
Torin King has been teaching at Benson for 5 years, but her goal as a teacher has never changed: to help her students love school just as much as she did.
Elizabeth Larrison • Oct 18, 2025

Oct 17, 2025

Zayne Dahlquist • Oct 15, 2025

Budget cuts have caused Outdoor School, a beloved Oregon tradition of over half a century, to shorten from six days down to four, and Student Leaders are concerned about the changes.
Elizabeth Larrison • Oct 9, 2025

Band is once again meeting frequently, now as a club, in the face of funding challenges
Zayd Faruqui, Editor • Oct 2, 2025

Jeff Martin, the newly elected KBPS Chief of Promotion, has a lot on his plate this school year. He is working to grow KBPS’s Instagram following along with other goals.
Elizabeth Larrison • Sep 25, 2025

The effects of budget cuts on Benson, with words from Mr. Wilson.
Zahra Faruqui, Editor • Jun 12, 2025

The district phone policy may be difficult to enforce without Yondr, according to Principal Wilson. However, Yondr pouches face lack of funding, as well as students who say they are ineffective
Zayd Faruqui, Editor • Jun 12, 2025

As Benson’s Seniors graduated, we asked them to reflect upon their favorite memories from high school.

Benson’s Gender Sexuality Alliance has returned, but there seems to be a lack of interest. Marvin Kolbow talked to the instructor to find out why.
Marvin Kolbow • May 27, 2025



A literary analysis of Ask Me by William Stafford.
Dane de Block • May 12, 2025


The benefits of physical media in an increasingly digital world.
Owen Swanson • Apr 17, 2025

For the first time ever, Benson’s cooking club will be making a pizza for the Portland Mercury’s annual Pizza Week.
Elizabeth Larrison • Apr 16, 2025

Benson’s 102nd annual Tech Show is happening April 17th & 18th from 6-9pm, back at the modernized campus.
Nick Oates, Editor • Apr 15, 2025
