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The Student News Site of Burlingame High School

The Burlingame B

The Student News Site of Burlingame High School

The Burlingame B

Hanna Sato

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer

Hanna Sato is a senior at Burlingame HIgh School and is a third year journalism student. This is her second year as the Chief Photographer of the Burlingame B. Her favorite subject is English and her favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Outside of school she plays for the BHS varsity tennis team, volunteers with Achieve Tahoe and works at Blush Frozen Yogurt. She loves skiing, baking, getting coffee and spending time with her friends.

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Sophomore Aidan Bardsley steals the ball in the semi-finals of the NorCal Championship against Acalanes High School.

Girls soccer team goes far, winning CCS Championships

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
March 9, 2020

The girls varsity soccer team exceeded all expectations this season, winning the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championship and making it to the NorCal Championships. Although the team lost in the final...

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Photo caption: In Parasite, one of the leading Best Picture nominees, the poverty-stricken Kim family attempts to make a living by exploiting the wealthy Park family.

Academy Award for Best Picture 2020: Who deserves to win?

The Academy Awards will air tonight at 5 p.m. on ABC. For a last-minute briefing on who is up for Best Picture and how good the films actually are, The Burlingame B’s reporters have written a guide to...

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Junior Kerry Wakasa moves to defend the ball during last week’s match against Woodside High School.

Girls soccer experiences first loss of the season

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
January 24, 2020

The varsity girls soccer team, which appeared to be on a winning streak, experienced two back to back losses against Carlmont High School and Woodside High School (2-1 for both games). However, the team...

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Fans go crazy as Brockhampton takes the stage.

Brockhampton redefines the term “boy band”

Claire Hunt and Hanna Sato
November 21, 2019

Seven men come on stage wearing bright orange jumpsuits tied at the waist. Immediately, the crowd goes wild. I’m pulled toward the stage by the powerful rush of the crowd as purple lights fill the pit....

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Sophomore Ella Bradley prepares to shoot during the soccer tryouts.

Girls soccer plans to continue on their winning streak

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
November 20, 2019

The girls soccer team enjoyed a successful run last season, placing in second for their league and making it to CCS for the first time in several years. The team performed strongly throughout their season,...

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Girls soccer plans to continue on their winning streak

Girls soccer plans to continue on their winning streak

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
November 19, 2019

The girls soccer team enjoyed a successful run last season, placing in second for their league and making it to CCS for the first time in several years. The team performed strongly throughout their season,...

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The team had their last game on Oct. 12, against Mills High School.

The girls water polo team remains optimistic about their next season

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
November 19, 2019

The girls water polo team started off the season at a low point, having just been demoted to the Ocean Division and facing their second consecutive season without their own pool. But throughout the season,...

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Waterpolo Photo Gallery

Waterpolo Photo Gallery

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
October 24, 2019

 

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The average American family spends $919 to send their child to prom.

Getting ‘dolled up’ for prom has a price tag

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
April 30, 2019

As prom season approaches, junior and senior girls embark on their quest for the perfect prom experience. Often, the venture entails spending hundreds of dollars on one night. In 2015, Visa held a...

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The previous dress code had language targeted specifically at girls, causing protests from some female students of Burlingame.

District Has Approved a New Dress Code

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
March 25, 2019

Principal Paul Belzer and the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) recently collaborated to rewrite the dress code. Student concerns about equal treatment of female students and male students prompted the...

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Assistant Principal Valerie Arbizu describes the new schedule and receives student input at the student council meeting.

BHS begins finalizing new schedule for the next school year, incorporating flex time

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
March 24, 2019

In the coming school year, Burlingame will implement a new schedule that incorporates  a “flex time,” essentially office hours, in the middle of block days. Led by Assistant Principal Valerie Arbizu,...

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Assistant Principal Valerie Arbizu describes the new schedule and receives student input at the student council meeting.

Overview of the New Schedule

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
March 22, 2019

In the coming school year, Burlingame will implement a new schedule that incorporates  a “flex time,” essentially office hours, in the middle of block days. Led by Assistant Principal Valerie Arbizu,...

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The Burlingame cheer squad performed on Feb. 1 for senior night, the last home game of the basketball season.

Cheer celebrates end of the season and their senior athletes

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
February 20, 2019

The Burlingame cheer squad’s season is coming to a close as the basketball teams begin to end their seasons as well. On Feb. 1, both the basketball and cheer teams held their annual Senior night, a final...

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Former student David Hogg speaks at the March For Our Lives panel on Jan. 26

Parkland survivors speak at March for Our Lives panel

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
February 19, 2019

David Hogg and Ryan Deitsch, former students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl., spoke on Jan. 26 at a March for Our Lives panel describing their experiences as well as legislative...

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Martinez’s return to the dark past

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
September 28, 2018

In America, children’s worst fear is the monster under the bed. In Nicaragua, children’s worst fear is being killed walking down the street. At 9 years old, Spanish teacher Julian Martinez was forced to flee from Nicaragua and its destructive civil war. Martinez remembers the dark past he left behind in light of the horrific events currently occurring in Nicaragua and understands the pain Nicaraguans are feeling.

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Proven Student Improvement with Meditation

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
December 13, 2017

All students feel the immense stress of school. There are tests, homework assignments, extracurricular activities, projects, college applications and more. But how can this stress be managed? Teachers often dump all of this on students without real solutions to them. However, Spanish teacher Sr. Martinez works to help students manage their stress with his weekly meditation classes.

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A need for an academic testing calendar

Hanna Sato, Head Photographer
November 26, 2017

The problem of test overlap has become a serious concern for students, and the implementation of a more regulated test schedule is a necessity.The United States Department of Education has declared boundaries for teachers to abide by when assigning and creating tests. Some of the testing regulations include limiting the amount of tests students take to maximize learning time, accurately track the progress of students and equally represent a student’s needs.

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