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A police car stands posted outside the Atlantic High School on Monday, September 9, as a result of increased police security following the school shooting threat.

School Shooting Threat Deemed Uncredible

Alix Nath, Senior Editor September 9, 2024

Students entering an ACSD building on Monday, September 9, will have noticed an intensified police presence. This is a response to a threat posted to TikTok on Sunday, September 8. This threat was allegedly...

Kerry Jepsen at her new desk.

New Staff: Kerry Jespen

Jersey Green, Junior Editor September 3, 2024

Kicking off this 2024-25 school year we have some new faces but this is a face you’ve seen before. Mrs. Kerry Jepsen who was previously a para-educator is now our new office secretary. When Jepsen was...

New AHS faculty member Stephanie Kelley teaches her 3rd period World History class.

New Teacher: Stephanie Kelley

Olivia Jensen, Writer August 29, 2024

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,...

The participating senior class of 2025 celebrates their final first day at AHS with a Senior Sunrise group photo.

Senior Sunrise

Anna Potts, Senior Editor August 28, 2024

As the senior class of 2025 experienced their last “first day of school,” the class also had an opportunity to congregate with peers and participate in a first, amidst a year of lasts.  On...

STUDENT STAMPEDE. AHS students file in to the high school on Aug 23, 2024. For some students, it was their very first day of high school; for others, it was the last first day of school they would ever have.

New Wave: Welcome Back to School

Alix Nath, Senior Editor August 23, 2024

On August 23, the school bell rang to start off the 2024-2025 school year. This school year had new core values and an altered outlook on prior rules to improve the district. Upon entering the school...

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.

Friendly Firearms

Alix Nath, Editor May 8, 2024

Kloewer wins Iowa FFA Proficiency Award and receives a plaque from the Iowa FFA.

Kloewer Takes the Gold

Maddy Anderson*, FFA Reporter April 30, 2024

Mia Kloewer of the Atlantic FFA Chapter is the first-place winner in the area of Specialty Animal Production, sponsored through the Iowa FFA Foundation Gold Standard Partners. Kloewer worked in the school’s...

FFA members received their Iowa Degrees and were recognized at one of the general sessions during the convention. Left to Right: Parker Brock, Colton Rudy, Callee Pellett, Claire Pellett, Charli Goff, Colton Becker, Wyatt Simons. Missing Roth Den Beste.

Adding Names to the Blue Wall

Maddy Anderson*, FFA Reporter April 30, 2024

This year a record eight Atlantic FFA members earned their Iowa FFA Degree at the 96th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference on April 16, 2024, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Iowa FFA Degree is the highest...

Mrs. Pauley teaches the Chemistry class. Pauley teaches AP Chemistry, Chemistry, and Physics at AHS.

Iowa Arming Educators

Alix Nath, Editor March 25, 2024

Following the Perry High School shooting, Iowa proposed a bill to permit educators to carry firearms, should a school choose to participate and arm its educators. This file was swiftly stopped in the...

Read Across America

Korbin Johnson, EON Editor March 13, 2024

Join us for a recap of AHS's Read Across America Day. We talk with many students, teachers, and even some special blue-haired guests!

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