Homecoming is a treasured event in the Benson community. Yet, the majority of that community is unfamiliar with how it all comes together.
The event is mostly student run, with members of both the...
KBPS has cemented itself as a rich and vital part of Benson’s history, and this couldn’t have been possible without its exceptional student leadership. One shining example of this is KBPS Senior Elizabeth...
If you were to walk into Torin King’s classroom right now, you would likely see her walking around in a colourful outfit, helping students with their still-life drawings. Her walls are plastered with...
This past winter, the district passed a phone policy that would ban cellphones during the school day, including passing period and during lunch. However, according to Principal Curtis Wilson of Benson...
It was a warm summer Wednesday afternoon when the Benson Polytechnic High School Class of 2025 graduated. The graduation was held at the PSU Viking Center, and the graduates were gathered outside. Students...
Ask Me
Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried...
For the first time in six years, Benson’s annual Tech Show is taking place at the original campus — and it’s shaping up to be one of the best ones ever. The 99th Tech Show in 2019 was the last one...
Zahra Faruqui: Why did you decide to create Activism Club?
Connor Jacobson: I decided to start Activism Club because I got into activism through the Sunrise movement which is a youth climate justice...
Alone:
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were -- I have not seen
As others saw -- I could not bring
My passions from a common spring --
From the same source I have not taken
...
Benson was an all boy’s school until 1973. That year six girls joined the class of ‘77; Gloria Wallberg-Sutton and LaQuita Corbett came to speak at the 2024 Fall Pep Assembly,...
I understand how difficult it can be to avoid Instagram, TikTok, and other social media during the calming two weeks between loud school days. In fact I’ve subconsciously opened up an Instagram tab not...
