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Fall sports round-up

Fall sports round-up

By Brayden Mathews December 20, 2019

Branson athletics are starting the year off with a bang as fall sports season comes to a close. The girls volleyball team won an NCS Division III title, which qualified them for the Division II NorCal...

Eric Maserati and Antwan Banks perform at Branson

Eric Maserati and Antwan Banks perform at Branson

By Luke Tusher December 17, 2019

Only a few weeks ago, Branson was visited by aspiring artists, Eric Maserati and Antwan Banks. Both had recently been released from San Quentin Prison, Maserati in August, and Banks November, and shared...

A ‘final pass’: T-shirts honor Wiggins

A ‘final pass’: T-shirts honor Wiggins

By Shun Graves December 17, 2019

Sales continue to increase for a shirt quickly becoming a symbol of Branson’s community doing what it can to honor Kwentyn Wiggins — one of its own who died this summer. Wiggins, a rising senior...

Advanced Acting tackles hard topics in Marvel-based one-acts

Advanced Acting tackles hard topics in Marvel-based one-acts

By Sarah Lind December 17, 2019

Recently, the Advanced Acting class put on a production of “Peter Parker and the Kid Who Flew” and “Subatomic: A Stature Story,” two one-acts based on the Marvel Universe.  Both scripts are...

December comic

December comic

By Emma Allen December 17, 2019

Kanye West - Jesus is King album review

Kanye West – Jesus is King album review

By Andrew Parrot December 17, 2019

Synopsis: Kanye West delivers a musically layered, inventive, yet shallow and surface-level look into his faith on his 9th studio album, “Jesus is King.” Rapper, producer, fashion designer, provocateur,...

Community spotlight: Bay Area power outages

Community spotlight: Bay Area power outages

By Kaya Dierks and Shun Graves November 14, 2019

Public safety power shutoffs proliferated across Marin County starting late Oct. 26, forcing Branson to close for three days. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. shut off power across much of Northern California,...

Students elected to new Community Honor Board

Students elected to new Community Honor Board

By Madison Esrey November 14, 2019

Purpose, courage, kindness and honor: We all are aware of the four values of Branson. But the prevalence of honor during the most recent times has been unnoticeable, especially with the most recent Community...

Branson seeks enrollment increase consideration, first in years

Branson seeks enrollment increase consideration, first in years

By Shun Graves November 14, 2019

Capped at 320 students for decades, Branson now seeks to increase its permitted enrollment, first through a March ballot measure aimed at Ross voters. The measure, if passed, will only give the town...

The Branson School gymnasium is seen from the school's library in Ross, Calif. on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal)

Quick guide: New faculty and staff

By Kaya Dierks September 30, 2019

The Blazer have compiled a quick guide to some of the faces at Branson. Be sure to say “hello” if you see any of them around campus! Lorena Alvear Science Teacher “Students here are very serious...

Assemblies are now held in the gym

Assemblies are now held in the gym

By Brayden Mathews September 30, 2019

After having all-school assemblies in the auditorium for longer than anyone can remember, assembly was moved this year to the gym to satisfy fire regulations.  The abrupt move of all-school assembly...

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