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AHSneedle

The student news site of Atlantic High School

AHSneedle

The student news site of Atlantic High School

AHSneedle

FFA Fruit Sales Results

Nick Joyce November 11, 2016

The Atlantic FFA hosts a fruit sale for 3 weeks every year. They sell food like fruit, cookie dough, pre-made soups, candy, chocolates ,meat, cheese, pickled herring and dips. The total sales were $25,783,...

Announcement of Musical

Charity Williams November 10, 2016

Early on Monday morning, choir students went on a scavenger hunt to find out what the spring musical will be. After following all the clues and running around the choir and band rooms, the members of the...

Students fled the building to the bleachers on the track, which was one check in point.

First Alice Drill Deemed a Success

Chloe Newbury, Editor November 10, 2016

Friday, Nov. 4 marked an important date in AHS history: the first ALICE drill of many to come. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. Teaming with representatives from seven emergency...

Iowa Youth Straw Poll

Zac Stork November 9, 2016

Last week, AHS was involved in a statewide Straw Poll. The Straw Poll is a program put on by the state of Iowa and the Secretary of State, Paul Pate, to see what the high schoolers of today think about...

Gooding Visits AHS to Sing and Teach Financial Literacy

Gooding Visits AHS to Sing and Teach Financial Literacy

Emily Schreiner, Hayley Gibson, Editors November 4, 2016

The Gooding band visited Atlantic High School on Tues., Nov. 1 to teach students financial literacy. Students were curious as to what the band was, going into the auditorium.  The band began the assembly...

The Fantastic Five

Charity Williams October 26, 2016

Aaron Rothfusz How long have you been singing? “I’ve been singing for about 5 years, and have been taking private voice lessons for 3 years.” How many times did you make it into allstate? “This...

FFA Carves Pumpkins with Second-grade Students

Nick Joyce October 26, 2016

Every year, students in agriculture classes help kids carve pumpkins. The students get their pumpkins from McCurdy Pumpkin Patch, and the classes use money from fundraisers to pay for the pumpkins. Second...

AHS Hosts All-State Auditions

Charity Williams October 19, 2016

AHS will be hosting the Southwestern Iowa All-State auditions this upcoming Saturday, Oct. 22. The students auditioning are either choir or band students. The Atlantic high school has a total of 35 band...

Update on Waldstein

Update on Waldstein

Nick Joyce October 17, 2016

Last school year, Eric Waldstein resigned from AHS as both a weights/gym teacher and the head football coach. He now coaches at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, Minnesota. Waldstein...

Haunted House Comes to AHS

Charity Williams October 17, 2016

There will be a fundraiser for the AHS spring musical in the Atlantic High School commons area. The fundraiser is a haunted house that will be built by volunteer members of band and choir. The goal...

Girls XC at Shenandoah

Girls’ XC at Shenandoah

Dillon Sonntag and Ben Renaud September 30, 2016

Thursday Oct. 29, cross country girls competed at Shenandoah and placed first. Originally the team was announced as third because of a scoring error; however, the results were corrected on Friday, verifying...

Trojan Wrestling yearbook page from 2015 Javelin. Page designed by Tanner Mauk.

Yearbook Handouts During Seminar

Emily Schreiner, Editor September 29, 2016

Last year’s yearbooks for 2015-16 are expected to arrive on Oct. 4!  On Oct. 5 a yearbook party will be held in the library during seminar.  There will be plenty of snacks to enjoy.  Anyone will...

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