Interim Principal Miki Lee Gromacki makes being the leader of a school look easy, but do you really know what it takes to be a principal? Becoming a principal takes a lot of hard...

Over the summer, Summit Academy relocated from its South Amherst location to a corner of ARHS that formerly housed English classes, a Culinary Arts program, and a preschool. Although we now share a building,...

When Mark Jackson,suddenly announced his retirement from ARHS on October 18, staff and students alike began to wonder what this meant for both the short and long-term future of the high school. How would...

The legalization of marijuana is among of the great political debates of the 21st century. In the 1970s, authorities were more concerned about illegal possession of marijuana than that of cocaine. The war on...

On a Monday afternoon, about 10 students gathered in Mr. Despres’ English classroom for a meeting of the Literary Club. Co-leaders, Amina Mednicoff-Misra and Anu Sitaraman came prepared with snacks and materials for their...

As students entered the halls of ARHS on November 3, 2018 (the weekend before Massachusetts voters went to the polls to decide whether to preserve or dismantle a law protecting transgender people from discrimination...

My normal hair routine until recently? To cover my fingers in some hair gel and vigorously mess up my hair. But once I accidentally left the lid off the top of the hair gel...

It’s lunch time and you’re sitting across from your friends. You’re joking around and throwing food at each other. You don’t think twice about leaving the mess you just made; in fact, the very...

  For many people, the holiday season is synonymous with the sweeping score of The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; holiday traditions are incomplete without an evening spent at the ballet, watching snowflakes...

Engineering classes at ARHS have always been popular. Despite this, budget cuts have kept teacher Nick Harrison from expanding the program and offering more advanced classes. ARHS currently offers mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and...

You come home from another normal day at school and enter the house to see your parents; in one hand they hold tissues and their other hands are clasped together.  Their eyes are about...

School dress codes are supposed to help support a positive learning environment in which all students feel comfortable. They don’t always achieve that. Some institutions are accused of being discriminatory in regards to the...

Having a school that feels “like home” is an ideal for most, but it’s a reality for the ARHS students whose parents teach at the high school. A look into the lives of some...

I still remember the day I got my license because I barely passed my test. I was mostly fine. I used correct signals; I correctly parallel parked. In fact, it was perfect until the...

This year on Nov 19, one of the most viral and controversial people in the modern rap industry, Tekashi 6ix9ine, was arrested by the federal government after being affiliated with the Nine Trey Gangsta...

For some high school students, the last thing they want to do after getting home from a long day of school is go right back out and devote a few more hours to work....

Rosco was born on the streets. His mother was dumped there when her owner found out she was pregnant, and he has had to fend for himself, emaciated and skinny, getting  by off of...

Stan Lee changed my life. I was seven years old when I watched my first Marvel movie, the first “Iron Man.” Since that defining night, I have watched that same movie close to 10...

Streetwear has been a huge influence for the past four decades. If it’s your first time hearing brands such as Gucci, Supreme, and Burberry, and you would like to get into the hype culture...

“ERRRRNTT!” Putnam 57. ARHS 55. It was the last 15 seconds of the game. Both teams had defeated each other once in the regular season and knew that the winner of this third match-up...

The chilly Mullins Center felt a little bit warmer on the night of December 8, 2018, as a sellout crowd of 8,412 packed the arena to see the UMass Minutemen take on the Quinnipiac...