Jones excited to lead ARHS
New principal Gene Jones said that his first two months at the helm have been “very smooth” and that he’s excited about what the remainder of his first year will bring. “I am honored....
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Senior class dominates School Spirit Week
The week of September 23 to 28 was a flame of a Spirit Week for a usually much quieter ARHS. Students from every class arrived to school decked out in their school spirit, but...
Many relieved: IMP gone, college preparatory math curriculum in its place
The ever controversial Integrated Math Program (IMP) curriculum is gone from ARHS classrooms. It is replaced by College Preparatory Mathematics (CPM). The new curriculum is guided by similar principles as IMP but has many...
Students rally in Boston for Climate Strike
On Friday, September 20, starting in Australia and spreading from the Pacific islands all the way across Europe, and then to 800 U.S. cities, young people and their allies kicked off a Global Climate...
It’s electric: district weighing expansion of e-buses
The Amherst Town Council and school system have an impending choice to make that will determine how much closer our district can come to the full implementation of electric school buses in its fleet. ...
Hurricane Joe: PIP program delivers coffee, joy to staff
As the A-period bell rings, the Hurricane Joe coffee cart is preparing for motion. In room 167, home to the Pathways to Independence program for students with developmental disabilities, the bean grinding and brewing...
ARHS opens doors for Open House
On October 3, 2019, before 6 p.m., the doors of ARHS opened wide to an array of parents eager to experience an abbreviated version of a “day in the life” of their children at...
Amherst Block Party draws large crowds, fun had by all
The smell of different restaurants and the sound of dance music combined to fill the air above East Pleasant Street in downtown Amherst. People of all ages walked around, little kids most entranced by...
People celebrate their heritage on Puerto Rico Day
This year’s Puerto Rico Day was held on Monday September 23 instead of past year’s date November 19; the September date linked up with the 151 year anniversary of Grito de Lares, the revolt...
Poet Jay Ritchie: teaching poetry the way he wishes it were taught to him
From September 19-22, 2019, local poet Jay Ritchie ran poetry workshops in many sophomore English classes at ARHS, in conjunction with the Emily Dickinson Museum, which coordinated the event. For the past six years,...
