Learning to Teach
Molly McFadden, Editor
February 13, 2020
Many students at AHS are beginning to look towards the future, and with that comes college and a career. To help students make these decisions, AHS offers multiple opportunities. One of these opportunities is being a TA in the elementary, middle, and high schools. A teacher's assistant, or TA, receives high ...
Parents in School
Addi Schmitt, Staff Writer
February 12, 2020
“Bye, Momma, I love you,” sophomore Brynna Ray says every time she parts ways with her mom before school. When many students go to school, this is their time spent away from their parents. However, some students go to school alongside their parents. Sophomore Xander Moore attends school in the...
Changing the Culture
Aspen Niklasen, Staff Writer
February 12, 2020
School culture is a major part about attending high school. Friends, teachers, and acquaintances are all key points to a school's culture. Relationships drive a school’s culture. “The school is about relationships,” Atlantic High School principal Heather McKay said. “People perform better, learn...
Dogs, Dad Jokes, and Dodson
Brynna Ray, Staff Writer
February 7, 2020
Dexter Dodson: the home improvement and dad joke man. Dodson started at AHS in the 2019-20 school year, becoming some students’ favorite teacher because of his fun personality and teaching skills. Dodson is from Maywood, Neb. In school, Dodson's favorite classes were shop and band, where he play...
No Small Task: Small Engines Class
Becca Folds and Eleanor Greving
January 29, 2020
Atlantic High School has a new course that students can take, focusing on the mechanics of engines. The class is taught by Dexter Dodson. This is a class for anyone willing to get their hands dirty and learn new skills. In the course, students learn how to completely tear apart a small engine and put it...
The Start of Second Semester Art
January 23, 2020
Art classes plant the seeds for a creative outlet. They lead to a multitude of different styles and pieces of art. This is reflected in the course offerings at the high school, where mediums range from drawing to painting. Junior Cameryn Pitzer is in Ceramics II, which she sees as an "outlet for cre...
Creative Writing: From Berryhill to Bireline
Taliya James and Dreyah Rutherford
January 20, 2020
English teacher Emma Bireline took on a new task at AHS: the Creative Writing class. This year, the class is trying new things after being taught by Allison Berryhill for the last few years. Bireline would like to teach nonfiction first, then fiction. She will focus on technique, characterization, di...
Second Semester’s New Course
Ariel Clark, Editor
January 16, 2020
With the ever-looming presence of technology integrating itself further into society, more and more careers rely on technology-based backgrounds. Coding, a base of most technological advances, is now being taught as a semester-long class at AHS. Led by Rhonda Hawkins, it’s designed to teach freshm...
AO Scheduling Changes
January 14, 2020
Atlantic High School has a period of time between the second and third periods that allows students to get extra help, study for a class, or to take a brain break. This period of time is called AO, short for Academic Opportunity. Last semester, principal Heather McKay said the amount of students with fai...
Different Teachers, Different Styles
Alyssa Brockob, Editor
January 14, 2020
Starting a new school year, or semester, can be challenging, as it presents unneeded nerves in the form of uncertainty and excitement. Students change classrooms, classmates, and teachers without having much say in the matter. Changing up an entire learning environment for a school subject, after an ...
Petersen Takes On the Psyche
Kenzie Hoffman and Addi Schmitt
January 13, 2020
History teacher Trace Petersen has stepped up to the plate and taken on the role of teaching the Behavioral Science course at AHS. Petersen has taught CPI and American History at Atlantic High School for 15 years. Before that, he taught psychology for 16 years at other schools in cities such as P...
How Funding Affects Field Trips
Lexie Trotter, Staff Writer
January 8, 2020
On average, only ten percent of high schoolers in the United States go on field trips. Elementary students double that with 20 percent going on field trips each year. Principal Heather McKay said she would love to take more field trips because it is a way to expand knowledge outside of a classroom....
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