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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...
Led by seniors Talvin Dhingra, Raye Hegarty, and Johann Bishop, the Asian American Association is focused on creating a community for AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) students at ARHS. Last year, the group...
Did you know there is a new club at ARHS focused on music production? Music teacher Todd Fruth is the advisor and senior Ben Feeney is the founder and president. According to Fruth, Music...
After three years of uncertainty during the pandemic, the ARHS band, choir, and orchestra finally organized their first big field trip, to Cleveland, Ohio. Kendra Saunders is an ARHS senior and a band student...
While students have access to lots of interesting content in school, there’s nothing like a field trip to combine the opportunity to learn something new with relaxation, community building, and fun off school grounds. ...
On May 7, at 1 p.m., about 50 people gathered on the Amherst Town Common for an event that had never occurred before in the town’s history, the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month...
Best Buddies is an international organization “that creates opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities” and often pairs them with peers in the general education population and beyond for friendship and community building...
When asked to describe his adaptaption of the 1915 play, ‘The 39 Steps,’ the show’s producer, director, and “rock number four” Cameron Gray Lee, an ARHS senior stopped and took a breath. “It is...
Seniors Callum McDonald, Jackson Eisenhauer, and Zach Mitrowski, and junior Jackson Barber-Just co-lead ARHS’s Film Club, which contains more than a dozen members and operates on a flexible schedule. Film Club is a “space...
According to Math Club advisor and math teacher Rudy Cassidy, math has the potential to “create a better world” and is an “essential tool” in everyday life. The club meets on Mondays at 3:45...
On May 7, the Amherst Best Buddies club participated in the Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Polar Park in Worcester, Mass. ARHS paraeducator and advisor Marita Banda and paraeducator Cary Pazmany chaperoned the student...
When the 2021-2022 school year began, sophomore Zach Mitrowski hadn’t seen his friends from school since the eighth grade. “My first thought was, ‘Will my friends remember me?’ My next was ‘Would they want...
Though students at ARHS have been interested in poetry for years, this year they finally have the chance to join a vibrant club devoted to nurturing their love of spoken word. The group formed...
ARHS students are preparing for the 37th annual Student Written Play Festival that will debut on May 19 to May 21, 2022. Former English teacher and Theater Company Director John Warthen founded the student-written...
This year’s Theater Company has been hard at work and one of their first shows of the season, Bing Bong, made quite an impression in late October. Bing Bong was an immersive theater piece...
For the first time ever, there is an Anime Club here at ARHS. Senior Phoenix Ferreira Ford is excited to be the co-advisor of the popular club. “Over 100 people signed up and there...
At around 3:30 p.m. for the past few months, anyone passing by the lawn outside the cafeteria could hear the sounds of students singing. An hour later, in the back of the school behind...
Even though the Women’s Rights Club is meeting online, they are still making waves. They raised $8,000 for the Amherst Survival Center through an online fundraiser, taking it a step further than previous years...
Students who are members of POCU (People of Color United) at ARHS, participate in one of the school’s most popular clubs and have formed a tight bond with their classmates. Though during in-person schooling...
The Environmental Action Club may have seen reduced membership due to its virtual nature during the pandemic school year, but four core members are keeping their goal of “bringing environmental awareness” to our community...
When school closed last year on March 13, one of the last public gatherings was a one-night showing of Spring Awakening, the school musical, restricted to just one friend or teacher of each cast...
Connor Plankey, class of 2021, is pioneering for a brand new club here at ARHS, called STAFF (Supporting Armed Forces and Families). Plankey’s vision for this club is simple: to raise awareness of military...
After a big loss in the first round last year, ARHS’s As Schools Match Wits team came back strong this year, advancing to the quarter-finals and hoping to capture the crown once again, as...
The Science Olympiad Team came back from a year off and hopped right back into the swing of things, placing tenth at states. This team relies not on physical ability but instead on members’...
On Thursday, February 26, the class of 2021 Student Council organized a mock Family Feud event as a fundraiser. Team “Serenity Now,” won the event, captained by senior James Mills. Other members of the...
Are you passionate about video games and tabletop games? Do you want to have fun in a welcoming, relaxed environment? Would you like to learn how to play Super Smash Bros.? Then ARHS’s Game...
Have you ever wanted to join a writing club? Or work with a group of students who enjoy discussing literature? Two clubs at Amherst Regional High School, The Minks literary magazine and the Literary...
