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October 31, 2011
What is truth? As human beings and students, we search for this precarious concept in our lives through means such as our favorite magazines or websites. Undoubtedly, many people and AHS students are guilty of looking at an article in their favorite magazine or on their favorite website and take all... Read more »
October 21, 2011
As he extends his hand into the sky, an arc forming with the beat of the drums in his hands, Diego Cornejo closes his eyes and opens them into the sea of instruments and begins the performance. Diego Cornejo, a senior this year at AHS, is the first Hispanic drum major in the history of the AHS band... Read more »
October 17, 2011
Imagine students’ reactions when they hear that they do not have to take their 1000 page text books back and forth from school everyday. It seems that the reaction Senior Kunny Kou weights the advantages and disadvantages of online textbooks and conventional textbooks s would consist of overjoyed... Read more »
October 17, 2011
Students in their Arabic class choose voluntarily to sit at opposite sides of the classroom based on their gender. According to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education, about 500 schools nationwide offer single-sex classes. Even in AHS, students sit separately based on gender in some... Read more »
Andrea Melendez, Photographer
October 7, 2011
As Columbus Day fast approaches, rumors have been circulating that National Senior Skip Day will be hindered by the mass production of presentations and test. Teachers are planning a heavy workload for Tuesday in order to stop students from missing classes that day, threatening the senior tradition that... Read more »
October 3, 2011
A short documentary regarding movies shown in the classroom and how they tie into the curriculum. Produced by: Troy Callahan, Videographer
Yesenia Blount, Staffwriter
September 20, 2011
Whether students are in Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 or even Calculus, a graphing calculator is a necessity and an easy way to make math manageable. Some would say that graphing calculators are bulky, unattractive and in no way useful, while others would rave about their mathematical miracles. A graphing... Read more »
KL Hoang and Gwen Levey, Academics Editor and Arts Editor
September 20, 2011
The average book load for an IB student As some students in the Class of 2013 immerse themselves in their first major assignments, class selection for the 2011-2012 school year can seem like a millennium ago. Perhaps the tension and hesitation juniors felt may still be there if they checked off a class... Read more »