Brighton High School (Rochester, New York) - Publications

Publications

Brighton is one of the only schools in the Rochester area that allows its publications to hold permanent office spaces.

• Trapezoid – The Trapezoid is the name of Brighton High School's monthly school newspaper. Sections include News, Feature, Opinion, In Depth, and Sports. The Trapezoid has risen to prominence in recent years. The newspaper has received a number of awards, including First Place in the Bertram Freed Memorial Award Competition and New York's Best Newspaper and Best Online Publication from the Empire State School Press Association.
• Crossroads — Brighton High School's yearbook, Crossroads, was founded in 1933. It is distributed at BHS's annual Spring Fest every year.
• Galaxy – Brighton's art and literary magazine, Galaxy, was created in 1954. Galaxy continues its tradition of holding meetings at students' homes on Sunday evenings. Galaxy is entirely student-created, with the help of advisor and art teacher Debra Burger and is printed locally. In 2009, the magazine received a First Place with Special Merit award from the American Scholastic Press Association for its article on French sub ordinance. It received the Gold/All New York Award, as well as the Award for Originality from the annual ESSPA (Empire State Scholastic Press Association) Conference in 2011. Many individual Galaxy members won Gold awards in their respective fields at this conference as well.