Contracting with prisons is easy when inmates are behind bars, but are the same institutions willing to employ ex-prisoners upon their release? Many believe that employers need to begin to shift their thinking on...

Incoming ARHS Principal Gene Jones has “always enjoyed working with kids.” Mr. Jones was born and raised in Virginia, in a “multi-generational house.” His close-knit family emphasized supporting each other. “My great grandmother, my...

ARHS has a new face attached to its restorative justice program, Pedro Mendez, whom you might have seen greeting students at the door in the morning, along with Stephen Bechtold.  Mr. Mendez was hired...

According to an article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, by Greta Jochem, the 764 confirmed measles cases this year makes it the largest outbreak nationally since 1994. Measles is a highly contagious, infectious viral...

Before working at ARHS, Myra Ross was an elected member of the School Committee and worked on capital planning for the rebuilding of the school. “My name is on the plaque out there in...

Ann Marie Picard sits behind a large desk, personalized with neatly arranged portraits of family members and covered in organized piles of papers. Every object in the room appears to have an exact purpose...

“If there’s a hard way to do something, I’ll do it,” joked Susie Zygmont, secretary in the Deans’ office, who is in charge of ARHS’s daily attendance. Ms. Zygmont is retiring at the end...

Sue Abdow’s third floor classroom is noticeably different from others.  An entire wall is filled with photographs of students on field trips and end of the year picnics. Their smiles light up the room....

Annie Figliola, a library paraeducator better known as Ms. Fig, is ready to retire after 11 happy years working at ARHS. Ms. Fig grew up in the university town of New Paltz, New York....

Sharon Palmer’s path to high school teaching has been paved with adventure. She was born in Pennsylvania but moved to rural San Francisco when she was young. Palmer never thought she would be a...

After 15 years of teaching at ARHS, William Blatner, math teacher, former civil engineer, and avid whitewater paddler, is retiring at the end of the year. Mr. Blatner grew up in western New York....

The average office worker receives about 120 emails a day in a day. Pam White is no exception. “I couldn’t even count without really counting,” she joked. The slew of emails are just one...

“I know a lot because I’ve seen a lot,’’ said former ARHS paraeducator Howard Mentin, who retired in 2018, and sadly passed away in March of this year. Howard Mentin was born in the...

When 2:30 p.m. rolls around on a Tuesday, the small yet cozy bubble tea café we all know and love, Limered, begins to fill with Amherst middle and high schoolers alike. A long line...

Nearly eight years ago, on April 17, 2011, the season one premiere of Game of Thrones was aired on HBO. Over the last eight years, Game of Thrones, sometimes referred to as GoT, has...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels recently reached 415 parts per million this year for the first time ever in recorded history, according to the magazine Scientific American. Those rising CO2 levels, the subsequent threat of...

On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, People of Color United club members and their advisors, Assistant Principal Mary Custard and health and physical education teacher Elizabeth Haygood, boarded a three-hour bus for Harlem, NY. The...

This has been a big year for the Senegambian Scholars club at ARHS. Last February, a group of ARHS students traveled to Senegal and The Gambia for three and a half weeks for a...

Starting next year, ARHS will be adding a new class called Adaptive Gym. Adaptive Gym is a class where students with disabilities from the PIP (Pathways to Independence program) will be partnered with general...

Taj-Amir Torres is a former Amherst High School football player who has taken his game to the next level, grabbing a slot in the NFL. He agreed to do a special interview for The...

  Hunter Wolfson started fishing at a young age, about 2 or 3, he said.  “I kinda just grew up on it. It’s like a family tradition,” he said. He has continued to pursue...