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Our School Buzz blog highlights what's going on in local high schools from students' perspectives. See more info at About School Buzz. Interested in being a School Buzz correspondent? Apply here. Check out our current School Buzz correspondents here. Note: School Buzz posts are strictly the opinion of the student writers and not necessarily of The Buzz. Questions about School Buzz? Email Caroline Siegfried. 

2024-25 Markettes

Keeping Up with the Memorial Markettes

By Keira Donovan | April 24, 2025
People in this article:
Paige Lindsay, Myra Mock
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Episcopal High School’s Offensive Line, ready to block the defenders to make a successful play. Their hard work and determination gives them confidence. (Photo: Lisa Erwin)

The Road To SPC

Episcopal High School football
By Brittany Aaronson | November 6, 2014
People in this article:
Chris Erwin
Bright Wokocha and Adam Conoley hang onto a swing, breathless from climbing up a tall wooden pole and jumping out to reach the swing. (Photo: Travis Short)

The Briarwood School’s Senior Retreat

By Emily Hallmark | November 4, 2014
People in this article:
Adam Conoley, Bright Wokocha
Seokhyun Baek attempts to “become one with nature.” Photo credit: Mitchell Watson

Texas Book Festival

HSPVA's Creative Writing Department Visits Austin
By Seokhyun Baek | November 4, 2014
People in this article:
Seokhyun Baek
Crusader Crew leader Clark Palmer dresses his freshmen up as "Teenage Jesuit Ninja Turtles." (Photo: Reese Rosales)

Halloween at Strake Jesuit

Crusader crew costumes
By Sam Clark | November 4, 2014
People in this article:
Clark Palmer
Pictured here are (from left to right) freshman Gary Wen, Texans Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, and freshman Jakin Cordova.

Halloween in Bellaire

By Maya Kanani | November 3, 2014
People in this article:
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jakin Cordova, Caroline Lee, Gary Wen, Anna Pintchouk
Halloween decor at St. Agnes School

The Haunted Halls of St. Agnes Academy

By Brittney Reese | October 31, 2014
People in this article:
Tara La, Daphne Kokkinis, Sarah Wicks, Tess Peterson
Halloween

Halloween Hype

Surveying Stratford High School students
By Scott Kennedy | October 31, 2014
People in this article:
Danny Gex, Pamela Metcalfe, Jeff McCord, Carl Blaze, Laura Ragsdale Vilaflor, Christopher Juntti.
Anabella Berti

College Application Completion

Advice from Robert M. Beren Academy Seniors
By Lilly Gelman | October 29, 2014
People in this article:
Anabella Berti, Hersh Bootin, Shirley Lipski, Salvador Bentolila, Lilly Gelman
Memorial High School Homecoming Carnival

Change in Tradition

Memorial High School Homecoming Carnival
By Nancy Nguyen | October 28, 2014
People in this article:
Madison Tebbe, Nancy Nguyen
St. John's School Handbook

Honesty, Respect, Responsibility

The Honor Code at St. John’s School
By Cara Maines | October 28, 2014
(From left): Elisa Arango, Kaitlyn Jong, Erin Rice, Mackenzie Ward, Emma Cohn, Sarabeth Sandweiss, Amanda Wick, and in front: Kelly Jackson, Anna Rubio after last years’ event at TC Jester. Photo Credit: Keith Cohn

Bellaire Women’s Soccer Trail Run

By Mackenzie Ward | October 27, 2014
People in this article:
Elisa Arango, Kaitlyn Jong, Erin Rice, Mackenzie Ward, Emma Cohn, Sarabeth Sandweiss, Amanda Wick, Kelly Jackson, Anna Rubio, Natasha Schepps, Clare O’Gara, Heidi Vargas, Lindsey Bengue, Devyn Polidore, Maia Rice
Captain Von Trapp

HSPVA Presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music in All-School Musical

By Cyrus Pacht | October 21, 2014
People in this article:
Jacob Allen, Emily Sherman, Charles Swan, Kathryn King, Keaton Brown, Andre White, Isabella Bernal, James LaBlanc, Clara Foster, Sarah Gowdy, Dr. Brad Smith, Cyrus Pacht, Amaya Perez, Isabel Heckler, Libby Carr, Mia Heckler, Cameron O'Neill, Cameron Biggart
Sacred Heart Oak Tree

The Falling of the Sacred Heart Oak Tree at Duchesne

By Andie Chilson | October 15, 2014
People in this article:
Andie Chilson
Left: Ashley Truong, a junior, talking to a college coordinator from the University of Saint Thomas.

Bellaire High School’s College Fair

By Skarleth Velasquez | October 13, 2014
People in this article:
Ashley Truong, Hunain Malik, Nelli Li
More than 80 students attended the Student Congress’ opening meeting.

HISD's Newest Student Government

By Ari Rotenberg | October 10, 2014
People in this article:
Zaakir Tameez, Raquel Douglas, Jesus Solano, Thomas Nguyen
Clemson’s Memorial Stadium is really cool and it sits at the bottom of a hill so you can see it really well from the street.

My Experience with College Visits

By Jacob Padden | October 9, 2014
People in this article:
Jacob Padden
Hip Hop eMotion Dance Company dancers dressed up for “50’s Day” during Bellaire High School’s Spirit Week. (From left): Paul Kim, Greer Blitzer, Sena Sarikaya, Hina Kuroda, Stefy Navarro, and Saul Torres.

Hina Kuroda: Adventures of a Japanese Foreign Exchange Student

By Sena Sarikaya | October 8, 2014
People in this article:
Hina Kuroda, Kelly Watkins, Jinsol Hahn, Paul Kim, Greer Blitzer, Sena Sarikaya, Stefy Navarro, Saul Torres
Homecoming Queen Lexi Villarreal snapped a quick selfie with her dad in celebration. (Photo: Abby Boessling)

Homecoming at Stratford High School

By Haley Wilson | October 7, 2014
People in this article:
Lexi Villarreal, Will Lavercombe
Coach Mike Block

Departure of Coach Mike Block

By Sam Clark | October 7, 2014
People in this article:
Mike Block, Sam Finney, Tyler McIamb, Kevin Murphy, Andrew Eichelberger, Ben Medrano, Sam Clark
Trevor Schneider

Strake freshmen traditional head-shaving event

By Sam Clark | September 15, 2014
New shoes

Stepping Into a New Year

By Lilly Gelman | September 12, 2014
People in this article:
Lilly Gelman
Building

Post Oak High School’s Odyssey Trip

By Grace Armstrong | September 10, 2014
Ahonore Varner

Houston Christian High School's Friday football

By Adrianna Barton | September 8, 2014
People in this article:
Adrianna Barton, Matt Strickland
Freshmen

First Day of High School

By Adam Hoffman | August 28, 2014
People in this article:
Adam Hoffman
For the Fourth of July, seniors Suzanne Pfeffer, Liz Hopkins and Elizabeth Gallatin went to Suzanne's farm and spelled out “USA” using sparklers. Pfeffer said, “We made lots of good memories on this trip celebrating America. It was a great weekend!”

8 Days of Summer

By Rachel Blakes | August 28, 2014
The students pictured are the Class of 2014 Valedictorians, who offered advice to younger Spartans. (Top row, from left) Joseph Kwak, Weijie Cheng, Katherine Mavergeorge, Ben Riedel, Brian Quinlan, Alison Utz, Ahmed Butt, Sarah Davis, Mary Kate Goss, (mid

How to Do High School Well

By Scott Kennedy | August 26, 2014
People in this article:
Christy Zang, Ben Riedel, Emily Crawford, Annie O'Keef, Meg Mathias, Abby Brown, Mary Kate Goss, Sarah Davis, Taylor Troutman, Joseph Kwak, Hernan Cepeda, Katherine Mavergeorge, Ketherine Kennedy, Hannah Lindsey
Ronnie Wesley, running back. Photo Source: chron.com

Lamar Back to School Guide

By Jacob Padden | August 26, 2014
Senior Arjun Das thinks about the things he wishes he had known as a freshman as he looks at a “Bellaire High School Survival Guide.”

Senior Advice to Incoming Freshmen

By Claire Weddle | August 25, 2014
People in this article:
Clara VanLandingham, Axel Perez, Megan Wu, Richard Goldman, Arjun Das, Madison McCorquodale, Alexandra Kainer, Jami Eckols-Leonard, Sydney Williams, Jared Blackmon
Pictured are the students of the Class of 2014 celebrating their graduation with the tradition of throwing their caps in the air. (Photo: Madi McIntyre)

The Final Year

By Brittany Aaronson | August 22, 2014
People in this article:
Claire Riffle, Chris Erwin, Brittany Aaronson


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