January Newsletter

National Honor Society stands on the four pillars of Scholarship, Service, Leadership, and Character, and each year junior and senior students can apply for this honor. Their applications are reviewed by a panel of teachers and administrators, and eventually those who meet the criteria are admitted. The Bedford High School chapter of this organization is led by Science teacher Liza Hansel. The following students were admitted this year:

The National Merit Scholarship semifinalists are chosen for scoring in the top 1% nationally on their PSAT. From this pool, merit scholarship winners are chosen in March. As these scholarship awards are national, they can be applied to any college or university. Bedford High School’s 2025-26 recipients are:

By: Jasmine Antriasian and Isabel Gittins

SPOILER WARNING AHEAD:

On New Year’s Eve 2025, Stranger Things fans witnessed the most anticipated finale in the history of Netflix original shows. To close off the 9 year run of the hit show “Stranger Things” written and produced by Ross and Matt Duffer, a 2 plus hour finale entitled “The Rightside Up” hit the screens at 8pm sharp. Over a hundred million total fans logged onto Netflix, and viewed the episode that was expected to deliver the perfect ending to a perfect show. However, the episode has received lots of criticism after many fans caught a plethora of plot holes. In this article, we will cover the most intriguing and important ones.

By: Ilse Franklin, 2028 and Charlotte Quinn, 2028

Recently, Starbucks released three new drinks- the Cannon Ball Refresher, (inspired by Mr. Beast), the Dubai Chocolate Matcha, and the Dubai Chocolate Mocha (as well as new protein drinks, however we didn’t try those). On Wednesday, January 14, we went to try them and give our honest review on whether they’re worth your money or not.

By: Joy Morrison, 2029

This is one of my favorite recipes off Recipetineats to make for a friend or as a pick me up. The recipe is a Vanilla sponge cake! It is delicious right out of the oven but also great days later. This recipe is also delicious with or without icing or buttercream. It is good for four days and won’t crumble. Here’s the recipe:

• Man on the Inside (Netflix)

• Animal Control (Netflix)

• Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)

• Next to Normal The Musical

• Takopi’s Original Sin

• Heating Pad

• Shin Ramen

• The Kindle

• Paid subscriptions with ads

• Teachers not updating Aspen even though the Quarter ended

• Late delay instead of snow day

• Midterms and Reading Quizzes

• For When Grandma Meets Grandpa Again- The Flat Stanleys

• Transcendental Cha Cha Cha- Tom Cardy

• Roommates by Malcolm Todd

• Raindance by Tems and Dave

• The Color Violet by Tory Lanez

• Bakugo’s Fighting Spirit by Melodic Blaze

• Lemon Boy by Cavetown

• Struck by Lightning by Sara Kays ft. Cavetown

• Ribs by Lorde

• Seasons in the Sun by Black Box Recorder

• Greenlight by Tate McRae