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Student Poll Responses

The Struggles of School Lunch

Tamaiah Crawford, Reporter December 16, 2019

Lunch. School lunches, to be more specific, is where students come in after class, eat, chat, and probably finish to leave the cafeteria. They go to their next class and continue on with their day. Ames...

The the constriction site of the new Ames High School. Picture taken by Erin Murphy.

The Dead Zone Outside the Window

Tamaiah Crawford and Erin Murphy October 28, 2019

Whether the community of Ames High has noticed this or not, there is currently something outside our classroom windows, a new and, possibly, reformed future Ames High waiting for the next generation to...

The classroom in Uganda with the lyrics of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star written on the board.

Alexa, Play Africa By Toto

Zoe Mamakos and Tim Mooney October 25, 2019

Bare mango trees, empty, with unripe ones growing on top, are just out of reach. Long dirt roads are beaten down by the radiant African sun. Beautiful greenery, filled in every space you pass, is in every...

Senior Joel Neppl examines the wiring of the team robot.

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...

OPNs vision for new school.

The future of sustainability at Ames High: Carbon neutral by 2030?

Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief April 17, 2019

On February 21, the school district hosted a showcase of the latest plans for the new high school building. At the meeting, architects from OPN, the architecture firm tasked with designing the new high...

Life Without A Phone

Life Without A Phone

Liam Struck, Review Editor March 13, 2019

Life has gone on undisturbed for millenium without cellular towers, twitter or instagram. Then came the iPhone, a revolutionary device that changed the way we imagine reality. Something most of us couldn't...

The Sky Is Not The Limit: Astronaut Scott Kelly comes to ISU

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...

FCS teacher Carol Vanwaardhuizen instructs foods students on how to make pancakes.

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...

Saving Private Liam

Saving Private Liam

Liam Struck, Reporter February 13, 2019

Up to 5% of the US general population suffers from claustrophobia in some form, including mild versions of this phobia. I was not one of them, but all that changed Saturday, January 12th 2019. The lights...

Students involved in Ames high garden club learn about grain production at Early Morning Harvest in Panora, Iowa.

Designing a different kind of agricultural pathway

Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief February 12, 2019

In January, the district announced that the high school would offering an agricultural Pathway for the 2019-2020 school year. This offering is in part designed to meet state legislation that requires...

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