Iowa City Through the Eyes of Kayla Mauk
March 5, 2018
Filed under Features, Fine Arts, School News, Showcase
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Piano Classes Offered at AHS
Hannah Anstey, Journalism Production Student
March 1, 2018
Filed under Fine Arts, School News, Showcase
At AHS, Jennifer Gaesser is best known for her work with the choir students. Gaesser can now be known for an additional role: teaching students to play the piano. She has been teaching this class for three years now. The class meets eighth period in the choir room and additional individual practice ...
Catching the Big Fish
February 12, 2018
Filed under Fine Arts, School News, Showcase, Speech and Theater
The 2018 spring musical is a production titled “Big Fish,” and features a character named Edward Bloom and his son Will. Will is to be played by sophomore Bradley Dennis, and Edward Bloom by senior Josh McLean. Throughout the production, Will tries to differentiate between the stories his father ...
NEWS BRIEF – State Show Choir
January 29, 2018
Filed under Activities, Fine Arts, News Briefs, School News, Showcase
State show choir is being held at Atlantic High School today, Jan. 29. Performances start at 4 p.m. and end at 9:10 p.m. The Atlantic Diversity performance takes place at 4:40 p.m. and the Premiere show choir performs at 6 p.m. Performances will take place in the auditorium, and the entrance fee is $6 for adul...
AHS Hosts SWIBA Honor Band
Erin Wendt, Editor
January 19, 2018
Filed under Activities, Band, Fine Arts, School News, Showcase
The Southwest Iowa Band Association (SWIBA) Honor band held their concert here at AHS on Jan. 15. Seven students from Atlantic were accepted and performed with a total of 180 other students from around Southwest Iowa. The bands are separated by grades. Consecutive grades like freshmen and sophomores pl...
Trojan Band Welcomes New Member
January 19, 2018
Filed under Band, Fine Arts, Showcase
At the beginning of the new year, the trojan concert band welcomed a new member to their family. Marie Walsh-Becker is a student teacher who is finishing up her final year at… as a future music educator. Becker’s options were quite limited when deciding where to start her student teaching that w...
Eye of the Needle, December 6, 2017
Trevor Wendt, Kole Schmitt, Jaxson Eden, Kylie Proehl, Halsey Bailey, Noah Rutherford, and Marcus Duranceau
December 7, 2017
Filed under Academics, Activities, Archery, Boys' basketball, Eye of the Needle, Fine Arts, Girls' Basketball, Showcase, Video, Wrestling
AHS Concert Band is Underway
December 5, 2017
Filed under Band, School News, Showcase
Concert band is coming soon. The first concert will be held Monday, Dec. 11, in the AHS auditorium. In the beginning of the year marching band had competitions including band jamboree and also performed at the home football games. Now that football season is over they are getting ready for not only p...
The Cost of Band Explained
November 30, 2017
Filed under Band, School News, Showcase
In the 2016-17 school year the Atlantic High School band program spent $4081.54 from the general fund, along with $5000 from the Booster Club and a $5000 match from the ACSD Foundation. In the band room there are many instruments ranging from small to large. No matter the size, no instru...
Show Choir Takes the Stage
Callie Richter and Grace Van Aernam
November 27, 2017
Filed under Fine Arts, School News, Showcase
Choir is well known around AHS as an elective for anybody to join, but show choir is another story. Still available to everybody, show choir is organized in two sections: Diversity, which currently has 41 participants and Premiere, which has 43. “Premiere requires auditioning in front of two judges ...
Debating One Last Time
Harley Oliver and Cole Sampson
November 17, 2017
Filed under Fine Arts, School News, Showcase, Speech and Theater
To some of us, a debate may seem to be just a simple thing we do every day, sometimes without knowing it. This is not the case with Scott Leonard, a student in debate. Scott is a senior enjoying his last year in his debate class. He joined the debate team during his junior year in 2016. He had taken spee...
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