Senegambian exchange ‘wonderful’
In a school with such vast opportunities for students, some get to do more interesting things, like host students from Senegal and The Gambia in their houses. This was an unique experience and...
Getting in: highs and lows of the college process
As is always the case in June, seniors are preparing to move to the next phase in their lives and the rest of the school is looking on with anticipation and a hint of...
Anime Boston excites
“Did you know Massachusetts has an Anime Society?” asked senior Nate Weinberg, who has been to Anime Boston five times. The three-day convention is held annually in the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston...
Many headed to UMass
On June 9, 2017 graduation caps will fly in the air as the senior class moves on to new adventures. A significant portion of the grade will be attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
Bathroom pass system burdens the bladder
Imagine this: one person really needs to go to the bathroom, so they take the pass and are gone for 15 minutes. While that person is gone, the amount of time that you have...
‘Going in Style’: great heist flick
Going in Style, originally made in 1979, directed by Martin Brest, and now the 2017 version, directed by Zach Braff, was a comedy with a bit of adventure, that at the same time had...
Guardians of the Galaxy
Three years ago, Marvel’s first Guardians of the Galaxy movie broke the mold of the typical superhero movie. This year, the five unlikely heroes returned to prove that superhero movies are more than just...
Les Miserables: gorgeous
The Starlight’s Youth Theater has pulled it off once again. They brought Les Miserables to the Academy of Music and knocked it out of the park, earning multiple standing ovations during the Saturday night...
Mr. Burns: a pop-fueled villain
I have been highly involved in the theater world since my freshman year of high school, starting with the show 39 Steps. At school, I have worked on many shows, ranging from full-scale musicals,...
Lockers old, sizes unfair
As the times have changed at the high school, various large building projects have taken place. In 1993, an addition was made to the building. As of recently, the gym is being renovated. Lighting...
French election: Macron offers new hope
There was a sigh of relief across the world when Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist, won in the second round of the French presidential elections, defeating the far-right Marine Le Pen. Approaching the election...
Students journey to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Upon entering the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., visitors descend three stories below ground to begin a deeply moving journey. According to ARHS Principal Mark Jackson, as soon...
Gendered classes: why the breakdown?
In the first semester of the school year, I had two social studies classes, Economics and World Religions. On the first day of school, I walked into both classrooms and was startled by the...
Light Girls documentary perpetuates colorism instead of challenging it
“I think the impact that colorism has on young girls—light girls and dark girls—leave scars on the soul that follow them well into womanhood,” said author Iyanla Vanzant at the beginning of Light Girls....
If you haven’t watched Game of Thrones, you’re missing out
If you haven’t heard of Game of Thrones, you are missing out. This TV series on HBO is based off of the epic fantasy novel series by George R.R. Martin called A Song of...
French exchange group ‘one of the best ever’
From April 8 through April 22, a select group of ARHS students lived in Valence, France as part of the French Exchange. Accompanied by Spanish teacher Mari Vicente and ARMS teachers Patrick Hunter and...
Fishing state champ
Winning the Massachusetts state bass fishing championship is an impressive accomplishment and going on to place third in the northern conference makes you a name in the national bass fishing community. But doing all...
Eco-commute
After two months of development, junior Eric Thompson-Martin has designed an app for the purpose of promoting clean transportation, called Ecommute. According to Thompson-Martin it is a “rewards program for people who choose to...
1980s Polish TV drama, Dekalog, still powerful
In 1989, with the decades-old communist state on the verge of collapse, the people of Poland faced a question crucial to their national identity: what does it mean to be Polish? The same year,...
Drag culture: an exploration of gender and identity
I’ve always been fascinated with drag culture, with drag queens and drag kings. Many drag artists are members of the LGBTQ community and love the freedom they gain from exploring non-binary gender or sexuality...
Cricket Club: ‘a theatre improv game, with balls and sticks’
In the Spring of last year, Cricket Club brought a sport rarely played in the U.S. to ARHS. Started by Louis Triggs, the club now meets on Fridays, depending on the weather, and is...
Benched: when athletes get pulled from the big game
A student’s recent suspension from a varsity basketball game has led to a broader conversation about when disciplinary consequences are meted out in the athletic arena rather than the academic one, and why. Junior...
Sophie Schweik represents at Poetry Out Loud
“I love poetry. I think it’s a great way to convey emotion,” said sophomore Sophie Schweik. “Memorizing poems from eras you didn’t live through helps you understand what things were like in those times.”...
Never-say-die spirit buoys boys’ bball through thrilling season
“The feeling of losing’s not a good feeling. We want to win,” said senior boys’ basketball guard Iani Ferreira, who echoed the sentiments of the entire squad. After losing to Putnam two years in...
Skiing: downhill and cross country
A severe lack of snow didn’t stop either the Alpine Ski Team or the Nordic Ski Team from making great progress this past season. The Alpine Team sent six people to States, more than...
Boys’ volleyball dreams
After the ARHS girls’ volleyball team won the title of Western Mass champions this year, a group of students at ARHS started asking if there was a boys’ volleyball team, too. When the answer...
Time to listen to “outsider views”
Perhaps the greatest strength of the Amherst school system is its record of encouraging the development of its students into precocious, politically-aware young people, strong in their convictions and uncompromising in their search for...
Hidden Figures: uplifting
Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures is an inspiring movie, reconstructing the true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), three black female mathematicians who were employed...
Get Out: a horrifying wake-up call about racism
I would like to start by saying that everyone should see Get Out at least once. Not because it’s scary and entertaining, but for the fact that it has a very important message embedded...
Kong: Skull Island is crazy, but not a classic
The most recent iteration of the Kong franchise is a very difficult movie to review. Kong: Skull Island opens with monster-hunter Bill Randa (John Goodman) securing a government contract to journey to Skull...
