Sophomore Savannah Hansen shows her creative side with her behind-the-scenes sketching. “My grandma had a fake tattoo ‘lick and stick’ and I saw it,” explained Hansen. “So, I challenged myself [to recreate it] and the results turned out pretty well.” To Hansen, a sketchbook is a necessity. “I love sketchbooks,” said Hansen. She has one [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Miss Wisconsin: Changing the world one school at a time
On April 15, Miss Wisconsin, Kristina Smaby, traveled to Black River Falls to speak at Forrest Street Early Learning Center and at Black River Falls High School. She started out meeting the special education students. Senior Breeze Decora bowed to her like she was royalty. She is sending them all autographed pictures of herself. “I [...]
The School Garden: Dig It!
How would you like to go through the lunchline and be able to get fresh vegetables? “My dad thought that because last year we had a lot of extra produce in the greenhouse…this year we figured we just take [crops] like tomatoes and put them in the cafeteria,” said junior Zachary Markhardt. The agriculture department [...]
NHS Inducts 23 New Members
Character, service, leadership and scholarship are the pillars of the Nation Honor Society, and on March 30, 23 students were recognized for these extraordinary qualities. “Being smart isn’t the only important quality members of Nation Honor Society must possess,” said NHS President Austin Marg. “Members must also be leaders, service-oriented and display exemplarity character.” These [...]
Teacher Spolight: Mrs. Zahasky
Two weeks ago was National Library Week and students had been reading for 15 minutes every day in honor of this special week. However, none of it could have been put together without the help of head librarian Cheri Zahasky. Zahasky has been with the Black River Falls High School Staff for 12 years. However, [...]
The Last Good Book I Read: THE PACT A Love Story by Jodi Picoult
The moon rolled, sloe-eyed in the night sky; and she breathed in the scent of his skin. “I love you,” she said. He kissed her so gently she wondered if she imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes. And then there was a shot. Chris and Emily have [...]
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
On April 16, 17 and 18 the Falls Players performed the play ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure’. I went to go see the play opening night and was impressed by how well the actors played their parts. I was also impressed because the director was sophomore Gregg Koboski and for the most part the play [...]
Ring It On: Black River Falls handbell choirs prepare for state competition
Two handbell choirs brought home a starred first rating from the regional Solo and Ensemble festival at Tomah on March 28, advancing both choirs to state competition in May. For the past four years, the band has sent a handbell choir to state. This year Band Director Barb Olson decided to put together two class [...]
Mole Day Slideshow
Mole day is a special day in chemistry classes around the United States. Usually it is celebrated on October 23 from 6:02 on the morning to 6:02 at night. The date and time is represented by Avogadro’s number (6.02 x 10^23) a measuring unit used in chemistry. Since the spring semester chemistry class is not in [...]
Falls Players Beat Update
Actors have been busy at work preparing for the production of “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” which will be showing on April 16, 17 and 18. The show features Sherlock Holmes (Duane Weldon) as he calls upon his old friend Dr. Watson (Bob Hirschman) to assist him in foiling the plans of the Napoleon of [...]
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