Considered “one of the foremost ballet companies in the world”, the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City is considered an unlikely dream for most teenage dancers. This is not the case for sophomore Allison Armfield.
Armfield was accepted into a summer intensive program at the school based on a successful audition. She will live in NYC for eight weeks and then come back to Michigan to finish her training in Novi or Oscoda.
For being just a sophomore, Armfield’s acceptance into a world-renowned ballet school’s summer program is impressive. Her background …

Let me say on the outset that I do not consider myself a journalist; however, my role in this newspaper has made me aware of a certain predicament that faces journalistic writers on every level.
The dilemma is choosing between strictly reporting information or adding colorful language and the occasional opinionated statement to spice up some otherwise mundane news.
This issue was first brought to my attention upon the newspaper’s staff’s return from the MIPA spring conference where our school paper was criticized for its overabundance of opinion throughout the paper.
I was …

Welcome to the official website of the Bobcat Banner, Grand Blanc High School’s Student Press. In the coming years, the site should offer plenty of content generated from Mr. Popadich’s fourth hour students.