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Project Renovate Class Proposed

Project Renovate Class Proposed

Madeline Nelson February 9, 2016

A new course might be offered for students to take this fall at AHS.  The course is called Project Renovate. If they choose to take it, students will have the chance to renovate a house or property of...

Principal Heather McKay participated in the faculty basketball game during Winter Kickoff.

Glancing at 2nd Semester with McKay

Madeline Nelson January 12, 2016

The start of second semester at AHS comes with a lot of new changes from first semester.   Testing for Iowa Assessments are going to be a little different. Principal Heather McKay said that students...

History teacher Terry Hinzmann expresses his feelings about semester tests nonverbally.

Students Opt Out of Semester Tests

Madeline Nelson December 14, 2015

This semester Atlantic High School  is giving students the opportunity to opt-out of their semester tests.  If students have a A in the course, no more than three unexcused absences or tardies, and...

What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

Shelby Pelzer November 19, 2015

Tis the season to curl up with a good book! Students beat this winter weather by indulging themselves in mysteries, thrillers, classic novels, and so much more. Sophomore Alexis Handel is reading Identical...

AHS Administrators Discuss Student Removal from Class

AHS Administrators Discuss Student Removal from Class

Madeline Nelson and Ben Renaud November 16, 2015

How would you feel if a police officer flipped and dragged you around the classroom? In South Carolina on Oct. 26, a student refused to cooperate in class therefore an officer had to come remove her from...

New Face in FCS Department

New Face in FCS Department

Hayley Gibson November 11, 2015

FCS teacher Meryl Hopper-Henningson recently gained the help of the new student teacher, Rachel Ferry. Ferry is here for the rest of the semester and is helping in all of the foods and child development...

Blake is Back at AHS

Blake is Back at AHS

Ben Renaud November 11, 2015

Blake is back. After six weeks at Schuler Elementary with Melia Clark student teaching, Jeremy Blake is back at the high school once again. He will be student teaching for six more weeks with Mandi Brauer....

New Guidance Counselor

Maddy Williams November 3, 2015

Have you been to the guidance office lately? If not, stop by sometime to see the new guidance counselor Michelle Huber. Huber came from La Vista, Neb., to Atlantic to pursue her goal of working with...

ProStart Kids Work with Top Chef

ProStart Kids Work with Top Chef

Hayley Gibson November 2, 2015

AHS students in the Prostart Program peeked into the delicious world of the professional chef on Thursday, Sept. 24, in Des Moines. Seven students in the Prostart Program attended Dine Iowa Grand Tasting...

Academic Assembly

Academic Assembly

Maddy Williams November 2, 2015

On Oct. 21, there was an Academic Assembly at AHS to honor the students who earned a enough point to receive a letter. To earn a letter, students have to have up to 47 points. Points are earned by the...

The Price of Abusing your Laptop

The Price of Abusing your Laptop

Chad Jones November 2, 2015

Students are paying over $200 for their school laptops! Why is that? That’s because some students are accidentally breaking their laptops and laptop chargers. But how many laptops have been broken exactly? “Only...

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