Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

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Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Winterfest wonders

Winterfest wonders

Grace Montgomery and Nicholas Rice January 23, 2020

Grand Haven’s annual Winterfest begins Thursday, Jan. 23 and runs through Sunday, Jan. 26. Beginning in 1979, the event has become a local favorite. People of all ages gather to participate in a multitude...

Women soccer stars battle for equal pay

Women soccer stars battle for equal pay

Camille Berko, Editor In Chief January 16, 2020

$99,000. Seems like a lot of money, right?  How about $263,320. Which amount would you rather have? What if I told you the difference between collecting one of these paychecks over another is the...

Weather experts predict winter similar to last year

Camille Berko, Editor In Chief January 16, 2020

Chief meteorologist of WOOD-TV 8, Bill Steffen, vividly remembers one particular winter over others, the winter of 1982-83. In Grand Rapids on Christmas day that year, the temperatures spiked to a maximum...

Bluebird Family Camp will be held at Maranatha Conference Center to help support families dealing with cancer.

Bucs Pride to hold community fundraiser

Natalie Dupuis, Assigning Editor December 18, 2019

The “Battle of the Bridge” basketball game will take place this Friday night in the GHHS Fieldhouse. Girls plays at 6:00 p.m. and the boys play at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the game, the varsity teams...

Freshman Grant Taylor climbs on top of the trailer holding the trebuchet he made with his dad. “After doing the project and seeing how everything worked, it was weird how it actually works,” Taylor said. “Like actually being able to see it throw over and see the counterweight active and see how it drags.”

Klinger launches yearly extra credit project

Morgan Womack, Co-Editor-In-Chief December 14, 2019

World history teacher Jason Klinger recently assigned his students his yearly, unique extra credit project: to build a replica of a trebuchet.  A trebuchet is a counterweight catapult machine previously...

Head coach Greg Immink talks with the program before a practice.

Boys basketball holds annual fundraiser

Brendan Vander Meer, Reporter December 12, 2019

The boys basketball program recently held their annual fundraiser at Lakeshore Middle school. “We enjoy it every single year because we get to play against past alumni that have gone here or we get...

Hot chocolate is only $1.00 every other Thursday and is delivered during academy.

Team G.H. holds hot chocolate fundraisers every other Thursday

Natalie Dupuis, Assigning Editor December 12, 2019

Team G.H. started hot chocolate Thursdays this year and hot chocolate is sold every other Thursday during academy.  “The main purpose of it, of the hot chocolate Thursdays is just to spread positivity,”...

Shedd aquarium field trip

Shedd aquarium field trip

Grace Ostric, Editor in Chief December 10, 2019

Steffanie Portenga’s marine biology class traveled to the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, December 3.  The class attended the aquarium to see the animals they have talked about in class. Right now, they...

Tea Time with National Honors Society

Tea Time with National Honors Society

Emily Jarrell, Reporter December 9, 2019

What Happened:    National Honor Society served tea to ladies at Coastal Community Church on Saturday December 7. They served tea, cakes and sandwiches to these ladies while they listened to...

Young democrats club

Young democrats club

Ben Pease, Arts and Entertainment Editor December 9, 2019

The young democrats club has started up for the year, guided by teacher Mr. Klinger, it is a chance for students to open up their ideas on politics.  “I want to actively involve students for a chance...

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