Mike Scaramellino
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
May 20, 2019
As he finishes his second year teaching at Ames High, industrial technology teacher Mike Scaramellino will be saying goodbye. “I love just working with the kids. It’s a lot of fun. We have great shops, great equipment, a great administration, and everybody is great to work with,” Scaramellino...
Team Neutrino gets hands-on with STEM
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
April 18, 2019
For the first six weeks of the year, Sukup hall seems to come alive with the hustle of students. Each adorned with a pair of forest green safety glasses, Story County high school students are engrossed in designing, programming, and assembling a sophisticated robot. These students make up Team Neutrino, a FIRS...
Dominik McDonald
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
April 18, 2019
If one happens to hear the stately timpani of Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique or the lively xylophone runs of George Gershwin’s American in Paris drifting through the music wing, the source of the music can likely be traced to senior Dominik McDonald. Since he first began taking lessons in eleme...
April 8th: Ames High School United
April 8, 2019
April 8th: Ames High students and staff joined community members in a peaceful display of unity, in response to a coordinated protest from a well known hate group. ...
The Sky Is Not The Limit: Astronaut Scott Kelly comes to ISU
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
March 13, 2019
A nervous but energetic anticipation seems to invigorate Stephens auditorium as the crowd makes its way into the main hall, the faint sound of Elton John’s “Rocket man” drifting in the air as the seats quickly fill. The lights dim, and onto the stage walks the man of the hour: astronaut, enginee...
FCS Suspension, Transparency, and the future of CTE at Ames High
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019
In a Jan. 11 press release, the district announced that Family Consumer Science classes would not be offered during the 2019-2020 school year. The school district cited budgetary concerns in several key areas. In order to comply with state Career Technical Education (CTE) standards, the district anno...
Finals After Break? An Investigation
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019
Winter break: a time to relax, celebrate the holidays and spend time with family. Yet for many, a once beloved respite from the academic year has turned into a prolonged period of stress over future final exams. Ames High’s current practice of holding finals after break is an unpopular one...
How do Ames High Students celebrate holidays?
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
December 15, 2018
“We go to night mass at a Catholic church, and y’know, gift giving, that whole sh’bang.” - Andrew Sailer “When we’re in Ames, we celebrate it kind of normally, just standard setting up the tree, lights etc...but when we go to Colombia, we join our family and engage in other...
Michael Neppl
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
December 14, 2018
An 80s-style synthesizer arpeggio fades in and out as the track opens, repeating itself through a series of haunting arpeggios. The music crescendos as layers of punchy harmonic accompaniment emerge beneath it, swelling with each new level of complexity. The music continues until the track...
Ben Sasse Comes to ISU
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
November 22, 2018
Senator Ben Sasse addresses the Iowa State Memorial Union, his words seeming to echo through the crowded great hall. “The President is far more right than most of the foreign policy establishment gives him credit for in the fact that we do need to reevaluate some fundamental assumptions about th...
Erin Murphy, Reporter
March 3, 2020
Don’t just stand there, bust a move! Everyone can dance when it comes to a party, but not everyone can do it while being competitively judged. Some may say that dance is...
Erik Nelson, Reporter
February 25, 2020
Precision. Fluidity. Large hair. The mysteries and secrets of Irish dancing are held within unassuming senior Sam Johnson. Already an accomplished and active student, you...