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 […]
Bears off-season changes
By Henry Downing The Bears 2018 season showed lots of promise. Mitch Trubisky showed great development and the Bears ended up going 12-4 with a dominant defense led by Khalil Mack. However, going into the 2019 season with high hopes they regressed to 8-8 with a tough schedule. The defense remained dominant though the offense […]
Tom Brady’s options
By Henry Downing When Tom Brady was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft no one expected him to be good. Just a safe backup QB pick just in case something goes wrong. But in the second week of the 2001 season when then starting quarterback for the Patriots got injured and […]
Batavia Girls Softball Preview
Batavia Girls Softball Preview Head coach: Coach Torry Pryor Years coaching at BHS: Head Coach for two years Asst. coach: Kelly Rosmonowski and Jeff Sortino Last season’s highlights: Last season the team beat Geneva twice and St Charles East once. Top returnees: This year’s top returnees are Noelle Chaney (P, IF), Hanna Mackowiak […]
Dance Team takes 18th at IHSA State
By Ryan Ingold The Batavia Dance Team is headed to the IHSA state competition, and will hit the floor Jan. 31. The Bulldogs earned their state bid with a fifth-place finish at the Geneva sectional this past Saturday, Jan. 25. They will compete in the 2A division which consists of 30 teams. According to team […]
What I have learned working as a stagehand
By Ben Budke Theater at Batavia High School has always been held with high esteem by the school and the students, especially those who dedicate themselves to the show. I’ve seen that there is a large selection of actors and actresses participating in the school’s theatre opportunities all throughout the year. With my experience, I […]
Q&A with former Batavia Athletes- Glenn Albanese & Michael Jansey Jr.
By Ryan Ingold and Kyle Neibch Over the years, Batavia has produced great athletes from Division-I caliber players to very good Division-III players. Have you ever wondered how those athletes are doing in college now, what’s the role on their team, what’s the school like, and what their future holds for them? The Spectator decided […]
Batavia High School welcomes Winterfest 2020
By Kyle Neibch and Allie Perez Batavia High School will welcome “Winterfest,” an activity for students to express themselves in a safe place, this year for the first time. Winterfest is completely different from a homecoming dance. It is not supposed to be a formal dance. They don’t want students to go through the struggle […]
Top 10 NFL teams to take the field
By Kyle Neibch Top 10 NFL teams of all time It’s Super Bowl week! Let’s do a countdown of the top teams to ever be assembled. Hopefully, this article will give background knowledge of the NFL and allow for a comparison of the present-day teams to the teams back then and how different they are […]
Anthony Guido: Artist of The Week
By Irulan Riley The Spectator had the pleasure of interviewing Anthony Guido, our artist of the week. Anthony has made several art pieces and has developed a unique sense of style. Q: What are your pieces about? A: “How people emotionally work together. It’s like human relationships, how we perceive each other and how […]
OPINION: Facial recognition in schools should stop before it begins
By Nelson Rerko It would be pretty hard to imagine what school would be like if the cameras would be able to scan and detect who you were. Students in a Denver school don’t have to imagine, because they already have it. It marks one of the newest plans some schools are taking against school […]