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Intro to the Senior Encyclopedia Reading
Zoe Bedregal Photo by : Caitlin Lee-Hendricks For the past several months the Creative Writing Seniors have been working on creating an...
Nov 13, 20221 min read

Spooky Story Contest 2022
You are watching a meeting between a group of the world’s most powerful people when a bomb suddenly goes off. The shock is apparent but...
Oct 9, 20221 min read


The Books of Today
by Annabelle Smith This month, we’ve talked about all kinds of banned books. From children’s books to classic literature, pretty much...
Sep 30, 20222 min read

Cartoons and Controversy
by Annabelle Smith We’ve talked about classics, but what about the books that aren’t supposed to challenge the norms? The books with...
Sep 23, 20223 min read

Let's Talk About Classics
by Annabelle Smith Photo from: American Library Association Modern classics are often under the most scrutiny when it comes to bans and...
Sep 18, 20223 min read

Why We Read Banned Books
by Annabelle Smith “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” - Caesar A. Cruz This year, from September 18-24, the...
Sep 10, 20222 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Leyna Vu
Nguyễn Thủy Tiên With the month of May coming to an end, it’s important to remember that May is not the only month where celebrating...
May 28, 20224 min read


AAPI Month: Studio Ghibli
Ethan Yamashita How does culture get shared? There are certainly many routes. The book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes shared and...
May 20, 20223 min read


Mental Health Awareness Month: Let's Talk About Anxiety
Kidney Shilling Photo from SEJ Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone has and/or will experience within their lifetime, however,...
May 18, 20222 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Brianna Nguyen
Nguyễn Thủy Tiên Hat & Photo by Brianna Nguyen Art is culture. It’s love that forms sculptures, tapestry that tells a story through each...
May 13, 20226 min read

Mental Health Awareness Month: Let's Talk About Depression
Kidney Shilling theconversation.com Depression is something that pretty much all of us have heard about and most of us have. You could be...
May 11, 20222 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Shang-Chi -- Let's Talk About Dragons
Ethan Yamashita So, dragons. As we all know, they’re awesome. Giant wings, killer claws, razor sharp teeth, fire breath, cave hideouts,...
May 6, 20223 min read

An Introduction to Mental Health Month
Kidney Shilling Happy Mental Health Month BISFA! Mental Health Month was started to help raise awareness for trauma developed through...
May 4, 20222 min read


The Best of BISFA's "Something Rotten!"
Nguyễn Thủy Tiên Nathan Lushbaugh as Nick Bottom / Photo by Levi Hott Welcome to the Renaissance! After 5 long months filled with hard...
Apr 29, 20223 min read

2022 Visual Arts Exhibition
Kidney Shilling (All photos taken by Kidney Shilling, all art done by BISFA Visual Artists) On April 22nd, 2022 the Visual Artists held...
Apr 28, 20222 min read
April Poetry Contest Winners!
The Phantom is excited to announce the winners for this month's poetry contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted. Each and every piece...
Apr 28, 20222 min read

April Student Spotlights: Annabelle Smith
Nguyen Thuy Tien For the month of April, The Phantom will be hosting Student Spotlights to highlight students and their achievements. On...
Apr 25, 20225 min read


Apr 18, 20220 min read


April Student Spotlights: an Interview with Nick Parcs
by Brielle Coffman For the month of April, The Phantom is highlighting the talent at BISFA through student spotlights. For our first...
Apr 11, 20224 min read
The Student Spotlights
Ethan Yamashita It’s no secret that we have some talented people here at BISFA. We’re all artists doing our best to hone our craft,...
Apr 9, 20221 min read
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