REVIEW: ‘Oppenheimer’ an ‘American Prometheus’
Oppenheimer exceeds expectations with 13 Oscars and a powerful message in movie theaters and homes around the world. By Lylah Jakubiak In a crowded movie theater, darkness stretches across the screen. Suddenly, the audience is encapsulated by a rolling, roaring cloud of glowing fire that snakes across the black. The theater falls silent as they […]
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 […]
Gorlewski Podcast Episode 1 – Mobile Gaming and Microtransactions
This is the first episode of the Gorlewski Podcast. Today’s episode will be about mobile gaming and microtransactions. Host: Bailey Gorlewski Gorlewski Podcast Thanks for listening! Music Used: Quirky Dog By: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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 […]
Girls’ cross country hopes to continue season’s successes
By Grace Borchert The Batavia girls’ cross country team is ranked third in the state and heading towards IHSA Regionals on Sat., Oct. 24 with high goals. The varsity team already won its second consecutive Upstate 8 Conference meet, averaging 18:09 as a team in the three-mile run. Emma Stephens, a sophomore and top runner, […]
Batavia Tennis? What’s that? The truth revealed from two BHS varsity tennis players
By Maddie Rea and Alexandra Davis Our school has a tennis team? Surprise ladies and gents, we do. Other sports tend to be taken more seriously at Batavia. When I tell people I play tennis, the response back is usually negative. They laugh or make jokes about how easy it is to play. In fact, tennis […]
Fall wardrobe essentials
By Sam Fricano The time has come around again where the green leaves turn to a beautiful red-orange and the air becomes crisp as a new season begins. While everyone is sad to see summer go, in my opinion fall is the most beautiful season of them all. The entire world around us changes color. […]
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 […]