Manchester through Spanish Eyes Carlota Faus I am an international Student from Barcelona, Spain. I live in a city where life is never perfectly scheduled. I mean, you are always hurrying because with having so many things to do, you not always have enough time. But besides that, it is a very good city to [...]
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Burr and Burton Academy recently welcomed a new member to our maintenance crew; Joel Secoy. Joel, 27 years old, is a graduate from BBA. He lives here in Manchester and has lived in the area for his entire life. He grew up with two brothers, one older and one younger, and has moved on to [...]
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By Lauren Miskovsky On Wednesday, November 7th the performance of M*A*S*H* held their opening night in the Riley Center. The following Friday I had the honor of being able to attend this event myself, and boy was I, and many other viewers impressed. M*A*S*H* was a combination of everything, it was funny, romantic, serious, and [...]
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Catherine Leiter ’14 Get to Know Our New Teachers! Welcome Mr. Bremel! One word that describes him would be “committed”. Mr. Bremel, a new addition to the mathematics department, loves working at Burr and Burton. Students who are dedicated to learning and actively participate in their work are exactly why he loves our [...]
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Performing Arts Update! By Morgan Avera ’14 Down in the wild world of the Performing Arts Department, things are starting to pick up. With after school activities and the Saturday Series in full swing, it seems there’s always something going on. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the dancers are busy choreographing original Broadway pieces after [...]
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Barefoot Garden Maddy Pagnucco ’14 and Stevie Hunter ’14 This summer we walked into a garden where the plants wanted to play hide and seek with us. We found tomatoes and squashes hiding within hideous weeds trying to overpower the growth of these valuable plants. We dove in and cleaned the entire garden, from top [...]
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Photographed by Angelena Gaiotti Burr and Burton Academy’s Performing Arts Department Introduces M*A*S*H By Katherine Walla ’15 and Catharine Leiter ’14 This November 7-10, the Burr and Burton Performing Arts Department will be performing M*A*S*H at the Riley Center for the Arts. This group of young teens has been known to put on superb and [...]
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-Nora Lindberg ’15, Sammy Somple ’15 On Thursday, October 18th, Burr and Burton held the first Calliope Café of the year. Acts ranged from students performing the music of Demi Lovato and Ellie Goulding to the Band of Horses and Jackson 5. Films from the Cinematography classes were shown throughout the night, including one that [...]
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-Morgan Bazyk ’14 From MapleFields to Gap, Malfunction Junction has looked like a mess all summer. Here is what’s happening; Manchester planning director Lee Krohn has spent 20 years working on the problem of tie-ups at the infamous T-shaped intersection. He says the spot has always been a choke point. As many of you know, [...]
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