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The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

The Vanguard

The Student News Site of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

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Editorials

Spread the word: Bucky is bigger than it seems

Spread the word: Bucky is bigger than it seems

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor September 8, 2022

What makes BB&N different? It’s filled to the brim with unique and talented students, committed faculty, engaging class time, tons of cool coursework, and school-specific trademarks like the Junior...

Goodbye PowerSchool, Hello Canvas

Goodbye PowerSchool, Hello Canvas

Ford Legg and Danielle Brennan September 8, 2022

After a more than a decade, PowerSchool will be phased out and Canvas will take its place as the school’s grading and course content platform. The decision to switch came with news that PowerSchool’s...

Caffeine: Necessity or accessory?

Caffeine: Necessity or accessory?

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor June 7, 2022

You wander the Commons, your eyes drifting around cups with pink and orange bubble letters. Jittery students buzz around, the half-melted ice sloshing in their plastic cups. We run on Dunkin’, and we...

School should show us our grades

School should show us our grades

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor June 7, 2022

To see or not to see? That is the question for many students as word buzzes that the Upper School (US) will be switching to Canvas from PowerSchool with the latter shutting down for good. Why such a buzz...

Student-athlete stress points to policy change

Student-athlete stress points to policy change

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor May 6, 2022

Trudging to a 6 a.m. practice or back from a 7 p.m. overtime game on a weekday can surely feel more draining knowing hours of schoolwork will follow. The Independent School League (ISL) prides itself on...

Check your information diet

Check your information diet

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor May 6, 2022

Snapchat’s Discover Page boasts heavily photoshopped graphics and clickbait headlines that seem engineered to monger confusion, fear, curiosity–or a mix of the three–in the unassuming viewer. Who...

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Student betting concerns offer new education opportunity

Danielle Brennan, Editorials Editor May 6, 2022

Throwing 10 bucks on the Pats on a Monday night is harmless fun, right? How about 10 bucks again next Monday? And the next? With the help of fantasy football apps, that number can become hundreds. Even...

Editor’s Farewell: Volume 50

Editor’s Farewell: Volume 50

Mary Randolph, Editor-in-Chief March 2, 2022

I’ve always been somewhat superstitious, and I wish on pretty much everything: eyelashes, birthday candles, stars, lucky pennies. Of all my many wishes, the most important one happened six years ago...

Reclaim your tests through retakes

Reclaim your tests through retakes

Augie Hawk, Editorials Editor March 2, 2022

We’ve all taken an assessment whose grade we didn’t love. Perhaps you had a bad day. Perhaps you weren’t feeling well. Maybe you didn’t understand the material enough and needed more practice....

Unmask with caution and respect

Unmask with caution and respect

Augie Hawk, Editorials Editor March 2, 2022

As COVID-19 cases rapidly decrease, students will likely have the choice not to wear masks inside once we come back from spring break. But should this be the plan? After Winter Break, COVID cases jumped,...

Let’s press the gas on shuttle efficiency

Let’s press the gas on shuttle efficiency

Danielle Brennan, Arts Editor March 2, 2022

Walk into the commons at any point in the day and approach a table of lively (or, more likely, busy) juniors or seniors. Ask them, “How do you feel about the parking?” With an experimental success...

Let’s redefine rest

Let’s redefine rest

Rahdin Salehian, Features Editor February 9, 2022

Imagine a typical school day. You spend the first seven hours of your day deciphering formulas, memorizing the periodic table, and analyzing Shakespeare. And before you know it, the clock proudly displays...

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