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 […]
Coronaviruses adds stress on future college students
By Gabi Pucher Kaycee Reyes Ramirez is a Senior at Batavia High School. She is currently in the process of applying and being accepted to colleges. She currently has been accepted to two colleges and still has three colleges to hear back from. However, all of her colleges that she applied to are in the […]
BHS swimmers try to stay active, motivated during Tier 3 mitigations
By Hollyn Ambre Athletics have been affected greatly by the pandemic but indoor sports more so than the ones outdoors. Club swim teams are almost completely indoors due to it being all year round. This means swimmers have been working for short course times for half of a year (two swim seasons a year). Half […]
The Silver Screen’s Golden Exit: Could this be the end of theatres?
By Drew Page A lot of people like movies; that’s pretty obvious, no? And a lot more people have been sat on by last year and all of its…uniqueness. That includes people being quarantined for the majority of the year, restaurants and other eating establishments boarding up shops, and angry, 40-year-old women who need to […]
BHS seniors express concerns about ’20-’21 school year
By Mason Kruse and Amy Bleakley The class of 2021 has had to make multiple changes during their senior year due to the recent pandemic that hit America in March of 2020. They have had to adjust to their new learning styles that have taken an extreme toll on their social and academic lives that […]
Recap: Boys’ swimming takes 22nd at state to finish successful season
By Brogan Pierce The Batavia boys’ swim team worked very hard this year to make waves in the competition, and they definitely succeeded. The team had a lot of success throughout the year and found a lot more confidence than they were looking for. The team, which is combined with Geneva and West Chicago, went […]
Improvements being made to BHS during e-learning
By Garret Sims The Batavia Public School District 101 motto is “Always Learning, Always Growing,” and they take it to heart. Currently, the Batavia High School campus is undergoing several significant changes in preparation for the 2020-2021 school year. According to Jason Jakubaitis, a senior at the high school, upgrades are now underway to enhance […]
Despite rough end to year, seniors have plenty to look back on
By Ari Fragen It’s been a wild ride for Batavia High School’s class of 2020. It’s not the senior year anyone hoped for, but things move on nonetheless. Although the last few months of the school year have been difficult, the past four years have created memories that will last a lifetime. A few students […]
Carroll University committed Ostrander recapping the 2019 girls’ varsity tennis season
By Kelly Wenzel While my friends and I were kicking it back at the Quarry last summer, Madison Ostrander was averaging about seven hours a day, five days a week on the tennis court. On the varsity team since freshman year, Ostrander has experienced the in’s and out’s of the Batavia Tennis program and was […]