Exempt or not exempt? You decide
As the school year winds to a close for seniors, many realize they may be exempt from exams for the first (and last) time in their high school careers. They have to meet certain...
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As Schools Match Wits wins big
On June 9, on WGBY, the final episode of “As Schools Match Wits” aired, and ARHS took the crown, winning the championship against Northampton High. The team was undefeated all season. “The finals [leading...
Friends plan post-graduation China trip
It is not unusual for groups of high schoolers to plan fun trips together over the summer, but one group of ARHS seniors is thinking bigger than a simple road trip. Six members of...
Leslie Lomasson honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Amherst Regional High School’s head librarian, Leslie Lomasson, recently found out she won the Peggy Hallisey Lifetime Achievement Award, just a few months before her retirement. “It was an unexpected honor,” Ms. Lomasson said....
Budget breakdown: end to Preschool, Culinary and move for Summit Academy
Next year, facing a a $1.1 million budget shortfall, the district was forced to shoulder some of the most difficult cuts in a decade. Administrators decided to shutter the high school’s off-site “public day...
Students crushed to lose Foods
ARHS students were crushed by the announcement of all Foods and Culinary Arts classes being cut from the high school for good, due to budget cuts. The Culinary programs offered to students were one...
ARHS Preschool cut mourned
Due to a 1.1 million dollar budget to the district, a much-loved Preschool Program will be cut. “It was not an easy call,” Principal Mark Jackson said of the decision. “People love the Preschool,...
Summit Academy relocates to high school
Summit Academy is an Amherst-Pelham Regional “public day school” located on South East Street in Amherst, Mass., that provides a different path for students than that offered at the larger, more conventional main campus...
PGO grant funds months-long mindfulness program for faculty, staff
Once a month, at the end of the school day, 30 teachers file into room 175 to meditate and learn about mindfulness. Teachers learn how to deal with the stresses of their jobs...
.5 reduction in MS language study felt at HS
After almost three years of middle school scheduling changes, students taking classes with curriculum that extends from middle school into high school will be completing their first year at ARHS. As a result, ARHS...
