Serving the Amherst Regional High School community since 1914.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels recently reached 415 parts per million this year for the first time ever in recorded history, according to the magazine Scientific American. Those rising CO2 levels, the subsequent threat of...
This year’s musical was “Tuck Everlasting,” which was performed by the ARHS theater company. Close to 150 students from all over the school were involved in this year’s production. Four shows were held from...
On March 4, 2019, the dreams of many ARHS students and faculty came true: they finally got their first snow day. It was a perfect day; the light puffy snow was easy to clean...
Paraeducators are an integral part of the school community. Typically, they are assigned to specific students in need of additional academic or emotional support, but they often move beyond their stated role. There are...
My normal hair routine until recently? To cover my fingers in some hair gel and vigorously mess up my hair. But once I accidentally left the lid off the top of the hair gel...
It’s lunch time and you’re sitting across from your friends. You’re joking around and throwing food at each other. You don’t think twice about leaving the mess you just made; in fact, the very...
For many people, the holiday season is synonymous with the sweeping score of The Nutcracker ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; holiday traditions are incomplete without an evening spent at the ballet, watching snowflakes...
Engineering classes at ARHS have always been popular. Despite this, budget cuts have kept teacher Nick Harrison from expanding the program and offering more advanced classes. ARHS currently offers mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and...
You come home from another normal day at school and enter the house to see your parents; in one hand they hold tissues and their other hands are clasped together. Their eyes are about...
School dress codes are supposed to help support a positive learning environment in which all students feel comfortable. They don’t always achieve that. Some institutions are accused of being discriminatory in regards to the...
Having a school that feels “like home” is an ideal for most, but it’s a reality for the ARHS students whose parents teach at the high school. A look into the lives of some...
It is one of the most rewarding, but perhaps most nerve wracking, rites of passage for many high school seniors across the United States: college applications. Your life is compartmentalized and stripped down to...
I still remember the day I got my license because I barely passed my test. I was mostly fine. I used correct signals; I correctly parallel parked. In fact, it was perfect until the...
This year on Nov 19, one of the most viral and controversial people in the modern rap industry, Tekashi 6ix9ine, was arrested by the federal government after being affiliated with the Nine Trey Gangsta...
For some high school students, the last thing they want to do after getting home from a long day of school is go right back out and devote a few more hours to work....
A biker, slightly shaken from falling off his bike in rural Wyoming, notices what he thinks is a scarecrow on a fence up ahead. As the biker draws closer, he realizes it is a...
Rosco was born on the streets. His mother was dumped there when her owner found out she was pregnant, and he has had to fend for himself, emaciated and skinny, getting by off of...
ARHS is home to students from all over the world, many of whom have parents or other relatives who sacrificed a great deal to bring them to Massachusetts for their schooling. And while these...
Stan Lee changed my life. I was seven years old when I watched my first Marvel movie, the first “Iron Man.” Since that defining night, I have watched that same movie close to 10...
Streetwear has been a huge influence for the past four decades. If it’s your first time hearing brands such as Gucci, Supreme, and Burberry, and you would like to get into the hype culture...
Most state representatives who have already served a term at age 24 may not have time for extensive work with their constituents, especially high schoolers who can not vote. This has not been the...
“High speed Internet is no longer a luxury in America; it’s a necessity, just like water or gas,” said Lee Feldsher. “We get news, apply for college, work, and communicate with each other. To...
During arguably the most stressful time of year, seniors try to figure out what their future might look like. In the search for the perfect place for their higher education, students are able to...
New librarian Ella Stocker clearly remembers using the ARHS library often when she attended ARHS, to do copious amounts of research for her social studies classes. She also remembers being distracted while working...
There’s a new face in guidance! After 23 years of hard work, we said goodbye to Connie Capelli, our now retired guidance secretary. Lucky for us, Crystal Garrity was brave enough to take on...
Alyssa Ranker was hired as the new lead teacher in the Academic Achievement Center at ARHS, after Sarah Bourbeau, who ran the center last year, assumed a full-time social studies position. Ms. Ranker was...
“The best way to describe my job in the main office is busy. There’s always people coming in and out, and lots of things to do,” said Jammie Bruni, one of the two new...
Former Middle school counselor Talib Sadiq is one of our newest additions to our school, filling the position of Assistant Principal. Born and raised in Amherst, Mr. Sadiq worked at the middle school for...
New math teacher Sean Duram, is happy to be living and teaching in the Pioneer Valley. He grew up in the suburbs of Beverly, Mass. and attended Beverly High School. After that, he moved...
It looks like Latin isn’t dead after all. Kendall Farkas is a newly hired Latin teacher at ARHS and the only Latin teacher at ARMS. A recent UMass graduate, Ms. Farkas is ready to...
