NEWS BRIEF – AHS Showcases Its Art

Anna Lowary, Journalism Production Student

April 27, 2018

Filed under Fine Arts, News Briefs, School News, Showcase

Yesterday there was a Hawkeye 10 art show held at the Kuemper Catholic High School.  AHS students took home 35 ribbons. Hanna Layland and Devin Erickson got All-State conference awards. According to art teacher Pat Wiederien, all of the schools will get the same number of ribbons. The ribbons...

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 ...

Show Choir Performs for Swing Inn

Abbey Bishop

February 12, 2018

Filed under Activities, Fine Arts, Showcase

Catching the Big Fish

Anastasia Muell

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

Anastasia Muell

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

Charity Williams

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

Justin Binios

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

Lucas Behrens and Dylan Litty

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 ...