![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.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-07-10.18.11-AM.png)
Friendly Firearms
![Mrs. Pauley teaches the Chemistry class. Pauley teaches AP Chemistry, Chemistry, and Physics at AHS.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pauley-1200x800.jpg)
Iowa Arming Educators
![AHS student reads Iowa Capital Dispatch article on House File 2319. The article was posted on Feb. 5 of 2024, and has displayed the impact of the proposed law to Iowa.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PXL_20240312_160817084-1200x904.jpg)
Rights Rebuttals
![The Banned Books law is put on a pause and many students are excited about this change.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_8310-1200x900.jpg)
Broad Book Ban Takes a Break
![Junior Isabelle Symonds poses with a football while wearing an I heart Taylor Swift shirt.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-1084-e1698198054686-1200x864.jpg)
Fate or Fake?
![English teacher Allison Berryhill has had to preview every new book she adds to her classroom library. Many students read books contained in her classroom.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-6865-1200x900.jpg)
Story Time
![The FDA has voted to approve Opill as an over-the-counter contraceptive.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/image-900x599.png)
News Story Breakdown: Will Birth Control Become an Over-the-Counter Medication?
![Its hard to hire teachers when the cost is higher than the reward.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_20230317_091902607_3-872x900.jpg)
“Why is there a teacher shortage?”
![The books shown in this image have been banned in many places.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-17-5.35.12-PM.png)
Banned Books Awareness
![The new bill states: “The Constitution of the State of Iowa does not recognize, grant, or secure a right to abortion or require the public funding of abortion.” Students at AHS have different opinions on the passing of this bill.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-1.24.46-PM.png)
New Iowa Constitution Update States it Secures “No Right” to an Abortion
![Political clashes aren’t uncommon, though often they impact more than just us. Due to our world-wide influence, the instability within our own country leads to a ripple-effect of issues elsewhere in the world.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/usa-900x649.jpeg)
A Divided Nation
![Senior Camryn Church shows off the arm where she got her first COVID-19 vaccine. Church received the Pfizer vaccine on Jan. 17.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screen-Shot-2021-01-28-at-8.13.06-AM.png)
The COVID-19 Vaccine: How it Works and Why I Got It
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![SAAC - The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is made up of 14 girls from all corners of Iowa. The girls met at the IGHSAU headquarters in Des Moines.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3280-1121x1200.jpeg)
![FOCUS - Junior Hailey Huffman focuses on nocking her arrow to get the perfect shot. Huffman made sure her stance was strong and her bow arm did not shake. Huffman shot 3D where she shot all the different animals at all different distances.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-31-10.12.11-AM.png)
Archery- in its tenth year at AHS, the sport is gaining numbers and more of its events are gaining publicity. On Feb. 25, Atlantic is hosting...
![Fletcher Toft and Megan Birge dance with glee as vampire villian siblings plotting to kill human students. The play New Kids at Vampire High will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-21-at-1.27.55-PM.png)
Hosts Ella and Kate talk with some members of the upcoming spring play "New Kids at Vampire High." Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer.
![IHSSA State Debate last January.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-1-1200x862.png)
It’s that time of year when AHS Speech and Debate heads to National Qualifiers, or “nat quals” as the team likes to call them. There are...
Hosts Kate and Ella talk with AHS seniors about their high school career and their futures. Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer. This...
![THINK ABOUT IT - Kylie Templeton contemplates her answer as she takes one of the Intro to Journalism students quiz.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9285-e1715271448630-1095x1200.jpg)
Annabelle Meyer and Aubrey Winford: What AHS Car Parker Are You? Aunika Darrow and Rylee Bengel: What Type of Lift Style Are You? Addison...
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