“I love getting folks outside for an adventure,” said Sara Dorsey, a science teacher at ARHS and new advisor to the Outing Club. “I believe that outdoor experiences can have an incredible, positive impact...

If you’ve ever paid attention to the morning announcements or stared at the wall on your way to class, you’ll have noticed that the ARHS theater department puts on multiple productions each year. These...

This has been a big year for the Senegambian Scholars club at ARHS. Last February, a group of ARHS students traveled to Senegal and The Gambia for three and a half weeks for a...

The ARHS yearbook, or as it’s more commonly known, “The Goldbug,” has been published for almost 100 years and has featured themes ranging from Pirates and Exploration to Science-Fiction and Space. While technology education...

On March 16, 2019, eight teams of ARHS students jumped into a one-day competition against each other on the new and budding topic of artificial intelligence relating to neuroscience. JETS (The Junior Engineering and...

On a Monday afternoon, about 10 students gathered in Mr. Despres’ English classroom for a meeting of the Literary Club. Co-leaders, Amina Mednicoff-Misra and Anu Sitaraman came prepared with snacks and materials for their...

As students entered the halls of ARHS on November 3, 2018 (the weekend before Massachusetts voters went to the polls to decide whether to preserve or dismantle a law protecting transgender people from discrimination...

After a one year hiatus, ARHS is returning to the Science Olympiad, a competition between students in a variety of different scientific fields. These competitions are held on state, regional, and national levels. Rudi...

The ARHS Game Club is a place where students gather to meet new people, play board games with each other, and have fun. Club advisor Kathleen Olson, an ARHS special education teacher and coordinator...

“We are feminists! We are working to create equal rights for women and men. That does not mean we think women are better,” said Maya Sessions, co-leader of the ARHS Women’s Rights Club, referring...

Since 2011, the ARHS Student Union has been working to achieve a positive school environment and “improve the general social atmosphere of the school.” Previously, they have worked on creating the language of the...

Every Tuesday in the ARHS English hallway, the Best Buddies club meets in the Pathways to Independence Program (PIP) room. Best Buddies is an international organization that aims to promote friendship and social opportunities...

The Buddhist mountainous region of Tibet has been governed by Communist China since 1959, after a failed uprising to gain its independence. Since then, many activists and dissidents have been arrested, tortured, or exiled...

POCU, or People Of Color United, is a club that has been at ARHS for decades. Interim Assistant Principal Mary Custard  and health and physical education teacher Elizabeth Haygood co-advise the club. This year’s...

Everyone needs food and water to survive, but very often, just the basic physical needs aren’t enough for people. Humans also crave love, attention, and company, and stray away from loneliness. However, groups of...

According to a 2010 ABC News and Washington Post poll, only 37 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of Islam, partly due to biased perceptions and misrepresentations of Muslims in politics, the media,...

After three weeks of travel to Senegal and The Gambia, ARHS students felt like they not only experienced the culture, but learned a great deal. “For me, it filled a gap of knowledge that...

Tristan Whalen’s love of philosophy is no secret to those who know him best. In the past two years alone he has completed courses at Hampshire College in Plato’s Moral and Political Philosophy and...

One day senior and SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance) president Abigail Morris was walking through the math hallway at ARHS, when she heard someone say something along the lines of “That’s gay, bro, don’t...

Interim vice principal Ericka Alschuler called  the Senegambian Scholars exchange “a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience different African cultures and countries, meet new people and expand people’s worldview.” Ms. Alschuler is the...

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...

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...

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...

Black Lives Matter is a very active club at ARHS, with about 10-12 core members. They meet after school on Mondays in Ms. Leopold’s room, 328. Anyone is free and welcome to join. Nia...