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The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

The Student News Site of Boulder High School

The Owl

We Were Liars:

Sydney Hood September 15, 2025

Welcome back to school Panthers! Hopefully, this summer was filled with adventures, social time, and lots of reading to wind down from the stress of school!  If you’re looking for a good read that is...

Rate this Schedule:

Bruno Damrauer September 15, 2025

We asked each grade what they thought about this year’s schedule changes. Here are their opinions: When asked to rate the schedule out of ten, the seniors at Boulder High seemingly did not think very...

What if School Started Earlier?

Mark Gallegos, Staff Writer September 8, 2025

Time is perhaps the most valuable resource we have at our disposal. We all wish to have more of it to do everything we want to do – to help people in need, to spend more time with family, to explore...

High School Doesn’t Have to be Hard (and Here’s How)

Mark Gallegos, Staff Writer August 19, 2025

High school hasn’t always been easy, and perhaps each student in this school can agree with me. Many things pile on to each other to make high school a hard period in our lives, ranging from long hours,...

"Freshman Seminar isn't necessarily gone. So I want to be really clear about that. It just has to be different and we just don't know what that looks like yet." says Principal Alana Morales.

Graphic courtesy of ChatGPT AI.

Confusion Surrounds the Future of Freshman Seminar

Arlene Solis, Staff Writer May 23, 2025

Students and teachers were shocked to hear that Freshman Seminar, a key program at Boulder High, might be changing next year. Until now, they have believed the changes were the result of budget cuts. However,...

Battle of the Bottles: Stanley vs. Owala

Ryler Horansky, Features and Insights Editor May 23, 2025

Girls holding their big water bottles, loud sips during your terrifying math test, endless variations on the same basic design. For outsiders to the ever-growing nation of people with large, nicely colored...

Although Mr. O'Block has helped organize the event every year at BHS, our school chapter of St. Baldrick's was actually student-created just eight years ago.

BHS St. Baldrick’s Event:

Ella Gibney, Features and Insights Editor May 5, 2025

As I file through the gymnasium doors after school on March 19th, I find the gym filled with noise, laughter, and booming Y2K music uncharacteristic of any school event save the occasional rally. The...

It is important to stay safe when being around any person struggling with mental heath or substance abuse issues, to understand people unlike yourself is to keep yourself safe. Educate yourself!

How Boulder Houses The Homeless

Lorelei Keppeler, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 5, 2025

Homelessness is a dilemma that consumes much of Boulder. Walking downtown on Pearl, around the bandshell, or along the creek path, you’ll inevitably encounter an unhoused person. Even though this is...

Picking Prom Attire

This time of year, current juniors and seniors are spending hours searching the web, local boutiques and shops for the perfect prom attire. While guys have to pick their fits from a lineup of almost identical...

Boulder High’s Not-so-Secret “Secret Society”

Jules Conners February 22, 2025

When one pictures a typical book club, one imagines a meeting of old women in cable-knit sweaters sipping tea while reading Pride and Prejudice. But at Boulder High’s most talked-about book club, these...

From Catholic saints to Pagan holidays and Shakespeare, from where can
we trace the origins of Valentine’s Day? And who is responsible for putting
chocolates in heart-shaped boxes?

Valentine’s Day: From Legend to Modern Times

Vivian Thomasset, Staff Writer February 22, 2025

Valentine’s Day. One of the most famously commercialized holidays, bringing to mind images of chocolates, flowers, bears holding hearts, and flourishing romantic relationships. How did this holiday come...

Pictured here is a dumpling from Chiri’s. (A cute lil’ orange cart on Pearl Street) If you’re interested in trying out local dumplings on your own, check out the taste testers chart!

The Deal with Dumplings

Sandra Redak, Features Editor May 16, 2024

For our readers keeping up with Taste Testers: a tradition where we go around Boulder buying specific foods and ranking them on a handy little table to determine the quality, price, and deliciousness of...

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