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By Kortnie Beschorner Old McDonald had a farm and AHS did too.  The parking lot on Wednesday proved it, as FFA members drove their tractors to school in celebration of National Future Farmers of America Week, Feb. 20-24. FFA adviser Bruce Johnk said the FFA members picked the dress themes they wanted. On Tuesday students [...]

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by Ali Krogman Love is in the air–and so is the acidity of fruity carbon dioxide!  The National Honor Society is selling Crush-O-Grams. A Crush-O-Gram is a Crush pop with a personal message attached to it, sold exclusively for Valentine’s Day. The sodas cost $1 a “pop” and come in the flavors of strawberry or orange. [...]

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By Josh Schorle The choir and band departments have been preparing for the Swing Inn concert to be held on Thursday, Jan. 19. This concert will be in the AHS auditorium at 7:30 p.m., featuring students in show choir, Jazz 1, and Jazz 2. The three show choirs will present their contest sets to the [...]

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By Liz Guttenfelder According to the Jan. 17 rankings from Iowa Sports Connection and the Des Moines Register, Atlantic is ranked 10th in Class 3-A. This is one place behind rival Carroll Tigers. Another popular rankings site, Prep Connection, has Atlantic on the watch list . Hawkeye 10 standings rank the boys in 2nd after [...]

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By Cammi Nelson Yesterday’s Ugly Sweater Day was a success!  Not only students, but even a lot of teachers and some of the janitors got involved! Many of the teachers had the best sweaters–I mean UGLIEST sweaters in the whole school. Now that’s impressive! Throughout the day, the sweaters brought laughs and smiles when students [...]

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By Cammi Nelson The wintry holiday season calls for sweaters–UGLY ONES!   Everyone has at least one ugly fuzzy garment packed away in the closet.  Wednesday, Dec. 14, is the day to break out that old furry wool! The journalism class would like all AHS students to get involved to make this day a fun [...]

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Did you get a tattoo to mark your 18th birthday?  Are you planning to get one when you turn 18?  Contact AHSneedle.com at room 408. We’re writing a story about 18th-birthday tattoos.

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By Hanna Stillian The FFA fruit arrived Wednesday, Dec. 7. It was unloaded around 12:15 in the afternoon. Johnk said he didn’t know how many pounds of fruit there was, but it made up a full truck load. Johnk wants the fruit out of his room by Friday, Dec. 9. He said the students are [...]

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By Sarah Masker and Christina Brown Everyone looks forward to Christmas. Twinkling lights and blankets of snow fill downtown Atlantic, and students are hoping they’ve made it on Santa’s “Nice” list this year. Freshman Grace Jacob says she has tried to land on Santa’s “Nice” list this year.  “I’ve tried really hard to get along [...]

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By Kourtnie Beschorner Students are encouraged to dress up for Winter Spirt Week, Dec. 5-9.  Some students said they were unaware of the dress-up days.  Junior Bryce Wernimont said, “I didn’t know there was a dress-up day.”  He said he might dress up on Wednesday. Senior Amanda Gude said she will try to dress up [...]

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