Asking freshmen about high school
By Maria Poling I wanted to know what other freshmen thought was different in high school than middle school and what was the same. For me, I thought the cafeteria food and the bathrooms are different. There’s more people especially tall people in high school than their was in middle school. We can also eat […]
18 Things To Do Before You Graduate High School
By Maison Tollas High School Bucket List There are some obvious feats that you should achieve before you graduate high school. These include: join a sport, a club, apply for college, go to a football game, get good grades, etc. But there is a series of less “cliché” (school-appropriate) accomplishments that you should really complete […]
What student want to change about BHS
By: Jennifer Walton Batavia High School is nowhere near perfect. There are many changes that can be made to it. School staff doesn’t typically listen to the students, ask what there opinion is, and what they would like to change or add to the school. This week, The Spectator made an anonymous survey and sent […]
BHS students wish to make a change
By Erin Smothers According to DailyMail, 90 percent of teenagers are unhappy with their body shape. Another 15 percent of teenagers are depressed. This week, The Spectator interviewed 15 students and asked what they’d change about themselves. Every subject wanted to change themselves personally rather than physically. Still, the majority of teens would rather change […]
Piron has high hopes for the Playoffs
By Davis Ward It’s no surprise that the Batavia Bulldogs are in the playoffs for football again. With a record of 8-1 it looks like they could advance deep into the playoffs again this year. Coach Dennis Piron has very high hopes of this season, “We’re at a point here now where we can compete with […]
Niemiec voted Tribune’s “Athlete of Month”
By Collin Cadle Every month, The Chicago Tribune, chooses an athlete of the month based on internet voting. The athlete with the most votes wins. In our school, senior quarterback Kyle Niemiec won this month. “I feel honored, and grateful to have the people in this community to give me all the support that they give […]
BHS music department offers new class
By Grace Borchert Batavia High School has started a new orchestra class, Sinfonietta, for the 2015-2016 school year. Sinfonietta is a sophomore class where orchestra students have the chance to grow and prepare for the audition into one of the two orchestra classes, Symphony and Philharmonic. Students are placed in orchestras that they can grow […]
New Advanced Placement class offered to freshmen this year
By Rebecca Kaminski A brand new course, AP Human Geography, is open to freshmen at Batavia High School this year. The course’s purpose is to “introduce students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface,” according to the AP student college board. This course […]
P.E. leadership benefiting BHS students
By Olivia Monzel Laughter fills the gym as the students sprint from base to base or toss a football to their friends. Zachary’s eyes light up everytime he catches the ball as his fellow leaders cheer him on in the background, yelling his name with excitement. Zachary is part of P.E leadership, a widely-known and […]
Freshmen reflect on high school transition
By Anastasia Gelardi This Friday is all about the Batavia High School Class of 2018 and their reflections on their athletics, clubs, classes, and overall experience during their first year at BHS. Freshman year, for most people, is shocking and scary at first. There are so many new things in high school that are different […]