By Erin Golden Mia Wells, a sophomore at Batavia High School, is an active member of student council the last two years. Student council is a group of students at BHS elected by their peers to set up and organize different events while helping the school and the community.   Q: Why did you run […]

By Abigail Solano On Jan. 10, 2018, incoming freshmen who will be a part of the class of 2022 were able to take the first step getting to know the high school atmosphere. Shelby Gajos, a physical education teacher, activity director, and Link Crew coordinator for Batavia High School, was a part of the production […]

By Emilee Ivan Adam Kennedy is a sophomore at Batavia High School and will be participating in the Mr. BHS event, on Jan. 20, for the second year in a row.  Mr. BHS is an event led by the Key Club that spreads awareness and collects money for the Kiwanis Neuroscience Research Foundation. This organization […]

By Vanessa True This school year, Batavia High School is saying their goodbyes to a teacher of 23 years, Celeste Dalton. Dalton has touched the lives of hundreds of students throughout her years here at BHS teaching classes such as Child Care Lab, Child Development, Parenting, Foods, Consumer Ed, Fashion Merchandising, Housing and Interior Design, […]

By Abigail Solano Batavia High School was recognized as a 2017 Illinois Democracy School in early August after displaying the practice of democracy within the school over the years.  This award is given to a school that exemplifies six key areas according to Illinois Civic Mission Coalition: instruction, discussion of current issues, service-learning, activities, student […]

By Abby Kent and Claire Gearhart Starting next school year, a new system will be put in place called the House System and will impact mostly freshman. This is the beginning of plans to make Batavia High School seem less daunting to new freshman and to eventually give more support to all students, according to […]

By Alexa Garcia The 6th annual kaleidoscope concert occurred in the BFAC on Wed., Dec. 9 to showcase musicians at Batavia High School. This concert included performances from the band, choir, orchestra, and small ensemble groups. For this concert, musical groups from Batavia High School prepared holiday music to perform together. Each group prepared one […]

By Jackson Lambert and Liam Hellard Over the past several weeks, a new conference called the DuKane Conference (composed of Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles East, St. Charles North, Wheaton North, Wheaton South, Glenbard North, and Lake Park) has gained traction  and will become the new home of Batavia athletics starting with the 2018 fall sports […]

By Xander Lundblad Are you feeling the normal stress of a typical high schooler now that the semester is coming to a close? Is your stomach aching? Are your palms sweating? If you answered, “yes, that’s me!” then sit back and relax…for now. Finals are coming, but we’ve got you covered. Here are a few […]

By Brad Balicki and Wah Htoo A new positivity challenge created by elementary school Mary Jensen is meant to help spread random acts of kindness in tough times. “Liftup101” was started with the intent set on making the world a better place, according to Jensen. The initiative was created along with four accompanying games: the […]