Band marches in parade

12/6/22

Sunday marked the first time back to the Christmas Parade for the Marching Yellow Jackets. This was also the second time the band teamed up with The Bruin Band at LHS.

The Yellow Jackets will be hosting a Christmas Concert is on December 15 at 6 pm. Middle School ensembles, jazz band, percussion ensemble, and of course our BHS Symphonic band will be preforming.

Journalism class goes to college

The newest addition to BHS, the student run news site and broadcast, The Stinger, has been quickly growing in popularity in the community. The inaugural staff of eight students keeps setting their bar higher and higher by seeking to obtain more communications skillsets.

The Stinger staff visited Wingate University before Thanksgiving break and met with members of the Communications department to learn how to bring The Stinger, and their individual skills, to the next level.

Topics covered were how news is viewed, sports and feature writing, and social media responsibility and effective content. The Staff ended their visit with live sports broadcasting and production.

Special thanks to Luanne Williams Director of Content Development for organizing the day and arranging the speakers.

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Bell and Conwell visit band clinic

Ethan Bell and Abby Conwell went to Winthrop for a band clinic before Thanksgiving break. They auditioned and worked all day Friday and Saturday to perform some really tough music.

Health science begins training

Health Science Clinical Study students had orientation at the long term care facility where they will be performing resident care in the coming weeks.

peer to peer

11/16/22

Students from Mr. Collier's English II class recently visited with students in Mrs. Herndon's English IV class. The senior students helped provide some peer feedback on TDA essays in preparation for the EOC in December. The majority of the underclassman said meeting with a peer who had experienced the assessment process was beneficial in their writing process.

jrotc hosts veterans day program on 11/10

3...2...1...Take off

by Robert Young 10/21/22

Last week, Academic Support students took to the skies with paper airplanes.

Students were instructed to create a paper airplane that could fly the farthest. They first researched different ways to make the plane fly farther. From various kinds of folds to different types of paper, they looked for anything that could give them an advantage. Once they finished making the planes, there were many planes with different folds and colors.

Finally it was time to put the planes to the test.The students went to the spirit rock for the experiment. There were a few that flew far, a few that crash landed, and a few that did the loop de loop. Winners for 1st block were Kaden Plyler and Leland Robertson; 2nd block winners were Justin Gleaton and Grant Helms; Christian Chavez won in 3rd block, and Tyshawn McGriff won in 4th.

But it wasn’t all just for fun. The assignment was intended to help the students practice their researching skills while making the experience enjoyable.

“I think everybody had a good time and it was nice to get out of the classroom and do something different”, said Academic Support Teacher Abby Faulkenberry.

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Beta club inductions '22

10/26/22

The Beta Club recognized 117 members, including 51 inductees, Tuesday evening, and received their membership certificate and pin. Students must be performing at or above grade level in order to be eligible for membership and they must display: (a) worthy, moral and ethical character; (b) exemplary achievement, and commendable attitude.

One Fish, Two fish, Red fish, Crayfish

10/26/22

Bio 2 students cut into their lesson recently with crayfish dissection.

Students studied these crustaceans and contrasted how this specimen is different from the insects and arachnids in that it has a cephalothorax instead of a head and thorax.

The students labeled the different parts of the crayfish and then compared them to the other classes of arthropods.

Another difference they noted was that crustaceans have gills. Many of these students have actually caught crayfish in their ponds or nearby creeks.

This activity was done after their pre-lab work with a crustacean webquest and edpuzzle.

Bio 2 does the worm

10/21/22

Bio 2 students got their fingers dirty for the sake of science last week. The activity goes along with their unit on worms, mollusks, and arthropods.

No, they weren't going fishing. They had been studying the three different types of worms. Since the other two are parasitic, students could only do the activity with the annelids.

The other two types are flatworms and roundworms. The students were charged with identifying the external anatomy, external measurements, and compiling data from other groups.

Mrs. Wieland helps them understand that we don’t have to kill animals to study them. Student pulled in the information from previous units using their anatomical directional terms.

Med Term Students work from the heart

10/12/22

Upon reflection of students' ability to apply knowledge from lower level classes, Nurse Helms knew she wanted her students’ “depth of knowledge” to be “deeper” and enduring. She has been regularly trying to formulate ways to facilitate this goal. Her personal manner of thought is usually "reflect & refine", "reflect & refine"...

Helms' main focus has been with the Senior level class since she started teaching. Of course, she knows it can always be better, but "now it's more like crossing 'Ts' and dotting 'Is'." Her major focus is on her two lower level classes this semester are Medical Terminology.

Taking a more hands-on approach this semester, Helms has implemented "Anatomy in Clay" in order to gain a more thorough understanding of difficult or more intricate concepts. The plan is for students to build clay models of anatomical structures.

Med Terms students are currently studying the cardiovascular system. An often tested topic is the blood flow through the heart. First, students had to draw the heart with the flow of blood indicated. It was three pictures: the right side, the left side, and then all together. Now students are building the heart with clay- the structure, the vasculature including coronary vessels, the valves, and the nerve conduction.

Students will elevate their learning by building a model of the cardiovascular system on a skeletal model.

Powderpuff 2022

Games played 10/5/2022

Game 1: Juniors over Freshmen 19-13

Game 2: Seniors over Sophomores 59-0

Consolation Game: Sophomores over Freshmen 16-14

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Seniors defeat Juniors 32-18

ROTC finishes first and third in recent match

Sept. 28, 2022 - Buford's A Team (Kennedy Outen, Adriel Garcia, Madison Drake, Chenoa Brooks, and Makel Frisbee-Jones) topped off the competition with an overall score of 911, while the B Team (Nolan Otruba, Raine Chamness, Jake Simpson, Noah Burgess, and JaKayla Richardson) bookended the top slots with a third place finish with an overall score of 828. Otruba's personal best of 253 earned him first in the individual scoring, while Outen followed in second with a score of 244.

homecoming 2022 is next week. Are you ready to show your spirit?

check your closet, ask your friends, visit a thrift store...just don't show up without participating!

biology is off the wall

9/30/22

Biology 1 classes participated in some fermentation activities. They experienced lactic acid fermentation when their muscles started to hurt/burn after doing wall sits. This happens when not enough oxygen is available to muscles. Our cells produce lactic acid and carbon dioxide rather than water and carbon dioxide like they do in regular cellular respiration. The lactic acid builds up and makes our muscles burn/ache.

Students also saw a demonstration illustrating yeast fermenting. The balloon is blown up by the carbon dioxide that was produced. We discussed how this helps dough to rise when making homemade bread.

great things happen at 'The Midnight hour'

by Kelsey Watson 9/22/22

The Midnight Hour has become a huge phenomenon across the Buford Community. This event has created an environment that middle and high school students, as well as parents, can come together.

The Midnight Hour is not just a simple get together, it is an “FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) sponsored event and we have food, worship, and a message. It’s just a chance for a bunch of middle school and high school students to worship alongside their peers,” said TMH’s worship leader, junior Mallory Adams.

While many people and much preparation goes into the Midnight Hour every week. It was not a very complex idea when it first came to be. “It was a late night worship and Bryson Whaley, who is the youth pastor at Pleasant Dale Baptist Church, and a few other guys at our church, came up with this wild idea to worship on a football field after the football game. But the plans got changed and we ended up on the rec softball field beside the high school and the results have just been amazing, and it's just a great time,” said Adams.

After the green light was given on this idea, many people fell head first into this special project to make sure it was ready to go by the first home football game. With hundreds of chairs, a few microphones, a stage and a big screen being set up every week, it is no easy task, but everybody behind the scenes takes great pride in making sure God’s presence is known to all students at Buford schools. “Seeing my peers and just my friends worshiping the Lord together is my favorite part. It’s very special,” said Adams.

So far, there have been three events, with the largest one being on September 17, where almost 200 people were in attendance. The next Midnight Hour takes place at the rec softball field on October 7. Mallory Adams encourages anyone to, “make sure you’re there, it'll change your life.”

Mallory Adams ('24)

Eggstrodinary lab

9/21/22

Students in Mrs. Aycock's classes participated in an Egg Osmosis Lab. The objectives were to view osmosis, the diffusion of water. First, eggs were put in vinegar to dissolve the shell. After dissolving the eggshell, all that is left is a membrane that holds the insides of the egg. It is considered selectively permeable.Students then put the egg in corn syrup, and then finally tap water to observe movement of water just like it moves in and out of our cell membranes. The egg shriveled in the corn syrup and swelled in the tap water. At the end of the activity when the egg was enlarged, they went outside and had an egg throwing contest just for fun!

spanish Sing along

9/21/22

Students in Mrs. Conwell's class were singing along with the Señor Wooly song "Flores". Señor Wooly is an educational program that uses music videos to help students acquire Spanish.

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Buford FFA receives a LCSD Trustees Award

9/20/22

Buford FFA receives a Lancaster County School District Trustees Award.

Bailey Gilmore, past Buford FFA President receives Trustees Award.

Trustees Awards are given when notable attention and recognition are brought to our district. This past summer the Buford FFA was recognized as a top ranking program in the state receiving a Gold Star status on stage at the FFA state convention held in Greenville.

Bailey Gilmore, former Buford FFA President was also awarded this distinguished award for placing 1st in the State Turf Grass Management contest during her senior year! Bailey was an integral part in helping lead both Turf Grass and Nursery Landscape teams to each placing second on the state level.

Help us in congratulating these students on all of their accomplishments!

Bhs celebrates college day

Sept. 15, 2022 - College Day was held in the Multipurpose building. Deciding on which college to apply to can seem like a daunting task, as well as an expensive one. “College Application day is a day where students can come and devote time to sitting down and filling out college applications, so any applications and schools that they are interested in, they can apply today. We just walk around and help them answer any questions. We also have our reps here from USCL, York Tech, and Winthrop to kind of walk around answering any questions and just answer questions about the application or maybe a major or something that they’re interested in with that college,” said Ms. Adams.

Health science 2 takes a breath of fresh air

Sept. 15, 2022 - Health Science 2 classes got outside to learn and reflect on cells. "They have all learned application, problem solving, teamwork, and reflecting on personal learning and recall," said Mrs. Pate.

ROTC hits mark in rifle scrimmage

Sept. 8, 2022 - The Buford High School AJROTC rifle team showed their impressive caliber at the fourth annual scrimmage where Adriel Garcia finished first overall and Madison Drake finished third overall. Buford's A Team (Adriel Drake, Madison Drake, Autumn Chamness, and Chenoa Brooks) finished the event first overall out of seven teams.