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Eric Swanson, winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI), recently donated $25,000 to Amherst Regional High School, his alma mater. Swanson earmarked the donation to the school’s engineering programs, coordinating the...
While the use of restorative justice practices has come under fire in recent months, specifically at ARMS, where RJ was offered as sometimes the only approach to managing escalating reports of transphobic bullying, the...
On November 20, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced its national winners of the 2024 Edmund J. Sullivan Award: ARHS’s student reporters senior Talvin Dhingra, and recent graduates Ian Buchanan, Amara Cheng, Aixa Cruz,...
Since the October 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas, over 31, 497 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza strip, largely civilians. Those killed by Israeli air and artillery attacks include children, women, health...
The Antisemitism Awareness Project, also known as ASAP, is a club that aims to combat antisemitism and create a safe space, in and outside of our school, to educate others about antisemitism and prevent...
On Sunday, December 3, at 7:00 a.m., thousands of people gathered in Northampton for the 20th Annual Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage in efforts to push for an end to domestic violence and...
Amherst Sunrise, a local hub of a national youth-led organization fighting for the Green New Deal, has advocated to have a solar canopy installed over the Amherst Regional High School parking lot since 2019. ...
ARHS students with an interest in film now have an incredible local support system in an organization called Amherst Media, that offers them access to high-level equipment and internships with experts at its location...
According to the Multicultural Student Achievement Network website, MSAN is “a national coalition of multiracial school districts that have come together to understand and eliminate racial opportunity gaps that persist in their schools.” MSAN...
Over the last few years, ARHS has grown its commitment to engineering, and this year that included hosting a regional forum about engineering pathways and hiring a new staff member in that field. On...
ARHS Athletic Director Victoria Dawson finds joy in her job despite the rigorous work she puts in to keep high school athletics on track. But sometimes, she faces hurdles in that role that dull...
The book-turned-play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime,” was performed from November 30 through December 2 by the ARHS Theater Company to rave reviews. While the play has been controversial because...
On December 14, 2023, SAGA (ARHS’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance) hosted representatives from Transhealth in Northampton, in English teacher Amanda Lewis’s room (162) during Flex Block. Ten students gathered to hear about the services and...
POCU (People of Color United) is a popular ARHS club, advised by Dean of Students Mary Custard. She said her primary role is to “help provide a safe space for students of color, to...
English and special education teacher Marita Banda is excited to be heading up a new after-school Flex Block that brings community speakers to ARHS on a regular basis. What she looks for when thinking...
ARHS College and Career Advisor Deidre Cuffee-Gray does not just help seniors figure out what is next career-wise or help them get into college; she runs long distances–for fun and for a good cause. ...
On Tuesday, December 12, Alysia Bryant’s bakery The Carefree Cakery, in the Mill District in North Amherst was bustling and the smells of freshly baked cakes and classic buttercream wafted through the air. Her...
Lirey Rodriguez, who is the administrative assistant to Talib Sadiq, is a busy woman. Her day always starts with the hectic task of coordinating substitutes for every teacher who is out that day. “I...
While most teachers gear up for the start of a new school year in August, one ARHS staffer leaped into the mix a little later, Jordan McCarthy, who was thrilled to be hired in...
The Amherst-based dance studio The Center held its winter performance of A 21st Century Nutcracker on December 9, filling the ARHS auditorium with crowds of people who ended up dancing along to the traditional...
This year, on December 3, the lighting of the famous Merry Maple to kickstart the holiday was different, featuring an all-new Merry Maple tree. According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Merry Maple “celebration...
Gym memberships among teens have risen in the past ten years, due to increased exposure via social media, the COVID-19 pandemic increasing leisure time, and gyms becoming more accessible. The physical benefits of exercise...
One of ARHS senior Noel Kenny’s favorite hobbies is hunting and capturing “game” for food, an activity he began at age 14 with his uncle. Kenny didn’t like it at first, joking that having to...
It’s no secret that over the past decade bubble tea has taken over as one of the most popular drinks of this generation. Bubble tea cafes continue to pop up in surrounding towns, and...
Looking for some new clothes? Instead of buying brand new, why not try thrifting? If you’ve never heard the term “thrifting,” Goodwill defines it as “going shopping at a [second hand] store, garage sale,...
“Poor Things” (2023) is a movie unlike any I’ve ever seen, directed by the quirky Yorgos Lanthimos, a director who has never shied away from the uncomfortable and bizarre, it is both hard to...
Luis Mandoki’s 2004 film “Innocent Voices” tells the story of one out of millions of individuals living in one of the most cruel moments in El Salvador’s history. This movie illustrates how the ugliness...
Content warning: this review explores multiple real-life deaths by suicide. In 2008, director Darren Arfonky released “The Wrestler,” the story of a wrestler whose life was slowly consumed by a business that he loved. ...
Hayao Miyazaki’s 2023 film “The Boy and the Heron” is a semi-autobiographical film that drew the renowned director out of retirement. Released in November of last year, the film spent approximately seven years in...
“Spikeball has always been in my blood,” said Sam Cavanagh, vice president of the new and rapidly growing ARHS Spikeball Club. In fact, when he first played in elementary school, he said it was...
