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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. 

Students paint a mural

Student-Led Impact Through the St. John’s Community Service Program

By Yutia Li | April 1, 2025
People in this article:
Claire Nuchtern, Bella Dodig
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Gracie Stamey

Beyond the Curtain: The Hidden Force Behind SJS Theatre Productions

By Ailey Takashima | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
Shelby Kuhl, Ailey Takashima, Gracie Stamey, Ana Costa Coimbra, Sage Chilukuri, Charlotte Dillon
OAEC (Oriental Arts Education Center) dancers

Bellaire HS Celebrates Cultural Diversity Through Dance

By Megan Wang | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
Sanja Korman, Paris Kent, Gaia Giuliani, Sofia Giuliani, Francesca Camerlo, Siqi Luo, Dylan Gan, Vivian Zhang, Megan Wang, Melanie Fung, Janis Zhang, Xinrui Yang, Ellen Wan
Shannon Carlson, Alexis Carlson

Global Impact through Service

By Agnes Tang | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
Alexis Carlson, Karen Keese, Carole Booker, Shannon Carlson
Memorial cheerleaders

Memorial Turns It Gold

By Kelsy Donovan | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
Claire Besetsny
Houston Dennis Uniform

Awty’s Transition From Bankrupt Uniform Provider

By Anya Bhojwani | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
John Murphy, Anna Yi
Hailey Nicholson

Health in a Week at School of the Woods

By Loulie Parker | December 3, 2024
People in this article:
Hailey Nicholson, Sammy Putch, Karen Imas

Meow Wolf Houston: Radio Tave

By Lucy Walker | November 4, 2024
People in this article:
Dan Havel, Dean Ruck
Village School students and teachers

From the Classroom to the Prototyping Lab: The Village School’s Entrepreneurship Students Visit the Ion

By Nina Koshy | October 30, 2024
People in this article:
Walter Isaacson, Reginald DesRoches, Joey Sanchez, Mark Tripulskyi, Patricia Elliston
Memorial St Agnes lacrosse

Memorial Lacrosse Enters a New Domain: Sixes Lacrosse

By Keira Donovan | October 28, 2024
People in this article:
Micah Thames, Amanda Stinson
Lamar writing lab consultants

The Writing Lab: Lamar’s Peer Consultants and how the Writing Lab Flows

By Nithya Ravi | October 24, 2024
People in this article:
Mischa Wijesekera, Annie Lowe, Kerah Roque, Wesley Taafe, Dev Patel, Lina Bernstiel, Abryl Nava Samaniego, Dana Keller
Hailey Nicholson, Demi Naylor

Camp Cho-Yeh: The Start of Bonding

By Loulie Parker | October 22, 2024
People in this article:
Hailey Nicholson, Demi Naylor, Jayden Nguyen
Eugenie Malbrel, Ivania Sierra

Memorial High School’s National Spanish Honor Society conducts annual induction ceremony

By Gray Hevle | October 17, 2024
People in this article:
Catalina Rossi, Eugenie Malbrel, Ivania Sierra, Yannes Xiong
St. John’s Girl’s Cross Country Team

Starting Fresh: Inviting New Freshman into the Upper School Maverick Family

By Ailey Takashima | October 5, 2024
People in this article:
Patrick Toups, Nicholas Pryor, Amelia Paine, Celina Zhao, Tatiana Duque, Fiona Bodmann, Penelope Moore, Noa Shaw, Jennifer Lin, Saira Merchant, Mae Pearson, Grace Kozak, Sarah Clark, Kori Hagins, Annie Villa, Mila Craig, Avery Arredondo, Catherine Dick, Jackie Berzin, Amanda Brantley, Benjamin Armstrong, Colin Kelly, Catherine Phillips, Ailey Takashima, Emily Hines, Wanya Zafar, Aris Hanna, and Shelby Kuhl
STES Navy Team boys

Highland Games: The Newest STE Tradition?

By Runo Mukoro | October 3, 2024
People in this article:
Lyric Todkill, Chris Twine, Tim Wainright, Zoe Chen, Felicity Ramsey, Jonathan Giles, David Barrash, Sebastian Arguelles, John Paul Barnes Timmy Nguyen, Ethan Flores, Adi Vasudevan, Jarod Mosley, Isaac Velez, Micha Gichana
Carnegie PTO bowling event

Carnegie Vanguard High School: The Largest Family You’ll Ever Find

By Carolyn Pan | October 3, 2024
People in this article:
Gavin Keyes, Carolyn Pan, Coslee Price, Vaani Gupta, Elizabet Haslam, Nathan Nguyen
Students in UT Engineering

UT Engineering at Westbury Christian School

By Agnes Tang | October 2, 2024
People in this article:
Kenneth Okwuonu
worship leaders

Praise and Worship at BHS's 'See You at the Pole'

By Megan Wang | October 2, 2024
People in this article:
Juanita Camarillo, Will Miller, Fega Anigboro, Edwin Rodriguez, Jeremiah McConnico, Jake O’Neil
Enchanted Rock

7th grade Texas Tour Trip blends outdoor adventure with taste of state history

By Yutia Li | October 2, 2024
People in this article:
Ethan Cen, Sandhya Sheth
Keely Thompson and Bridget Painter

Cheers to Freshman Welcome Week at Duchesne

By Isabel Fernandez-Cueto | October 1, 2024
People in this article:
Keely Thompson, Bridget Painter, Mariana Benitez
Phone-free pep rally

Rethinking Connectivity: Emery Bans Cell Phones

By Kate Burke | October 1, 2024
People in this article:
Stuart Dow, Joe Weinstein-Sears, Leah Dinerstein, Jake Yomtov, Kate Burke
Ira Williams

Exploring Little Rock on Post Oak High School's Annual Odyssey

By Ryan Mantel | September 26, 2024
People in this article:
Ryan Mantel, Tony Salem, Bill Clinton, Ira Williams, Imaar Chautani
Leah Otillar, Katherine Hayes, Nora Schulman

Memorial takes on Amigos abroad

By Alden Farrow | September 25, 2024
People in this article:
Leah Otillar, Katherine Hayes, Nora Schulman
Mariachi students

A Song and a Symphony: HSPVA's Music Fest

By Jordan Muscal | September 25, 2024
People in this article:
Alex Graf, Alex Faro, Cristina PerezRuiz, Audrey Huang, Noe Ramos, Karsten Wilkinson
WorldQuest team

Exploring Global Perspectives: Carnegie Vanguard's World Affairs Club in Action

By Siddharth Dasari | September 24, 2024
People in this article:
John J. Sullivan, Coulson Batchelor, Sasha Kotochigov, Justin Leahy, Emily Garcia, Daniella Rodriguez, Siddharth Dasari, Julian Nguyen, Deniz Caliksan, Shanti Majumder, Ethan Eyre, Brandon Strug, Ruben Hermosillo, Justin Mineman
Susan Wolfe

The Woman Behind St. Agnes’ Archives: Ms. Susan Wolfe

By Alexandra Wong | September 5, 2024
People in this article:
Susan Wolfe, Jane Meyer
Meeting at Awty

Virtually Verbal: Houston Teen-Led Nonprofit Pioneers Free Language Learning

By Madeleine Skaufel | May 2, 2024
People in this article:
Aarya Gorakhle, Tanishka Padhye, Michael Hren, Akanbeile Abagi

Crafting Peace and Hope Through Paper Cranes

By Melanie Fung | April 17, 2024
People in this article:
Sandra Wallace, Rebecca Bass, Sadako Sasaki, Rory Pilcher, Simone Goffney, Aria Jin, Miranda Lu, Madeleine Luca, Julie Tang, Cathryn Vera, Abigail Brams, Anastasia Shih, Lela Izaddoost, Rahul Nanjundan, Zachary Barnett, Ashley Park
international festival

Carnegie’s International Festival: A labor of love

By Anjali Martinez | March 30, 2024
People in this article:
Layla Chowdhury, Adrianna Flores, John Nguyen
Israel Fox

HSPVA Seniors Reflect on High School Memories

By Jordan Muscal | March 27, 2024
People in this article:
Meredith Shoemaker, Amelia Diclaudio, Israel Fox, Sofia Fontenot


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Dani Barg
Dani Barg
The Emery/Weiner School
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Anya Bhojwani
Anya Bhojwani
The Awty International School
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Sean Boyle
Sean Boyle
Strake Jesuit
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Kate Burke
Kate Burke
The Emery/Weiner School
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Sarah Cela
Sarah Cela
Second Baptist School
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Siddharth Dasari
Siddharth Dasari
Carnegie Vanguard High School
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Kelsy Donovan
Kelsy Donovan
Memorial High School
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Keira Donovan
Keira Donovan
Memorial High School
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Alden Farrow
Alden Farrow
Memorial High School
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Isabel Fernandez-Cueto
Isabel Fernandez-Cueto
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
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Melanie Fung
Melanie Fung
Bellaire High School
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Beatrix Gnemi
Beatrix Gnemi
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions
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Maggie Hester
Maggie Hester
St. John's School
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Gray Hevle
Gray Hevle
Memorial High School
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Nina Koshy
Nina Koshy
The Village School
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Yutia Li
Yutia Li
St. John's School
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Sophie Lighvani
Sophie Lighvani
The Kinkaid School
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Ana Sofia Maguchi
Ana Sofia Maguchi
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
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Ryan Mantel
Ryan Mantel
The Post Oak School
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Shaivi Moparthi
Shaivi Moparthi
The Kinkaid School
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Runo Mukoro
Runo Mukoro
Saint Thomas' Episcopal School
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Jordan Muscal
Jordan Muscal
Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
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Carolyn Pan
Carolyn Pan
Carnegie Vanguard High School
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Loulie Parker
Loulie Parker
School of the Woods
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Vishakha Medha Rao
Vishakha Medha Rao
The Awty International School
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Nithya Ravi
Nithya Ravi
Lamar High School
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Jake Rodriguez
Jake Rodriguez
Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
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Aishwarya Singh
Aishwarya Singh
Carnegie Vanguard High School
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Madeleine Skaufel
Madeleine Skaufel
St. Agnes Academy
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Wesley Taaffe
Wesley Taaffe
Lamar High School
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Ailey Takashima
Ailey Takashima
St. John's School
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Agnes Tang
Agnes Tang
Westbury Christian School
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Nina Teichman
Nina Teichman
The Emery/Weiner School
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Lucy Walker
Lucy Walker
St. John's School
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Megan Wang
Megan Wang
Bellaire High School
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Eden Williams
Eden Williams
Westbury Christian School
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Alexandra Wong
Alexandra Wong
St. Agnes Academy
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Colin Wu
Colin Wu
The Emery/Weiner School
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