SAGA ready to kick off again
One month into the school year, the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) was into full swing. Last year, SAGA put together a Transgender Awareness Week, where the club educated the school community about gender...
Best Buddies club has new advisor
The Best Buddies club gained an amazing advisor this year with new teacher, Justin Hoffman, 37, who works in the Pathways to Independence Program (PIP) for students with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities. Mr. Hoffman is...
Sene-Gambian Scholars Club off to great start, preparing for West African exchange
Kathy Wilkes, a paraprofessional and one of the advisors of the Sene-Gambian Scholars Exchange Club has been active with the group for 10 years. She and two retired ARHS teachers, special education teacher Momodou...
Marching band plays and “makes bucks”
At the beginning of the 2015-2016 year, the Amherst Marching band was only three members strong, and few knew who they were. Since then, their numbers swelled to nine, with the band now a...
Chess lovers spice up lunch
When Principal Mark Jackson pushed his way through a yelling crowd of ARHS seniors outside the cafeteria one spring afternoon, he found not a fight at the center of the circle as he had...
Volpone: “beautiful, weird”
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...
Consent Week: permission is both necessary and sexy
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...
People of Color United members participate in revitalization project in Springfield
ARHS People of Color United members Iani Ferreira, Lanre Thomas, and Edward Cage joined 1,500 volunteers who took part in the #GreenNFit Block Rebuild in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The volunteers...
Best Buddies club: forming lasting friendships
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....
Latinos Unidos has fun
“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...
Refugees in Distress club hosts assembly
On Friday, Feb. 12, ARHS student Lauren Phillips-Jackson hosted an assembly with the help of the new club Refugees in Distress. The purpose of the assembly was to bring awareness about Syrian refugees to...
Modeling success at a Dartmouth conference
On the weekend of February 27, 16 ARHS students headed to Dartmouth in New Hampshire to participate in the Model United Nations Conference. While Model United Nations is not really meant as a competition,...
Holocaust Remembrance Day highlights the prevalence of anti-Semitism
Holocaust Remembrance Day will take place at ARHS in late April or early May. The week will include a panel discussion during school, a movie after school, and various displays and talks from survivors...
French-Francophone dinner delightful
The French-Francophone Dinner was an exciting cultural experience hosted Thursday, February 25 in the ARHS cafeteria. The cafeteria was decorated by students in the French program with streamers, lights, flowers, and items from Senegal,...
Classics-lovers bond during Latin Club
Latin club is a place where interested, Latin students of all grades continue their classics studies after school. Latin student Sean Smith is the faculty advisor of the club, which he brought from the...
Women’s Rights Club: activism and awareness
Every Tuesday after school in room 177, about 20 students come together to discuss current global and personal gender issues. The Women’s Rights Club, run by ARHS seniors Izzi Tripp and Bethany Vickery and...
Outing Club: They’re one with nature
The Outing Club is gearing up for their winter events and trips led by Jess Gerber Dolan, Sophie Ackerman, and Joe Woynar. To be a part of the Outing Club, you do not need...
Mental illness awareness club
New to the schools’ club count this year is Mental Illness Awareness Club. The group meets in room 173 every Monday (except the first Monday of each month) at 3 p.m. with advisor Kathy...
Man Club a safe space
The ARHS Man Club may deter some people because of its title. “If I just heard the name ‘Man Club’ I’d think – that sounds a little weird,” said ARHS senior and Man Club...
