Athletic Director Tom Leadholm talks about Black River Falls High School’s new school spirit campaign entitled ‘Tiger Pride’. In the eyes of some students and teachers, BRFHS school spirit and participation has been down in the past couple of years. To address the issue, Leadholm created a spirit squad of cheerleaders to come up with [...]
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FCCLA Recruits New Members
Family Career and Community Leaders of America [FCCLA] are beginning a new year. Their main goal is finding new members. “Right now we are recruiting new members. The existing members are looking at if they want to do competitive events this year,” said FCCLA Adviser Tina Gilbertson FCCLA has over 200,000 members and over 6,500 [...]
Update from the Athletic Department
Victory for the Black River Falls Tigers has been coming in spurts in the 2010 fall sports season. The boys and girls cross country teams have experienced success this season with senior Will Peasley winning a few meets already. It’s not just upperclassmen crossing the finish line, but there are also many new runners that [...]
Tennis Season Comes To A Close
The girls tennis team works to improve their record as they move into the end of their season. Thursday, September 16, the Lady Tigers traveled to West Salem to take on the Panthers in their final conference match. The Tigers won and improved their record to 2-5. The following Saturday, September 18, the tennis team [...]
Virtual Schooling
“It’s kind of the wave of the future. Many college classes are offered online,” said Tom Chambers. “[The goal is] to offer advanced students more opportunities of enrichment that are above and beyond what’s offered here…We [also] hope to encourage students who are choosing to take online courses through other virtual schools throughout the state [...]
Administration Kicks off the New Year
The administration has already rolled up its sleeves and begun to stir it up here at BRFHS. The administration is looking at alternatives to the block schedule. “We do have a group of teachers working on scheduling,” said Principal Tom Chambers. “We’re looking at visiting some schools… [and] talking to the teachers and the administrators [...]
The Band Starts the year on a New Note
Band students in BRFHS have been practicing and preparing for many things, such as getting their pre-game ready, homecoming, and parades like Oktoberfest and Cranfest. Freshman this year are getting off to a good start. “The Freshman are very good this year, and we also have a good low brass section,” said senior and student [...]
Go Green Team Update
The Black River Falls High School has so many options for students to get involved, but if your not sure on how to get involved, Go Green Team (GGT)may be right for you. “We were once known as the Science Club,” said GGT adviser Donna Wojciechowski. The science club changed to GGT around one year [...]
Volleyball Update
Senior Olivia Lee and Junior Katie Dvorak talk a little about the volleyball team “We’ve all been playing together since pretty much freshman year, and we are ready to start winning some games.” said Lee. As of September 7 their record is 0 and 3. “Our biggest threat right now is Westby. They have some pretty [...]
Student Senate: Starting the New Year
The Black River Falls High School Student Senate is just getting started, but the organization already has an agenda full of initiatives. Nomination forms for the candidates are due on September 17. Elections to choose the five senators for each grade will be held on September 21 and 22. The senate will consist of 20 [...]
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