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AHSneedle

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...

Trendy water bottles around AHS.

Sipping in Style

Hallie Robinson, Staff Writer April 30, 2025

Water is very good for you as it keeps you hydrated and fuels your body throughout the day! That is why it is essential to have a water bottle at school. As a teenager, school is somewhere you spend a...

Taking Flight: An Aviation Feature

Alix Nath and Dean Cook April 29, 2025

Hello AHS! Learn about what students love about the Aviation program and fly high with the course! Music in video: Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads from the Youtube Audio Librry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldzFiU2Vg3E

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...

Eye of the Needle

Kaden Lensch, EON Producer April 28, 2025

Welcome back AHS! Today we ask the big with some deep philosophy. Do crabs think fish are flying, or do they know they're swimming? In addition, we cover some bloopers that didn't quite make the original...

The Point Season 5, Episode 15: Do You Need Prom Advice!!

Jersey Green and Ellie Butler April 25, 2025

Hosts Ellie and Jersey ask Kylie and Matty advice for prom! Take a listen to get some advice. Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer.

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...

April School Board Meeting

April School Board Meeting

Makenna Schroeder, Junior Editor April 22, 2025

The main focal point at the April regular school board meeting was preparation for the 2025-26 school year. A school calendar was proposed, reports were given, and recommendations for hires were made. School...

Eye of the Needle

J. Molina, EON Producer April 21, 2025

Welcome back, AHS! It's prom week, but be careful of the perfection-obsessed Promzillas running around. Luckily, our sponsor Gregg Young Chevrolet in Atlantic is here to make sure your prom car is just...

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”...

Gracie DeArment and Jaydin Nowatzke show off their Earrings!

Stacked Up

Hallie Robinson, Staff Writer April 16, 2025

Wearing earrings has been popular since the late 1500s, around the English Renaissance. Earring styles have also evolved a lot since then, and there are many different types. Some styles and types of earrings...

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