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Beaverton Hummer

The Official Website of Beaverton High School's Student-Run Newspaper

Beaverton Hummer

The Official Website of Beaverton High School's Student-Run Newspaper

Beaverton Hummer

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Food banks such as these continue to supply food for those in need, providing soups and other nonperishables.

Beaverton to continue free meal service in summer

Natalie Crabill, Social Media Editor May 19, 2022

Many people don’t realize that a large percentage of people in their community never know where their next meal is going to come from. Food insecurity is a serious issue gripping America: according to...

Gallery: BHS celebrates Anything But a Backpack Day

Gallery: BHS celebrates Anything But a Backpack Day

Herbert, Staff Mascot February 19, 2022

This past Friday was the finale to BHS' spirit week: Anything But a Backpack Day. Students carried their belongings using everything from commonplace items such as tote bags, suitcases, and buckets, to...

Sophomore Kyle Hanson (left) is pictured with previous Division 65 Lieutenant Governors.

Hanson elected Key Club Lieutenant Governor of Division 65

Beatrice Kahn, Editor January 24, 2022

Every Key Club meeting begins with the question, “Hey Key Clubbers, how do you feel?” In response, members shout, “We feel good, oh, we feel so good!” For BHS sophomore Kyle Hanson, his answer...

In early December, some Child Development 3 students brought realistic baby simulators home over the weekend.

Education Pathway students dabble in parenting with baby simulators

Anouk Clendenning, Editor-in-Chief December 30, 2021

Earlier this month, students in Beaverton High School’s Education Pathway got a taste of parenting through ten Real Care Baby Simulators. As they were purchased in 2018-19—the first year of the pathway’s...

Hailey Sun, far right, stands with her teammates on the Portland Rocketry Team at The American Rocketry Competition.

Sun shoots for the stars in rocketry competition

Beatrice Kahn, Editor October 29, 2021

Hailey Sun is going places. As a member of the Portland Rocketry Team, the Beaverton High School sophomore recently competed in The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC), earning a rank of 20 out of 1000...

Director Kelly Hefty stands in front of her choir at last Wednesdays concert.

Band, choir join forces in first concert of the year

Melody Cosgrove, Editor October 22, 2021

Last Wednesday, the Beaverton High School auditorium was filled with people. Families, friends, and students gathered to witness the first concert of the year as the BHS band and choir took to the stage...

Seniors gathered on the football field on Thursday to kick off the school year and a new tradition: the senior sunrise

The sun rises on senior year

Beatrice Kahn, Editor September 8, 2021

It’s rare to find 100 high school seniors awake, let alone awake and at school, at 6:15 in the morning. But on Wednesday, September 8, there was something worth waking up early for—interaction.  A...

Students take a group photo in the main gym at this year’s Prom, which occurred on campus on June 5.

Students cap final year of high school at Prom

David Davis and Anouk Clendenning June 22, 2021

After over a year without a school dance, Beaverton High School held Prom on June 5. As in years past, Leadership had a hand in organizing the event, with an extra element of complexity: COVID-19 restrictions. “I...

Beaverton High School band director Mary Bengel, who recently announced she would be changing her teaching focus, at the 2017 fall band concert.

Beloved Beaverton band director steps down

Anouk Clendenning, Editor-in-Chief June 11, 2021

Even in high school, Mary Bengel was teaching students in saxophone lessons and at band camps, but she wanted to be a sound engineer or studio musician. Her parents said no. With a drive to forge relationships...

BHS ninth grader Emma Fonseca Halverson has recently published a short play called Not Going Anywhere

Fonseca Halverson publishes play challenging politicization of immigration

Anouk Clendenning, Editor-in-Chief April 21, 2021

Beaverton High School freshman Emma Fonseca Halverson has loved theatre for nearly all of her life. “I started when I was six, taking classes,” she said, “and what drew me in was just the ability...

Unable to experience many of the traditions theyd dreamed of, Beaverton High School seniors are frustrated and disappointed by the loss of one they had expected to keep: their yearbook quotes

Amid cancellations of school traditions, seniors mourn loss of yearbook quotes

Anouk Clendenning, Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2021

For over a century, Beaverton High School has taken pride in its traditions. But which are most valued? And which are worth keeping? According to the class of 2021, senior yearbook quotes should remain....

The upcoming Site Council Forum will allow students to let their opinions be heard

Let your voice be heard at the Site Council Forum

Beatrice Kahn, Editor March 6, 2021

This week, information flooded students’ inboxes. From return to school plans to daily stressors, students need a platform to share their experiences. Luckily for Beaverton High School students, Student...

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