Over the past 20 years, history teacher Trace Petersen profoundly impacted young minds in Atlantic. This year, he has decided to leave his home in Atlantic, Iowa, and move to a new home in Virginia.
Sophomore...
This year, we are getting not only new students but also new teachers. Lindsey Roberts is 33 as of this year. She is an ELL (English Language Learners) teacher at Atlantic High School. The majority of...
Exchange student programs have been around since the 1960s. Students from various countries have been able to understand people from different nations with the goal of education and cultural understanding....
The staff at AHS has multiplied with our new addition, math teacher, Cory Bartz. He teaches geometry, financial math, and algebra, which he says is his favorite subject. Bartz said he always enjoyed school...
There are a lot of new faces here at AHS this year including Stephanie Kelley. Kelley is the World History teacher this year and is excited to see where this journey takes her. Before Kelley became a teacher,...
Miss Hannah Misner has made her place here as a new teacher at AHS. Driven by her love of science, she wants to make a great impact in all of her classes.
“I like working with kids and I love science,...
With Homecoming underway, seniors are able to reflect on the past four years and look back at the impacts Atlantic High School has had on their lives. From football to band, the whole school joins together...
Once a Trojan, always a Trojan. Don’t believe it? Look no further than Dr. Beth Johnsen, the new superintendent of the Atlantic Community School District.
Long before she came to Atlantic, Johnsen graduated...
New English teacher Dr. Jim Brauer is “blown away” by the students and community Atlantic High School has. Brauer is teaching English Three, Intro to Drama, and Career Communications. He is “extremely...
You may have driven through Ed Podolak Drive, the small section of East 11th Street in front of the Atlantic Middle School, but do you know who Ed Podolak is? Edward Joseph Podolak is a former Kansas...
John Tinker is best known as a participant in the 1969 Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District. The case determined that students do not lose their right to free speech once...
