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Is information the same as truth?

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 »

First Hispanic drum major plays to the beat of his own drum

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 »

Club Spotlight: The Filament

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October 20, 2011

An inside look at the Filament.

Online textbooks take the heat

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 »

Gender separation splits AHS

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 »

Senior Skip Day Falls Flat

This posed picture shows that many students do not attend school on senior skip day.

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 »

Movies in Class

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October 3, 2011

A short documentary regarding movies shown in the classroom and how they tie into the curriculum. Produced by: Troy Callahan, Videographer

National Book Festival

September 28, 2011

[Show as slideshow] [View with PicLens] ... Read more »

Calculators lose their hold in classrooms

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 »

Juniors say “IB Newbies”

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 »