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Where Does Kindness Come From?

Alix Nath and Dean Cook January 15, 2025

See why Atlantic High School students and staff choose to be kind!

Students competing at the 2025 IHSSA State Debate Tournament stand with their awards. PHOTO CREDIT: Speech and Debate Coach Trisha Koenig

Debate Debrief

Alix Nath, Senior Editor January 15, 2025

This weekend, the AHS Speech and Debate team took four congressional debaters to the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) state debate tournament. The students competed over the course of Friday,...

THE PRESSURE'S ON - Noah Huddleson and Landon Larson group up to watch Logan Olson and Wiatt Green play a first-person shooter game. The game's intensity had them leaning forward in their seats, eyes trained on the screen. Each trivial slip-up and high-stakes moment earned a groan of disappointment or an encouraging comment from the surrounding group.

Game Club Gallery

Integra Christensen, Staff Writer January 14, 2025

Is Perfection Possible?

Alix Nath and Dean Cook January 7, 2025

Atlantic High School Students and staff share their viewpoints on perfectionism and how it has or does impact them in their lives.

New English Teacher Alexandra Griffin-Uren works with students in class. This is Griffin-Uren's first year teaching at Atlantic High School.

New Teacher: Alexandra Griffin-Uren

Bailey Grieshaber, Staff Writer December 18, 2024

Alexandra Griffren-Uren is a new teacher at Atlantic High School and the newest addition to the English department. She teaches English three, Career Communications, and Visual Literacy. Griffin-Uren said...

Math teacher Mrs. Hayden checks junior Colin Rudy's work. Students in Hayden's math class turned in their assignments. Rudy had Hayden double check his work.

Teachers in Action

Payton Burg, Staff Writer December 12, 2024

New AHS Student Iman Dzafic reads in her english class.

AHS Exchange Student: Iman Dzafic

Garett Van Horn and Erik Ramirez October 29, 2024

Exchange student programs have been around since the 1960s. Students from various countries have been able to understand people from different nations with the goal of education and cultural understanding....

Students in the commons will notice the pillars with each core value of AHS represented. The core values displayed are Honesty, Accountability, Respect, and Kindness.

HARK: How did it happen?

Stellah Van Aernam and Raya Parker October 28, 2024

At the end of April 2024, seminars at Atlantic High School decided on values they thought would positively affect AHS and the community. Students wrote down the main values they thought were important,...

History teacher Mr. (Trace) Petersen instructing his class for their assignment in U.S History.

What Makes a Good Teacher a Great Teacher?

Bailey Grieshaber and Brynn Lamp October 24, 2024

What sets a teacher apart? Is it their personality or teaching style? AHS students and teachers say it's both.  Freshman Blake Wood said that Mrs. Hedegaard-Moreno “brightens my day.” She said...

Starting the 2024-25 school year, students are able to roam the halls with updated attire, including hats.

Dress to Impress

Nico McBride and Mahala Kemp October 14, 2024

Dress code. Love it or hate it; everyone has an opinion about it. Last year, Atlantic's dress code had stricter rules, such as not wearing hats inside, no midriff showing, and no spaghetti straps. This...

Is College a Necessary Investment?

Is College a Necessary Investment?

Anna Potts May 14, 2024

It is easy to believe that with the increasing growth of the job market, a college degree has become irrelevant. Although, required education is largely influenced by your professional goals, as well as...

Mrs. Pauley teaches the Chemistry class. Pauley teaches AP Chemistry, Chemistry, and Physics at AHS.

Iowa Arming Educators

Alix Nath, Editor March 25, 2024

Following the Perry High School shooting, Iowa proposed a bill to permit educators to carry firearms, should a school choose to participate and arm its educators. This file was swiftly stopped in the...

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