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Anna Wieser smiles for a picture while sitting at her desk in the front office.

New Staff: Anna Wieser

Erik Ramirez, Staff Writer September 23, 2025

Anna Wieser is a 2021 AHS graduate who has returned to take on the position of our new principal secretary.  “I wanted a job that was social and let me talk to a lot of people,” she explained....

Derek Handle helps the EOC students in their new room.

The Big Change

Riley Hansen, Staff Writer September 18, 2025

In February, the school board first mentioned moving the CCEOC to the high school. The reason given was that the EOC students needed a bigger space to meet. They all have to meet together and check in...

School Resource Officer Ben Sandy stands in front of the AHS commons during lunch.

New ACSD School Resource Officer: Ben Sandy

Alix Nath, Senior Editor April 28, 2025

On Monday, April 7, Officer Ben Sandy was selected to be the Atlantic Community School District’s School Resource Officer (SRO). Before stepping into the SRO role, Sandy has been a police officer for...

(Left to right)Megan Birge, Nissa Molgaard, Alix Nath, J. Molina (Middle), Aubrey Welsh, Margaret McCurdy, and Sophie Johnson

All State Speech

Anna Potts, Lead Editor April 10, 2025

Every year speech and debate participants across Iowa are invited to showcase their talents at the All State Speech Festival. To get to the all-state speech, one must first proceed from the district and...

PEP TALK- Assistant coach Lillian Cox gives the girls a pep talk before their matches. Cox helped knock the nerves out of the girls. This was their first home meet.

Girls Wrestling Through the Lens

Payton Burg, Staff Writer April 4, 2025

"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE"-- The flag hanging in Mrs. Kelley's room.

Civics Test Requirement– What You Need to Know

Bailey Grieshaber and Anna Potts March 20, 2025

If passed, a bill proposed to the Iowa House and Senate Congress would require students to earn 60% or higher on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization test to earn a diploma. Governor...

Ben Andersen, Holly Esbeck, and Hannah Misner stop for a photo during their daily walk through the halls on their prep periods.

Long Term Sub, Mr. Andersen filling Kelley’s Shoes

Jaylynn Rosenbaum, Staff Writer March 19, 2025

With the temporary absence of our Modern and Middle World History teacher Stephanie Kelley, Atlantic High School has welcomed a new long-term substitute, Ben Andersen, to fill her role during her recovery....

Student Section Support

Alix Nath and Dean Cook February 5, 2025

AHS Students and Staff address the lack of student section support at girls' basketball games in contrast to boys' basketball.

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.

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