![SURVEY ANALYSIS - Sixty AHS participants showed their reaction and response to House File 2586. Out of the 60 participants, 48.3% said they would not feel safe in a school with guns, and 38.3% said they would. The remaining 13.4% were undecided or neutral.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-07-10.18.11-AM.png)
Friendly Firearms
![Mrs. Pauley teaches the Chemistry class. Pauley teaches AP Chemistry, Chemistry, and Physics at AHS.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pauley-1200x800.jpg)
Iowa Arming Educators
Doing Coffee Just Right
![AHS student reads Iowa Capital Dispatch article on House File 2319. The article was posted on Feb. 5 of 2024, and has displayed the impact of the proposed law to Iowa.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PXL_20240312_160817084-1200x904.jpg)
Rights Rebuttals
![Local news broadcasters like We Are Iowa cover the days events, arriving at the scene during or after various speech teams left the premises.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_4186-e1712090416991-1200x900.jpg)
Atlantic Speech Team Evacuated From Competition After Bomb Threat
![The Banned Books law is put on a pause and many students are excited about this change.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8310-1200x900.jpg)
Broad Book Ban Takes a Break
![Political Race Update](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/240112-nikki-haley-donald-trump-seamless-2-up-split-3x2-ac-1127p-057776-3.webp)
Political Race Update
![What Is a Primary Election?](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NAV2_fxrgeg.webp)
What Is a Primary Election?
![Applications for FAFSA will open Dec. 1, 2023.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-15-12.34.51-PM.png)
FAFSA Is Changing
![Seniors Kipp Namanny and Katreen Buliche look inside the damaged Camaro. The AHS students watched a video on the crash and heard from the officer that was in charge of reconstructing the vehicle after the crash.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_2561-1200x800.jpg)
Irresponsible Decisions Leave an Irreplaceable Impact
![The Atlantic Football Team Captains, Karen and Mike Pence, and the Perry Team Captains stand on the Trojan Head before the coin toss.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-6959-1200x790.jpg)
Pence Flips the Coin in Trojan’s Favor
![English teacher Allison Berryhill has had to preview every new book she adds to her classroom library. Many students read books contained in her classroom.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-6865-1200x900.jpg)
Story Time
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![SAAC - The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is made up of 14 girls from all corners of Iowa. The girls met at the IGHSAU headquarters in Des Moines.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3280-1121x1200.jpeg)
![FOCUS - Junior Hailey Huffman focuses on nocking her arrow to get the perfect shot. Huffman made sure her stance was strong and her bow arm did not shake. Huffman shot 3D where she shot all the different animals at all different distances.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-31-10.12.11-AM.png)
Archery- in its tenth year at AHS, the sport is gaining numbers and more of its events are gaining publicity. On Feb. 25, Atlantic is hosting...
![Fletcher Toft and Megan Birge dance with glee as vampire villian siblings plotting to kill human students. The play New Kids at Vampire High will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-21-at-1.27.55-PM.png)
Hosts Ella and Kate talk with some members of the upcoming spring play "New Kids at Vampire High." Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer.
![IHSSA State Debate last January.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-1-1200x862.png)
It’s that time of year when AHS Speech and Debate heads to National Qualifiers, or “nat quals” as the team likes to call them. There are...
Hosts Kate and Ella talk with AHS seniors about their high school career and their futures. Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer. This...
![THINK ABOUT IT - Kylie Templeton contemplates her answer as she takes one of the Intro to Journalism students quiz.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9285-e1715271448630-1095x1200.jpg)
Annabelle Meyer and Aubrey Winford: What AHS Car Parker Are You? Aunika Darrow and Rylee Bengel: What Type of Lift Style Are You? Addison...
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