“Many teachers have told me that we were the best class,” Shannon Sweeney, the outgoing Associated Student Body senior president, said in her remarks at Benicia High School’s Class of 2018 graduation Saturday. “I would have to agree.” Sweeney and her teachers were not alone in this opinion. As the speeches by graduating seniors and […]
Graduating eagles soar at Liberty High School’s graduation
In his message to the crowd at Liberty High School’s graduation ceremony, Principal Zachary Pless said he had asked staff upon starting his position what their favorite time of year was. Their answer was not the holiday dinners, field trips or other special events but rather Graduation Day. Traditionally, Liberty’s graduation ceremony has been an […]
Counseling Matters: Mother Goose, Papa Thelonious…and the Trilogy
Who invented the phrase “.. in the merry, merry month of May?” Was it the revered Bard himself? The prankster/satirist Chaucer? Or a drunken reveler in an early incarnation of “The Renaissance Faire?”. What about that English poet whose seductive refrain of “… come Corrina, let’s go a-maying….”. Hint-hint: They weren’t talking about collecting pollen […]
Poetry Corner: Johanna Ely “On High School Graduation Day”
You chatter and preen in your seat like a radiant bluebird- your graduation gown puffed out like a sail that has finally caught the wind. You have blossomed into a wide-eyed sunflower- tenderly watering your roots with your own tears. And now, all these days lie ahead of you my lovely one- all these glorious, […]
Photo: Hats off to the BHS Class of 2017
Photo: Farewell, Falcons
Counseling Matters: Oh, the places you’ll go…
On Saturday morning, June 10, several hundred graduates of Benicia High School will attend their graduation ceremony in the stadium at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. They will celebrate the end of a some 12 years of schooling, often in the Benicia Unified School District. There will be celebration aplenty, bottles popped and toasty […]
Seniors, parents vote to hold BHS graduation at DVC this year
After an online poll indicated that Benicia High School graduating seniors and parents would rather hold their graduation at Diablo Valley College than at the school’s own George Drolette Stadium, school administrators made DVC’s stadium the new graduation location. Throughout the 2016-17 school year, the Drolette Stadium has been under construction due to a renovation […]
BHS valedictorian recalls high school experiences, looks forward to Berkeley
Every year, hundreds of talented students graduate from Benicia High School. However, only one student ends up having the grades to come out on top. This year, that student is Austin Lim. Earning the rank of valedictorian was no surprise to Lim who treats his status rather humbly. “Being valedictorian was not surprising or joyful, […]
Graduating Benicia High School seniors will return to where they started for Senior Parade
This Saturday is Benicia High School’s Class of 2016 graduation, and more than 400 seniors will be ready to start an exciting new chapter in their lives. The end of high school will not be the only chapter of their lives that will be closing, as many of them have been attending schools in Benicia […]