Last year, seven Benicia High School students joined science teacher Emily Hudson to participate in the Santa Cruz Forestry Challenge, a competitive event held at Redwood Christian Park in Boulder Creek. After three nights of learning how to identify and measure trees, becoming familiar with forestry tools and creating a script for an application to […]
Ultimate Frisbee enthusiasts: Benicia High club hoping to form league for sport
Benicia High School is awash with student clubs this year. Some allow students to bond over shared interests. Others allow them to create art or music. Others allow them to raise awareness and create dialogue over social issues. Then there are others, like the Ultimate Frisbee Club, which allow students to go outside, get […]
From a high school senior’s perspective: The college application process
In 1636, Harvard University was founded, earning itself the epithet as “the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.” And while there is still controversy surrounding the validity of this claim, with the University of Pennsylvania and College of William & Mary also vying for the coveted title, there is no denying that […]
We Do Odd Jobs become holiday helpers
In May, four Benicia High School students founded the business We Do Odd Jobs, which consists of doing various odd jobs throughout Solano and Contra Costa counties. It all began with a post on the Facebook group “Benicia Happenings,” and the members have since gotten enough work that people continue to make requests through Facebook […]
James Garrett: Former Benicia High School star athletes make good
Benicia High School has had many fine athletes move on past their playing days to successful careers. The foundation for many of those careers is based on remembering their roots and applying that learning time to helping others. It is passing the torch. I am very proud of all those written of here and all […]
School board discusses Benicia Middle School lower campus draft designs
BHS senior internship course also highlighted The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard about options for renovating the lower campus at Benicia Middle School at Thursday’s meeting. Roxanne Egan, the Measure S bond director, delivered a presentation on plans for the project, which involves replacing the outmoded portable classrooms— which Egan says […]
Benicia Teen Center provides fun adolescent activites, volunteer experience
On Jan. 22, the Kyle Hyland Foundation raised enough money to open up the Benicia Teen Center, a designated teens-only zone that’s hard to come by in small towns like Benicia. The foundation, created in honor of Kyle Hyland, a Benicia High School junior who died by suicide when he was 16 years old, […]
School board OKs achievement plans for middle, high schools
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District unanimously voted to approve the Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) at Thursday’s meeting. The SPSA is established by school site councils to develop goals, aligned to BUSD’s Local Control Accountability Plan, which would support the academic performance of all students. At the high school level, […]
Benicia Middle, high school achievement plans on slate for Thursday’s school board meeting
Two weeks ago, the principals of Benicia’s four elementary schools presented their Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) at Benicia Unified School District’s governing board meeting. On Thursday, the principals of Benicia’s middle and high schools will be presenting their goals. The SPSA is established by school site councils to develop goals, aligned to BUSD’s […]
Benicia Police Department, Benicia Unified School District to join forces for Cyber Safety Night tomorrow
In the past month, Benicia Unified School District had two separate scare instances that initiated the need for a discussion on teens and the use of social media. In September, a Benicia High School student made violent threats against his school on the messaging site Kik. After the incident was reported to Benicia High officials, […]