Serving the Amherst Regional High School community since 1914.
On the sunny morning of May 12, teachers, paraeducators, and staff at ARHS and Summit Academy dressed in their union red colors and gathered to stage a “walk-in” and a chalk-up for fair pay....
Alla Azrilyan came to ARHS in 2019, as a member of the ELL department. She spoke with a member of The Graphic staff about the war in Ukraine, her life as a teacher, and...
When Russia violently invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, very few predicted how rapidly the crisis would escalate, leading to over 7 million people being displaced or fleeing the country. Montague resident Nadya Tkachenko...
On March 21, 2022, a fight broke out at ARHS and one student landed in the hospital. A letter Principal Talib Sadiq sent home to parents was republished in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, in...
This year’s musical, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, featured many lively ensemble numbers in which nearly the entire cast was on stage, singing and dancing together while dressed in beautifully colored hippie clothing....
Nyasia Jordan is one of the newest employees at ARHS. Her official position is campus monitor, and she sits outside the atrium bathroom signing people in and out or asks students for a pass...
On May 7, the Amherst Best Buddies club participated in the Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Polar Park in Worcester, Mass. ARHS paraeducator and advisor Marita Banda and paraeducator Cary Pazmany chaperoned the student...
English Language Learner (ELL) students at ARHS hail from countries all over the world and speak many different languages. I visited ELL teacher Stefani Lopez’s Beginner ELL English class to hear from her students...
What do Amherst and Wakanda have in common? Nyanyika Banda, a local writer who was commissioned by Marvel to create a cookbook inspired by the fictional country in East Africa that is home to...
You may have seen the friendly face of Geraldo Zelaya, an ARHS building substitute, in one of your classes over the last year and a half. Zelaya said he loves working at ARHS and...
Many colleges have increased their reliance on early decision or early action applications, in order to increase the yield of students who will attend the school, with some admitting over 50% of their first...
One thing that doesn’t immediately come to mind when people think of TikTok is choosing a college, but there’s a clear link between the two. As social media platforms such as TikTok grow larger...
There have been many health trends or popular diets over the past few years including keto, low fodmap, and intermittent fasting, just to name a few. However, a more recent health trend has gained widespread...
During the COVID-19 quarantine of 2020, ARHS senior Shire Thompson, like most people socially distancing around the world, was extremely bored. In response to his boredom, Thompson wanted to begin to invest in his...
If you walk through the halls of any college or high school campus, you’ll see hundreds of students, and many teachers, donning their secondhand thrift finds. On a weekend you’ll find flocks of young...
Most teenagers across the world use the social media app TikTok, a “short-form, video-sharing app” that allows millions of users to make and share 15-second to 3 minute videos on any topic. TikTok became...
The Northeast Classic is a DIII college ultimate Frisbee tournament held in Saratoga Springs, New York. This year, the Classic took place on April 2 and 3, less than two weeks after the ARHS...
Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched a violent attack on Ukraine, more than 4 million Ukrainians have fled the country, with a further 6.5 million displaced from their homes but unable to escape the...
On February 9, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that he would lift the school mask mandate, effective February 28. Massachusetts commissioner of education Jeffrey Riley said, “While masking is no longer a statewide requirement,...
Next fall, ARHS will feature a new quarter-long Disability Justice English course, created by English teacher and department head Sara Barber-Just and tested out in an 18 week ALPS with 11th grade student Walter...
The Sene-Gambian Scholars Club trip to Senegal and The Gambia this February was a long time coming, since it had been postponed many times during the pandemic, and the club members and their advisors...
After over ten years of discussions about replacing the track at ARHS, the Amherst School Committee voted to finally approve it, but pushed off funding the project until at least January 15, 2023, while...
Gas prices have been on the rise for the last few months, the spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has stirred fears about oil and natural gas availability, according...
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation of Western Massachusetts awards over 100 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards each year, and among this year’s winners are science teacher Sara Dorsey, English teacher Kate Kuhn, and Chinese...
This winter, senior Rebekah Hong, got some really good news: she won a coveted $20,000 Coca-Cola scholarship, an achievement-based award given to graduating high school seniors. She competed with 68,000 seniors from across the...
When the 2021-2022 school year began, sophomore Zach Mitrowski hadn’t seen his friends from school since the eighth grade. “My first thought was, ‘Will my friends remember me?’ My next was ‘Would they want...
Though students at ARHS have been interested in poetry for years, this year they finally have the chance to join a vibrant club devoted to nurturing their love of spoken word. The group formed...
ARHS students are preparing for the 37th annual Student Written Play Festival that will debut on May 19 to May 21, 2022. Former English teacher and Theater Company Director John Warthen founded the student-written...
This winter, when people showed up to cheer on the ARHS boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, they got to also show their support for the all-new dance team, who performed before games in the...
This year, the ARHS girls’ swimming team won the state championship for the first time in school history. The historic moment was due to many individuals’ hard work. Some standout performances came from seniors...
The boys’ baseball team has been at their sport for a long time. Senior captain Evan Dooley has been playing baseball for 10 years and has been on the team since ninth grade. “Freshman...
The boys’ basketball team, coached by Jamahl Jackson, had a great season this year, racking up 15 wins and 6 losses and having a lot of fun along the way. “One of the highlights...
