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At 2:45 p.m., the hallways are quiet, the building recuperating from another busy day. Suddenly, a burst of yelling erupts. A group of previously peaceful students is shouting and jumping around the atrium. The...
As we grow from kids to adults, we are generally encouraged to learn autonomy and creativity. Why then, when students leave elementary school, does our school system take away a core part of our...
I remember the tiny hand of my four year old self reaching into the middle of the table during dinner, and rotating a flower pot 90 degrees, so that the price tag would face...
Having a team of mostly returning seniors, along with very talented underclassmen, the girls’ varsity Ultimate Frisbee team put on a strong showing this season. The team finished the season 13-0 in high school...
Twenty eager teachers from the Instructional Leadership Institute for Pakistani Educators (ILPE) program visited ARHS on Friday, May 27, the kick-off to five weeks in Amherst. The program is an annual exchange between ARHS...
As I bike into the center of Amherst on May 20, I plan to make an unusual pit stop. This morning is the last day of the Bay State Bike Week, an annual campaign...
Recently, both North Carolina and Mississippi governments have passed anti-LGBTQ laws, with North Carolina barring individual counties from offering protection to LGBTQ people. Simultaneously Mississippi worked swiftly to pass HB 1523, which allows businesses...
The Amherst Regional High School varsity softball team started off the season this spring with a new head coach, physical education and health teacher Brittni Upchurch. A member of both her high school and...
Amherst tennis has its eyes on the Western Mass title this year, but not before bringing a team full of newcomers together and focusing on rebuilding. Allison McCann recalls a team of 20 players...
Nick Hennessy, a frequent director on the ARHS stage, took on a new theatrical goliath with his April 28-30 mounting of Ben Jonson’s Volpone, this year’s Student Produced Play. A 17th century English satire...
After the success of ARHS’s first Consent Week, members of the Man Club, Women’s Right’s club, and Gender Sexuality Alliance continued the tradition this year with another week of activities aimed at raising student...
Jericho “JJ” Sylla, is this year’s captain of the boys’ outdoor track team, selected for both his leadership and athletic ability. The team is led by Dave Thompson, a veteran coach who has won...
In the most Beyoncé way possible, the 34-year old artist put out her sixth studio album, Lemonade with a bang. After announcing the visual album would be aired on HBO, the buzz began. A...
The Amherst Hurricanes baseball team is focused on building on the success of last season. “Working hard, you’re gonna get out what you put in. It’s no surprise that the hardest working teams win....
They’re called the Grasshopper Cricket League. This spring, a group of ARHS students have been training on the school track, preparing for a season of cricket matches. The league is divided into two teams,...
In October of 2015, a group of students from Amherst Regional Middle School first got the idea to rally to change Columbus Day to “Indigenous Peoples Day.” The 22 students included Kelly Brown, Aarti...
Team captain Luke Webb, ‘16, describes the boys’ varsity Ultimate Frisbee team as a group of “wild guys with a lot of love.” He said, “Spiritual enlightenment is a big goal we are going...
In addition to placing first in a national Chinese competition and winning awards at Classics Day for Latin, Alexander “Sasha” Yakub is recognized as one of the most advanced young musicians in the country....
Launched in 2006, the ARHS Community Service Club hosts an annual Red Cross Blood Drive that has gained tremendous popularity and broken records this year. In April, a total of 74 students and 10...
The annual Faculty Talent show was held in the high school auditorium Friday April 8, with proceeds going to the graduating class of 2016. Nathaniel Gabor was the emcee of the event. Gabor said...
ARHS’s Best Buddies club, is a local chapter of a global organization aimed at “ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,” according to bestbuddies.org....
“Find a problem in the world and explore its possible solutions.” It was this prompt that inspired Wildwood Elementary sixth graders Bryson, Phoenix, Zayn, and Keidy to act. Those four sixth grade boys ultimately...
When you walk through the halls of ARHS during passing periods, you might see students holding little brown paper bags of freshly baked food and wonder where the food came from. Culinary Arts and...
On March 24, 21 French students were herded off a bus and placed under the watch of their ARHS hosts. The student hosts ranged from sophomores to seniors, some having gone to France on...
In March, all ARHS students and their teachers took a survey created by the University of Chicago consortium of schools called “The 5essentials.” The questionnaire was designed to help schools improve their performance. The...
On Saturday, April 2, ARHS hosted the annual Local Vocal Chord Bowl, an acapella contest featuring three high school, three college, and three adult groups. The nine competitors gifted the audience with an eclectic...
“There’s a great club atmosphere. It’s a good place to chill,” Parm Sasenarine said. “That’s the best part about Latinos Unidos.” Sasenarine is the president of Latinos Unidos, which meets on Tuesdays at 3...
Members of ARHS boys’ lacrosse admit they are a young team lacking the experience to compete against schools with more skill and experience. However, they said this offers a chance for the fresh faces...
On Februrary 12, Elizabeth Haygood, a physical education and health teacher at ARHS, was awarded the Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award. She was honored at the Celebration of National Girls and Women...
“That advisory was so boring.” I consistently hear this quote from at least three different people after every advisory period, complaining about how the last hour was a complete waste of their time. But...
