Black River Falls High School could be in store for some drastic technology changes in the coming weeks. On Monday, September 19, the Black River Falls School Board will vote on a policy change which will allow students to have personal devices on their persons during the instructional day. The policy change push comes in [...]
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Markhardt recognized for excellence
“My announcement today has something to do with excellence, a part of excellence found right here at Black River Falls High School,” said State Superintendent Tony Evers. The part of excellence that Evers was talking about was Agricultural Education teacher Brad Markhardt, who received the High School Teacher of the Year Award at a surprise [...]
Markhardt Named Wisconsin’s Top HS Teacher
“Have you ever had to keep a secret?” asked Principal Tom Chambers at a surprise assembly Friday morning in the Sam Young Gym. For Chambers, the secret was a big one to keep. It’s not every day, every year or every decade that a teacher at Black River Falls High School is chosen as the [...]
Runners or walkers: Students react to budget repair bill
Thursday, February 17 presented BRFHS with a day of protest, debate and discussion. While staff members remained neutral in their statements, students buzzed with opinions of Governor Scott Walker’s proposed budget repair bill. “I feel as if our teachers and state employees are being attacked,” said junior Sydney Harkner. One of the main reasons for [...]
Bolmer takes Chiodos to the top in Illuminaudio
Chiodos is a band whose music genre is focused around screamo/alternative. They have been attempting to define their sound, but it never seems quite right. In past albums, Craig Owen’s role in the group was to let everyone else in the band take a ride in the back seat because he was their selling point. [...]
A Christmas Wish List for BRFHS
Black River Falls High School. While some people may look on this building with pride, I am sad to say that this group does not include me. I go to other schools from surrounding districts, or even just across the parking lot to the middle school, and I think, what happened? Now, this is NOT [...]
Band Closes the Marching Season with a Concert
Now that the football season is over, band students at Black River Falls high school don’t have to worry about playing in the frigid weather, but rather turned their attention to a fall concert that was held in the Lunda theater. “I thought it went well. I tried to have fun with the concert with [...]
What I’m NOT Thankful For
What are you thankful for? Yeah, like you’ve never been asked that around Thanksgiving. It isn’t that the question angers me, as reflecting on what you’re grateful for is the whole point of the holiday. However, I am a bit annoyed with hearing the exact same answers. Since we’re all thankful for basically the same [...]
BRFHS Publications Shine at CVSPA Awards
The BRFHS Publications staff won many high honors yesterday at the CVSPA conference. Seven current Publications students traveled to the 2010 Chippewa Valley Scholastic Press Association (CVSPA) conference hosted at UW-Eau Claire. The conference is an opportunity for area high school newspaper and yearbook students to earn recognition for their hard work. “[This year] we [...]
“Hallelujah!” The Ads are Finally Over!
Political advertising for the election of 2010 have been on the internet, the radio and most of all the T.V. for longer than lots of people can remember. Some of the more memorable commercials, such as “Hankey Kapankey” will probably stick around in people’s memories for a while. The general mood on the topic around [...]
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