” said pole vault coach Adam Benkers. At Batavia High School, […]

NEWS: Video students anxiously awaiting MMEA Film Festival


NEWS: Video students anxiously awaiting MMEA Film Festival

By Sunnove Carlson Coming up on April 26th is this year’s Midwest Media Education Association (MMEA) Film Festival, offering a platform for the students enrolled in video production classes all across the Midwest Chicago area. MMEA is a program for film study students to go up against other kids in their area in a friendly […]

NEWS: Batavia varsity girls basketball bringing the heat this season


NEWS: Batavia varsity girls basketball bringing the heat this season

By Eva Holzl The fan-base of the Batavia girls’ basketball games has been increasing recently. This was especially true after an entertaining and nail-biting game this past Friday against Geneva, with around 1,000 people in attendance. The Bulldogs pulled out the win after going into overtime, with a final score of 54-53.  The girls, with […]

NEWS: Snow Day: The Maintenance Issues of Jan. 17


NEWS: Snow Day: The Maintenance Issues of Jan. 17

By Bryant Grizzell On Jan. 17, Batavia High School was shut down by a slew of maintenance issues following several days of inclement weather, resulting in several days of e-learning for students. Problems that were reported to have occurred in the school included burst pipes, malfunctioning heating systems, and water leaks in certain classrooms. The […]