Four years ago Kylie Cox, then a ninth-grader at Buffalo High School, learned that the spring play she and her classmates were preparing for, Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” would be canceled due to the onset of COVID-19.
Now a senior preparing for the final show of her high school career, Cox will finally get the chance to finish what she started when BHS students present “Twelfth Night” Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 20-22, in the Performing Arts Center. Each show begins at 7:30 p.m.
By any measure, the five members of Buffalo High School’s top Knowledge Bowl team have already had stellar careers in the academic competition.
They are the defending state champions, having earned the title as juniors. They became the youngest team to ever place at state as sophomores. They are one of the few – perhaps the only – team of individuals to qualify for the state competition three years in a row.
This week they will attempt to become the first team in Minnesota to win the state title twice. They will compete against 23 other teams in the large-school Class AAA competition at Cragun’s Resort in Brainerd Thursday and Friday, April 13-14.
Tickets for the 29th annual Scholarship Pork Chop Dinner are now available to purchase. The event takes place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, at Buffalo Community Middle School.
See the event flyer included here for details and to purchase tickets.
Sometimes a small act can make a big difference, and setting aside time to donate blood is certainly one of those situations.
The Buffalo High School National Honor Society organized the school’s second blood drive of the year – one that welcomed both students and community members – on Friday, March 17. When all was said and done, 121 total donors donated 107 units of blood, which according to the Red Cross has the potential to save up to 299 lives. The day’s goal was to collect 90 units, so the overall effort was a resounding success.
The 13th annual Transition Trek+ event, featuring a vendor fair, speakers and more, will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the Discovery Center in Buffalo (214 1st Ave. NE - enter at Door #6).
Young historians presented the fruits of their scholastic labors during a History Day showcase at Buffalo Community Middle School on Wednesday, March 1.
Sixth- and seventh-graders in the Quest program addressed the theme “Frontiers in History: People, Places and Ideas,” as part of the National History Day in Minnesota event, organized by the Minnesota Historical Society. Students were challenged to choose a topic related to that broad theme, to conduct extensive research, and then to present their findings via exhibit, documentary or website.
Hanover Elementary students heading outdoors to the school forest now pass under a unique stained-glass window that beckons them on with a preview of what they can find among the trees.
The eye-catching piece is the work of Mary Ellen Gutknecht of Buffalo, who has served as an artist-in-residence at Hanover Elementary for the past 24 years. The content was chosen by students and features birds and animals revealed by the school's trail cameras.
For the third time in as many years, Buffalo High School Mock Trial students matched wits with some of the sharpest minds in Minnesota at the state mock trial tournament.
The tournament was held Thursday and Friday, March 2-3, at the Federal Courthouse in St. Paul. Buffalo finished 15th out of 16 teams, but just making it to the final competition was a significant accomplishment for a group that was short on experience.
Buffalo High School’s actors left a strong impression on judges at the 2023 State One Act Play Festival last week.
“Good job with a very powerful and stylistically tricky show,” wrote one judge. “I could tell everyone was in it together – working honestly to tell an important story.”
Sometimes the student becomes the teacher, but in the case of Danielle Olinger, the student has become the expert outside consultant.
The 2005 graduate of Buffalo High School, now a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, returned to Buffalo Community Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 14, to guide eighth-grade Quest students through a challenging simulated field geology activity.
