News – The Buccaneer

Performing Art students get awarded for excellence

May 23, 2019

Students in the Performing Arts came together at the BHS cafeteria and earned awards for amazing participation in the program and let seniors say goodbye to the underclassmen and gave them stuff to remember them by in a ceremony...

NHS applications due Aug. 30

Ashley Munoz, Staff Writer

May 23, 2019

National Honor Society, a club where students can achieve their goals, get scholarships. Develop there character and leadership skills. It's a very serious club for a lot of students. This club takes place throughout the school...

BHS Scholastic Bowl heads to nationals

May 23, 2019

Scholarship Night helps recognize Seniors for achievements

Jack Larson, Staff Writer

May 23, 2019

BHS and BNHS Seniors received scholarships on May 16, in the Belvidere PAC. Major scholarships include, The Hugh K. Funderburg Award won by Steven King, and Emma Salley, and the Mantle Award won by James Wiedow. "This means...

Students run for Stu-Co positions

Autumn Przybyla, Staff Writer

May 22, 2019

Freshmen and sophomores voted for their Student Council Class officers in BUC Club on May 16. Freshmen Marco Bychowski, Haley Sweeney, and Will Griffis ran for President of the incoming sophomores. Bychowski won the election. Bychowski...

BHS offers blended classes

Savannah Ferraro, Staff Writer

May 22, 2019

Belvidere High School is offering blended classes next year to give students to give a different opportunities. A blended class is a class in which you will do a lot of outside of class work and online work unless you are struggling...

Belvidere Park District adds new summer activites

May 22, 2019

Seniors say goodbye to BHS

Hailey Schloskey, Staff Writer

May 22, 2019

The Belvidere High School class of 2019 graduated on Saturday May 18 at Rock Valley College. Almost 300 seniors graduated from BHS at 10 a.m. Their were 77 seniors with honor awards. Seven students were Summa Cum Lauade, which...

Different grading policies coming next year

May 21, 2019

BHS will have some new grading policies starting in the 2019-20 school year. One major change is a weighted Grade Point Average (GPA). This will raise the GPA of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes. In AP classes,...

BHS goes to The Rembrandt Convention

April 5, 2019

BHS faculty defeats the students

April 4, 2019

NHS March Pie Madness

Brad Garvey, Staff Writer

March 1, 2019

National Honor Society will be presenting their sixth annual March Pie Madness. The week of March 3 the students will decide which teachers should get pied in the face. The pieing will be taking place on Friday, March 8 during both l...