When Mark Jackson,suddenly announced his retirement from ARHS on October 18, staff and students alike began to wonder what this meant for both the short and long-term future of the high school. How would...

On Thursday, October 18, long-time principal Mark Jackson announced his sudden retirement. He used remaining vacation days to fill the gap between that day and November 1, his official retirement date. Mr. Jackson dedicated...

One of the major functions of a democracy is the ability to elect people and effect change through free and fair elections. At age 18, Americans can finally vote. But how much do 18-year-olds...

On Thursday, September 27, 2018, the nation was engrossed in live streams everywhere, watching heated Senate hearings determining whether Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican lawyer, would be confirmed as a justice on the Supreme Court....

English teacher Mark Moriarty is in a new classroom this year, and it wasn’t by choice. After teaching in room 162, which has a leaky roof, for years, he finally requested a move, and...

He’s running down the field, eyes on the ball. He sticks out a leg to win the ball, and snap! The entire track goes silent, and the only sound is his cries of pain....

On Saturday, September 1, at the Three County Fair Demolition Derby, an ARHS Senegambian Scholars’ bus that had been painted with messages and art promoting Africa was painted over by fairground employees in an...

The money which would have been used to replace laptop carts at ARHS has gone instead to a one-to-one initiative in which every student in grades nine, 10, and 11 has an opportunity to...

The last decades of the twentieth century have produced inspiring examples of women’s leadership, from Malala Yousafzai, who advocates for women’s education in Pakistan, to Emma Gonzalez, a teenage girl from Parkland, Florida, who...

Approximately two years ago, Amherst Regional High School implemented a new firewall that made it harder to access previously unblocked websites and apps. Amherst District IT Manager Jerry Champagne says that the new firewall...

In January of 2018, a survey was done regarding the Interactive Math Program at Amherst Regional High School along with answers to parents’ questions concerning the curriculum. “The survey was not intended as a...

While some students in the 2020 class are disappointed about the recent change to make the Global History II course the only option for juniors, others welcomed the change. Social studies teacher Tom Fricke...

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...

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...

For years, ARHS’s Creative Writing classes have been a place where students learn about the writing craft as they pen short stories, plays, and poems of their own. This semester, a teacher of one...

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...

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....

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...

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 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...

  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...

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...

Twelve ARHS students were recently awarded honorable mentions and Gold and Silver Key awards in the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Kasey Bumgardner, Sophie Foulkes, Leija Helling, Amaya Lopez, Patricia Sittauer, Grace Spalding-Fecher,...

Hundreds of Amherst Regional High school students flooded out of the building on March 14 at 10 a.m., protesting gun violence in solidarity with thousands of their peers nationwide. Facilitators wearing orange bandanas began...

Frustrated after years of managing a sports program that practices and competes on poorly maintained athletic fields that have become dangerous, Athletic Director Rich Ferro is thrilled that a plan is in place to...

November 2012 was a great time for immigrant students and workers. DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was implemented under the Obama administration. DACA provides individuals with a safety net from deportation and...