While its official acronym is the Multicultural Student Achievement Network, students of color describe MSAN as a place to come together and uplift one another.  ARHS senior Gael Buford attended this year’s MSAN conference...

The ARHS Women’s Rights Club is planning a field trip to Salem, Massachusetts this year, to learn more about women’s history. Salem is not just a charming city on the northern coast of Massachusetts;...

It takes a team of resourceful people to execute a great theater production, and ARHS has many students excited to lead the charge. ARHS senior Moss Conant is a props master for the Theater...

ARHS junior Yatharth Rajakumar is the leader of the school’s new Rocketry Team, a club whose goal is to design and build a rocket to launch, seeing where they stack up against other teams...

Every fall, the ARHS Theater Company, advised by Performing Arts Department Head John Bechtold, prepares to present a fall play in the auditorium.  Auditions are held a few weeks after the new school year...

The ARHS Cheer and Dance Team is, above all, a safe and supportive place. “We work on uplifting each other to succeed as a team,” said Rutiene Varela Vaz, one of the co-captains. “[We’re...

Around early November, posters and donation boxes began popping up around ARHS, urging students to donate boxes of pads and tampons. This is part of the annual Women’s Rights Club Pad and Tampon Drive;...

If you’ve ever wanted to play pool but struggled to knock billiard balls across the table with a cue, Pitchnut, known as Canadian pool, played with one’s fingers, may be the sport for you....

There were special guests at the tenth annual Safe and Healthy School Summit hosted at Greenfield Community College this fall–members of ARHS’s MSAN (Multicultural Student Achievement Network) club.  Dean of Students and club adviser...

On Monday, November 25, 2024, everyone was excited for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, which began that Wednesday. In the after-school Mental Health Club, six students sat together watching a moving film called “Inside Out.”...

Every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon during flex block, in room 119, you can find the ARHS Upcycling Club. Walking into the room, which normally serves as the Fiber Arts classroom, you are immediately met...

“The Curious Case of The Watson Intelligence,” written by acclaimed writer and ARHS grad Madeleine George,  had its theatrical release on November 15, 2013, as an Off-Broadway show at Playwrights Horizons. Little did anyone...

While there may be over 3,000 FIRST Robotics teams in the world, starting one from scratch is no simple task. The ARHS mini robotics club, founded juniors Alex Lagrant and Yoh Morita, has become...

According to Scientific American, only 20 percent of computer science undergraduate degrees in the United States go to women. Women make up only 34% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM),...

Power-sharing, equity, youth leadership, and fun are all core values of successful youth groups, and the Leaders of Today Council (the LTC), started by UMass students Lexi Polokoff and T Sogoba in the fall...

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...

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...