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Technology: How could we live without it? Furthermore, how could we teach without it? Over past the two decades, technology has gradually become an essential aspect of education. In 1996, when grades were still...
In the center of Northampton, just a ways off of Main Street, stands Raven Used Books, a literary establishment that has made this bustling area of Western Mass its home for over 20 years....
Many American teenagers spend after-school time and evenings playing sports, participating clubs and extracurricular activities, or working jobs for a little extra cash. But some have less flexibility; they are needed at home to...
High school is supposed to be the best four years of your life. After all, you’re discovering who you truly are, defining who will look back at you in the mirror. But that mirror...
People fear public speaking as much as they fear spiders, death, and high heights. Many would go to great lengths to avoid experiencing anxiety related to public performances of any kind. When rated on...
Getting up for school in the morning is a struggle, especially after a weekend of sleeping in. Many teens, like myself, struggle to make their way out the door early in the morning. To...
On North Pleasant Street in front of the Unitarian Church lies a hidden gem in plain sight, a gem worth six bucks with the potential to rock one’s world. Elsayed Fathi, owner of the...
Pit bulls, like some other breeds of dog, have gotten a bad rap for a long time. Is it well-earned? I found one source that argued that pit bulls contributed to 71 percent of...
The unassuming small brick storefront of Lili’s Restaurant in downtown Amherst is sandwiched between the neighboring The Toy Box and Amherst Optical and could easily go unnoticed. The interior is just as modest. The...
The world languages department has undergone many staff changes over the years; William Roundy and Nell Wright are the newest Latin teachers to join the crew. William Roundy Mr. Roundy grew up in Washington...
Ms. Bull moved to Amherst this fall in order to be closer to family after living in Miami for 22 years. She has been teaching for about 30 years, mostly in high schools. And...
At first glance, room 167 may seem like any other, but newly-hired special education teacher Aidan Owens explained that there is so much more than what one can see on the surface. Mr. Owens...
The Amherst district has a new food service director and he has a big vision: to get “good food on people’s plates every day.” Ryan Harb started at UMass in 2004 as a business...
New staff member Dw McCraven never thought she would end up working where she went to high school. After graduating from ARHS, McCraven studied at Manhattanville College, then earned a master’s degree at Columbia...
Nate Mondschein is enjoying his time filling in for one semester for performing arts teacher and department head, John Bechtold, who is currently on sabbatical in England. Mr. Mondschein, who usually goes by Mr....
My job at the high school is doing 75 things at once. That’s what it feels like to be a teacher,” said Kate Kuhn, a new English teacher at ARHS. Ms. Kuhn was hired...
Matthew Despres, a newly hired English teacher, teaches three blocks of Tenth Grade Literature, Writing, and Public Speaking; one section of American Literature and Society; and one Journalistic Writing class. While it is Mr....
At the end of the 2016-2017 school year, theater department head John Bechtold announced that he would be on sabbatical for the first few months of the 2017-2018 school year, working in London with...
Three major hurricanes over the past couple of months have swept through regions in the southern U.S. and have also significantly impacted Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean. The people in these...
Junior Sam Jackson uses the app Snapchat at least five times an hour to converse with friends. “It’s my main source of communication,” he said. “I have 11 streaks,” he said, referring to a...
My sister Rita Child is an 11 year old fifth grader. She is also deaf. She attends the Marie Philip School for the Deaf in Framingham, Massachusetts. She has two hearing parents and one...
As you walk into the school cafeteria and pass by any table, there is a common sight: people on their phones. Many students are eating their food while looking at a screen. Sometimes the...
At twelve years old, Lucas Kendall made his first beats while in a garage rock band called “Who Shot Hollywood.” Now, in 2017, the young redhead from the rock band is known as rapper...
A garage filled with a variety of tools and a greasy smell is quite common for the tinker or the mechanic and the tunnel vision they get focusing on one project for weeks can...
Many teenagers in high school have no idea what they will do once they leave high school. Some may not know what they are interested in studying; others may not even go to college....
As is always the case in June, seniors are preparing to move to the next phase in their lives and the rest of the school is looking on with anticipation and a hint of...
“Did you know Massachusetts has an Anime Society?” asked senior Nate Weinberg, who has been to Anime Boston five times. The three-day convention is held annually in the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston...
After two months of development, junior Eric Thompson-Martin has designed an app for the purpose of promoting clean transportation, called Ecommute. According to Thompson-Martin it is a “rewards program for people who choose to...
I’ve always been fascinated with drag culture, with drag queens and drag kings. Many drag artists are members of the LGBTQ community and love the freedom they gain from exploring non-binary gender or sexuality...
This year, with the help of over 200 hardworking and dedicated students and adults, and a budget of approximately 20,000 dollars, the ARHS Theatre Department put on the musical Anything Goes. The show was...
