Indoor track all-stars
At the beginning of their season, the ARHS boys’ indoor track team had high hopes of winning Western Mass for the sixth year in a row, and then competing in Nationals. Junior Aiden Foucault...
Amherst diving and swimming champ
At this point in his life, ARHS junior Luca Brashear is accustomed to greatness. He remains undefeated in the diving event in school dual meets and easily qualified for the Western Mass and States...
Big season for Amherst puck
The ARHS hockey team won Western Mass last year, and this year they planned on doing it again. “Our goal for this season was to be back-to-back Western Mass champions,” said senior and captain...
Gymnasium renovation underway
During the first week of August 2016, a pipe burst in a bathroom outside of the gymnasium at Amherst Regional High School, causing an overflow of water to pour out into the hallway. The...
LSSE rec b-ball gets people hyped
The LSSE basketball season came to a close on Sunday March 12 with the Integrity Hammers beating Dick’s Sporting Goods 59-48. The Hammers were led by All-Star Game MVP Dante Citino and 3 point...
Sene-Gambian Scholars Club enjoying field trips, preparing to host
Traveling to a different continent and learning about the culture of the people who live there can have life-changing impacts that few high school students get the opportunity to experience. The Sene-Gambian Scholars Exchange...
Each show ‘better than the last’ with Anything Goes
This year, with the help of over 200 hardworking and dedicated students and adults, and a budget of approximately 20,000 dollars, the ARHS Theatre Department put on the musical Anything Goes. The show was...
Guatemala: culture, language, food, fun
A group of 12 ARHS students spent an adventure-filled February break in Antigua, Guatemala. They left on February 15 and returned on February 24 and were accompanied by ARHS Spanish teacher and study abroad...
A ‘model’ conference, filled with debate
For many new members in the Model United Nations (MUN), the UMass MUN conference was their first experience with a formal conference. From Friday, March 10, to Sunday, March 12, “delegates” tested their skills...
Local cafe gets political
The Black Sheep, a long-standing cafe in downtown Amherst, bills itself as “a wonderful place to meet friends for coffee or lunch, eat dessert after a movie, or sit and work.” However, over the...
Scholastic Awards given
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation’s “longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12” and ARHS kids nabbed a number of them this year. The competition is...
Book nook: library refurb
About two years ago, a generous, retired librarian named Ann Louise Hyde gave a $65,000 legacy to the ARHS library, which was what sparked the idea of a renovation. Unfortunately there is not enough...
Semester schedule’s effect on staff
With the change in the master schedule this year, there have been substantial curriculum changes in the Technology, Math, Social Studies, and Science Departments. The administration is bringing new classes as well as making...
Fair offers dose of reality
On March 21, students from the class of 2017 took part in the Reality Fair held at Greenfield Community College. The event challenges students to take on the role of their 25 year old...
Coach Rudd awarded for outstanding achievements on and off the playing field
Earlier this month, Coach Michael Rudd was awarded the NSCAA High School Coach of the Year Award for his work with the ARHS boys’ soccer team. The award was given based on the candidates’...
Ghostlight model of ‘safe spaces’
On January 19th at 5:30 p.m., ARHS joined hundreds of theaters nationwide, from high school companies to Broadway troupes, in awakening an age-old theater tradition aimed at creating a safe space in dark times....
LBGTQ+ Awareness Week educates all
After sponsoring a Transgender Awareness Week in March of 2015, ARHS’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance was ready for more. This year, they hosted an LBGTQ+ Awareness Week aimed at helping students in community feel...
Community meeting at Grace Church rallies local supporters of immigrants
Many people at ARHS and in Amherst were unhappy with the results the presidential election and with Trump’s executive orders on immigration control. As a result, on Saturday March 4, there was a gathering...
Superintendent Morris: transgender and undocumented students safe here
President Donald Trump may want to “build a wall” to keep immigrants out of the U.S. or to allow school districts to roll back the bathroom rights of transgender students, but Superintendent Michael Morris...
Project A, MSAN-inspired
ARHS student members of the Minority Student Achievement Network have the opportunity to travel to a great conference each year, and then, afterward, make an action plan based on what they learned there to...
Women’s March historic, inspiring
On January 21, 2017, the day after President Trump’s inauguration, ARHS students joined millions of people worldwide in sending a message to the new administration and to Congress that their voices would be heard....
Facebook a let-down
I was introduced to Facebook around 2010 while watching over my dad’s shoulder as he scrolled through his news feed, reading hundreds of posts from old friends and family. When I first made my...
Online friendships: ‘You’re there because you want to be’
As children, we often made our friends on playgrounds, sports fields, and classrooms. We aligned ourselves with those who shared our personalities, hobbies, and talents. But as teenagers, many of us seek out connections...
Addictive, engaging, and exotic hobbies
Railroad tracks run through the area behind Josh Rendez’s house. The wooden tracks are not part of an actual rail line, but a scaled down layout which runs through his backyard. Measuring 55...
Filling in ‘the gap’: a year off for travel, work before college
Rather than spending all their time waiting in anticipation for college acceptance or job offers, there are students across the country waiting to hear about their pending visas instead. These students in the...
Long-term teenage relationships that work
In high school, relationships are both fantasized about and popularized. Whether you are an experienced lover or have been single and don’t plan on changing, you will most likely be impacted by a high...
Winter vacation dreams
The sun beamed down on the beach; it was one of the hottest days of summer. The water, on the other hand, was cold enough to be uncomfortable. However, with the heat of the...
Women prove strength and skill in technical theater
School is over and it is a cold, dark, snowy evening in the middle of winter. It is a quiet night and the snow is falling slowly but inside the auditorium of the high...
College athletics demanding, say grads
While ARHS has many star athletes that help the school win games, matches and titles, what happens when some of the high school’s best and brightest go off to college? I spoke with three...
Sneaker heads aim to ‘look nice’
Kyle Murray and Iani Ferreira were seated next to each other, eyes focused on the computer screen in front of them. On the monitor was an array of images of sneakers, from simple, monochromatic...
