Category: Features

There’s a new ELL teacher at ARHS this year, Ms. Stephani Lopez.  “I love being an ELL teacher at ARHS because the students in my classes come from so many different countries,” said Lopez. ...

Philip Grandin, also known as Mr. Grandin to his students, is a new math teacher  at ARHS. He teaches Algebra to mostly ninth and tenth graders and geometry to a mix of 9-11 graders....

You may have seen a friendly new face outside the cafeteria or meandering through the halls of ARHS: new hall monitor Darius Collins. Collins likes a lot about his job so far, from “the...

There’s a new paraeducator on the block. Her name is Erin Hutchinson, and she grew up in Connecticut and lived and taught in South Korea. Ms. “Hutch” joined the staff of ARHS in September,...

Patricia Cefalo is the newest Latin teacher here at ARHS. Her students call her Magistra, which is the Latin word for “teacher.”   Cefalo began studying Latin in high school, then added Ancient Greek to...

Kristie Morrison never thought she would be back at her own high school after graduating in 2015.  As the new ARHS library paraprofessional, though, that’s exactly where is, and she describes this unlikely return...

Before working at ARHS, Myra Ross was an elected member of the School Committee and worked on capital planning for the rebuilding of the school. “My name is on the plaque out there in...

Ann Marie Picard sits behind a large desk, personalized with neatly arranged portraits of family members and covered in organized piles of papers. Every object in the room appears to have an exact purpose...

“If there’s a hard way to do something, I’ll do it,” joked Susie Zygmont, secretary in the Deans’ office, who is in charge of ARHS’s daily attendance. Ms. Zygmont is retiring at the end...

Sue Abdow’s third floor classroom is noticeably different from others.  An entire wall is filled with photographs of students on field trips and end of the year picnics. Their smiles light up the room....