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What Advice Would You Give Yourself Freshman Year?

Alix Nath and Dean Cook May 6, 2025

See what advice our AHS Seniors would give themselves in freshman year in our 1 Question, 25 Answer style video!   Music Used in Video: Orange Sunset by Quincas Moreira from the Youtube Audio...

Trojan Tech Engraving Offer!

Alix Nath and Dean Cook May 1, 2025

This year, the Atlantic High School Trojan Tech team is offering engravings to students and others within the community! Learn about the engraving process and reach out to the team to get an engraving...

School Resource Officer Ben Sandy stands in front of the AHS commons during lunch.

New ACSD School Resource Officer: Ben Sandy

Alix Nath, Senior Editor April 28, 2025

On Monday, April 7, Officer Ben Sandy was selected to be the Atlantic Community School District’s School Resource Officer (SRO). Before stepping into the SRO role, Sandy has been a police officer for...

Drayce Moore puts on his goggles for Senior Assassin.

APRIL SHOWERS: AHS takes on Senior Assassin and the Ice Bucket Challenge

J. Molina, Senior Editor April 25, 2025
Trends come and go, but many of them return over time. Two familiar water games have hit AHS this spring: Senior Assassin, a live-action water-tag game for the graduating class, and USC’s Speak Your Mind ice bucket challenge. Students within the high school and across the nation are joining together to make a splash this April.
FLASH-- Juniors Kayden Crall and Anna Potts walk at Grand March, Prom 2024.

Prom Advice from Seniors

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor April 24, 2025

Prom is the last hoorah for the Juniors and Seniors of AHS. It's a time when you can have fun with friends and hang out with people you don't normally talk to as well. This year's theme, as voted on by...

SkillsUSA team Jacob Simonton, Reid Woodward, Addison Masker, David Retallic, Audrianna Bayona, Talon Lajeuness, and Dylen Dreager attend the SkillsUSA Iowa conference on April 10, 2025.

SkillsUSA

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor April 17, 2025

There is a new club that has been introduced to AHS called “SkillsUSA.” This club focuses on industrial tech skills used in everyday life. The club advisor ,Noah Widrowicz says he is “extremely excited”...

(Left to right)Megan Birge, Nissa Molgaard, Alix Nath, J. Molina (Middle), Aubrey Welsh, Margaret McCurdy, and Sophie Johnson

All State Speech

Anna Potts, Lead Editor April 10, 2025

Every year speech and debate participants across Iowa are invited to showcase their talents at the All State Speech Festival. To get to the all-state speech, one must first proceed from the district and...

Ben Andersen, Holly Esbeck, and Hannah Misner stop for a photo during their daily walk through the halls on their prep periods.

Long Term Sub, Mr. Andersen filling Kelley’s Shoes

Jaylynn Rosenbaum, Staff Writer March 19, 2025

With the temporary absence of our Modern and Middle World History teacher Stephanie Kelley, Atlantic High School has welcomed a new long-term substitute, Ben Andersen, to fill her role during her recovery....

Jayci Reed and Morgan Botos sit and laugh together and discuss Student Council Activities.

The Struggles of Academically-Focused AO

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor March 13, 2025

Every Monday, students are expected to sign up for Academic Opportunity or AO times. AOs allow students to complete homework and get help from their teachers. In the past teachers have been able to have...

Phone Policy Confusion Clarified

Phone Policy Confusion Clarified

Makenna Schroeder, Junior Editor March 11, 2025

Recent confusion over changes to the AHS cell phone policy has resulted in clarification of the school board’s procedure for reviewing and updating protocol. In regards to the cell phone policy the last...

AHS Spanish students experience the culture of Costa Rica and have a good time with their friends.

Top 10 Bucket List Destinations

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor February 25, 2025
Whether it is a beautiful beach, delicious food, or unique culture, everyone loves to experience different places, even if its a different state, a new country, or even a whole continent. Everyone wants to experience something different and people have different bucket list. After looking at the list of places our AHS students and staff would like to visit, the most common dream destination is...
President Laura McLean introduces the proposed phone policy to journalism students. McLean was open to an interview followed by a round table discussion with AHS Journalism editors. Students were able to address concerns and opinions about the new policy.

Proposed Cell Phone Policy

Makenna Schroeder, Junior Editor February 10, 2025
School Board President Laura McLean, at the Jan. 8 meeting, asked teachers and parents to let her know their thoughts on the new policy. AHS Journalism editors invited McLean to explain the policy change.
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