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Buffet lunch scheduled to return

By Brayden Mathews September 28, 2021
Branson's famously delicious buffet lunches are back.
The cast of “Chicago” runs a musical number.

Lights, camera, action! Fall musical ‘Chicago’ in full swing

By Abby Keenley September 26, 2021
COVID-19 introduces restrictions, but the show must go on for latest production.
A SMART train passes a Marin Transit bus at the San Rafael Transit Center on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.

Transit ridership in flux as pandemic restrictions ease

By Shun Graves July 13, 2021
Golden Gate Transit says ridership won’t return to pre-pandemic levels this year, if ever.
Seniors Julia Chow and Serafina Carlucci work on their group aquaponics capstone project.

Seniors shared their experiences with capstones this year

By Cooper Tenney June 2, 2021
Their projects range from aquaponics to veterinary work, in the latest installment of the year-end Branson tradition.
Branson allows students to do two sports simultaneously

Branson allows students to do two sports simultaneously

By Emma Casaudoumecq May 8, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, stay-at-home orders shut down all sports practices and matches, from professional teams to high school teams to recreational teams; therefore, all of Branson’s...

Faculty and staff departures

Faculty and staff departures

By Cooper Tenney May 8, 2021
Eight members of faculty and staff will leave the school.
Monday night theatre sports commence

Monday night theatre sports commence

By Patricia dePalma March 29, 2021

Every Monday night at 7, a group of student actors from all grades attends Theatre Sports, a form of improvisational theater where the participants are given certain restrictions, either physical or verbal,...

Students continue to work during the pandemic

Students continue to work during the pandemic

By Cameron Aryanpour March 29, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to the day-to-day lives of students at Branson. One such difficulty is the struggle of managing and finding a job for a teenager during COVID.  Serafina...

Youth sports regulations are increasingly flexible

Youth sports regulations are increasingly flexible

By Finn Dossey March 29, 2021

March 13 marked one year since the coronavirus changed the lives of all high school students. Among the regulations that followed the pandemic was a total shut-down of youth sports. Now, a full year...

Color-tiers to dictate when various Branson sports begin

Color-tiers to dictate when various Branson sports begin

By Cooper Tenney February 23, 2021

Branson sports have now been assigned to COVID-colored tiers: purple (most restrictive), red, orange and yellow (least restrictive). Purple-tier sports teams began practice Feb. 2.  All interscholastic...

Despite pandemic, lunch remains Branson specialty

Despite pandemic, lunch remains Branson specialty

By Shun Graves February 23, 2021

They line the buffet, dozens deep, and never fail to appear every school day. Crowded and anxious, they await their daily midday meal. But these Branson denizens cast into the Commons not a din of chatter...

Faculty begin vaccinations

Faculty begin vaccinations

By Ryder Lariviere February 23, 2021

As COVID-19 rages across the state, the vaccine roll-out in Marin County to frontline workers, including faculty and staff at Branson, offers a glimmer of hope.   During a weekend in January,...

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