Golf: a season like no other
The Amherst boys’ golf team believes they have a shot at qualifying for States and maybe even winning Western Mass this season, a goal that all current members remember seeming very far-fetched in seasons...
The Amherst boys’ golf team believes they have a shot at qualifying for States and maybe even winning Western Mass this season, a goal that all current members remember seeming very far-fetched in seasons...
When Michelle Risch took over the reins of the ARHS field hockey program four years ago, she was given a small group of hard working players and a single senior who bought into her...
“We weren’t going to go from losing every game to winning every game but my goal was to inspire a new culture surrounding girls soccer at the high school,” said Casey Flueckiger, one of...
“Please, bro, just one hit.” This mantra has become standard in the bathrooms at ARHS. Every day, students cut class to feed their new habit. Teachers have reported concerns that some of their students...
“Why are your eyes glowing?” -Anu Sitaraman “ARHS makes Jack a dull boy.” -Innis Gallagher “Seconds later, the barricades fell apart.” -Schuyler Mann “The floorboards creaked. I live alone.” -Katherine Leonard “The dead man winked at...
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...
On March 21, the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District and Massachusetts Correctional Industries (MassCor) inked a contract that set up prisoners at MCI-Norfolk to reupholster the 1,105 badly worn auditorium seats at Amherst Regional High...
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...