I spent a day with several students and teachers from the Learning Essentials 1 class, or LE1, to learn about what they do. Unlike the other students in the school, LE1 does not follow a strict bell schedule. Every day they have...
What is the Day of the Dead? It is a holiday typically celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, but sometimes other dates such as October 31st or...
Flight Club, led by Mr. Bailey, is for anyone who wants to become a pilot. Although this club is mostly for fun, it teaches the fundamentals...
Here at Barlow, there are many different avenues students can take to get into volunteering. AVID requires volunteering to help build students’...
The past few months have been tumultuous for the Gresham-Barlow School District. Growing concerns about the safety of Gresham High School culminated in a vote of no confidence in Principal Erika Whitlock and the district leadership last spring. The situation reached a boiling point when a student was...
Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on the night of Oct. 9 as a Category 3 storm and killed 24 people. With a month left in the hurricane season, Milton’s devastation is not the...
14 states, including Oregon, have filed a lawsuit against TikTok due to their “addictive algorithm” that is harming the mental health of children. These lawsuits stemmed from a national...
Recently, the David Douglas Scots football team has been experiencing severe racism during their games at other schools during away games. Starting from late September with games at Nelson...
Halloween time is coming around. For many, the spooky season is filled with many exciting activities, such as going to pumpkin patches, watching scary movies, wearing fun costumes, and more. But is trick-or-treating...
When I was coming into high school for the first time, I was expecting the worst. No friends, HUGE school, scary teachers, tons of homework, and more stress. But once I got to high school, I...
Have you heard about the new hall sweep rule?! The hall sweep rule was put in place about four weeks ago. The rule is that you must have a pass at all times in the hall. This is designed to have fewer...
The Bruin Banner surveyed 135 Barlow students to see what they would like to see in the following year. We got many different responses that would be great additions to the 2024-2025 school year. Among...
This November, Sam Barlow High School’s theatre department will unveil the curtains on the teen edition of the Broadway musical Hadestown — one of the first schools in the US to do so. Written by...
Halloween is right around the corner, and it's time to talk about some spooky movies. We’ve seen a theme of sequels this year, with Smile 2, Terrifier 3, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Black Phone 2, and...
After the release of Deftones' successful third nu-metal album, White Pony, in 2000, lead singer Chino Moreno announced that he would take a break from the band to work on a new project. Later that year,...
Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy classic, Beetlejuice, has been given the full sequel treatment this year with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Micheal Keaton all reprise...