High School Students Seek Changes in their School’s Food Policies

Jenny Aguilera, Beginning Journalism Writer
September 25, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

A majority of students at Fairview High School are not buying lunch from the school’s cafeteria and are unhappy over the current lunch choices while their school district continues to boast about the success of the lunch program. "We sell about 145 lunches a day in a school of 2000,” Don Stensrud,... Read more »

Course selection draws near for BVSD students

Sharone Goldman, Staff Reporter
February 15, 2012
Filed under Student Life

Course selection for BVSD students is drawing nearer as the month of March approaches. Over this next week, students are asked to carefully consider their course choices for the following year. After BVSD students get back from their extended weekend, teachers are going to sign off, and thus approve,... Read more »

Vending machines changes take effect at Fairview

Brian Lee, Staff Reporter
January 13, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories

Five new vending machines have been added to the Fairview, and the old ones have been taken down. The two vending machines that sold Powerade and 2 another vending machines which sold “not nutritious” snacks have been taken down and replaced with five vending machines. The reason for the change... Read more »

First snow coats Boulder Valley

Sam Rock, Entertainment Editor
October 26, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories

OMG IT'S SNOWINGGGG!!! At around 5 P.M. on Tuesday, October 25th, Colorado felt the first few snowflakes of the fall season. More snow fell over the course of 12 hours than Colorado typically sees in the entire month of October, with snow totals ranging from 12 to 14 inches in Greeley and Estes Park. Boulder... Read more »

Bake sale ban has drastic effect on student clubs

Sharone Goldman, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2011
Filed under News, Video

The ban on bake sales, implemented since the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year at Fairview, stirred an inevitable outrage among students. How would they obtain treats that assuaged their hunger as well as delighted their taste buds? Although students no longer spend an obscene amount of money on... Read more »

Another bitter taste in the mouth of the Fairview coffee drinker

Cason McHose and Megan DeBruyn, Staff-Reporter and co-Student Life Editor
October 12, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories, Video

Recently, the Coffee Cart, IB-store, and treasurer's office have all closed. In another loop of the roller coaster which the Medieval Bean appears to be on, the BVSD health board has taken the coffee-drinking population of Fairview students for an unexpected turn. According to Greg Holland, Fairview... Read more »

BVSD updates for requirements of volunteers

Piper Salvator, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2011
Filed under News

Today’s world has perhaps proved more dangerous for students than ever before. Recent harassment and assault situations such as the Travis Masse sexual assault case at Broomfield High School in 2010 have motivated Boulder Valley School District to crack down on policies, especially regarding volunteers. Former... Read more »

BVSD Superintendent Bruce Messinger talks about LGBT students in the district

Sharone Goldman, Staff Reporter
September 16, 2011
Filed under In-Depth, Video

Royal Banner: What are the Boulder Valley School District, principals, and teachers doing to support and protect the community of students of Fairview High School-and other schools in the district- who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender? Bruce Messinger: Our overall approach to this is to... Read more »

Rose Lupinacci gives tips on how to make Fairview a safe school

Rose Lupinacci, Guest Writer
September 15, 2011
Filed under In-Depth, Video

This space RESPECTS all aspects of PEOPLE including race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, age, religion, body shape, size, and ability. Recently the Fairview faculty attended a training sponsored by the Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition to increase our... Read more »

IB Store reopens despite recent bake sale ban

Eli Boonin-Vail, Print Editor-In-Chief
September 14, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories, Video

At the start of this school year, the Fairview administration announced that they would be putting a halt to club-run bake sales in accordance with BVSD standards on nutrition at schools. Many students believed that this ban included the treasured IB store, which remained closed well into the first... Read more »