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It’s 8:45 a.m. and students are filing in the main doors at ARHS. But some stop traffic when they see an impossibly cute and uplifting sight: Winston, the Amherst Police Department’s comfort dog. On...
During the seemingly endless year-long stretch of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which many worked or attended school from home, wore masks, and reduced contact with family and friends, many started to feel reopening was...
Following the emergence of COVID-19 last March, ARHS was closed to students for over a year. But this spring, as COVID-19 restrictions began to lift, life started to return to normal, and ARHS finally...
On Saturday, March 27, the Amherst Common bustled with activity as people gathered, holding signs of support for the Asian community with slogans like “Hate is a Virus,” “Stop Asian Hate,” and “USA For...
On Friday, Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Superintendent Michael Morris sent out an all-school email blast with some great news: Talib Sadiq, who held the Interim Principal position at ARHS this year, got the permanent...
For me, online school has been much more challenging than in-person learning, due to the reduction in time spent with teachers and peers face to face and the loss of the social interactions school...
Though Massachusetts is inching toward the final phase of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan slated to make shots available to all state residents on April 19, millions have already been vaccinated in phases 1...
This year, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is full steam ahead in its plan to administer the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test, despite growing resistance by educators, families, students,...
Last December, senior Petua Mukimba received some amazing news. She had won a highly coveted full four-year scholarship to Columbia University through QuestBridge’s National College Match. QuestBridge is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping...
One year before the pandemic and a renewed national cry for racial justice, the ARHS English department had already embarked on a journey to center nearly all department time on anti-racist work. They read...
