Green week is an event held every year that helps empowers schools all over the US, to participate in lessons, activities, and projects that focus on the environment.
Green months begins in the...
I had popped into Brekke’s for a last minute request for scholarship supplements (procrastination is bad, don’t do it.) A few students remained to ask questions about a project and I didn’t want...
Behind every great post prom is a plethora of parents willing to give up their time for the cause of us prom-goers not to get into any trouble prior to the dance (because we all know that’s the real...
Since its inception in the 1930’s, the motto “Ames Hi Aims High” has been both a rallying cry and a description, encouraging current students to be all they can be and recognizing the accomplishments...
When I was 11, I began the most awkward and horrific journey of my life. Middle school. Any ideas that I had about it came from movies and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. It was way worse than...
Like most mental illnesses, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is generally misunderstood. How many times have I heard that people with schizophrenia are crazy, or that people with depression are just...
Over spring break, 14 sophomores went on a science trip to Costa Rica. The trip was organized through the company Worldstrides. It would be easy to think that this trip would be filled with down time on...
Junior Jill Zmolek has been involved with theater productions for a majority of her life. She is most known for her presence on AHS SHOUT and primary leads in the winter musical. Zmolek also participated...
With over 1,200 students wandering in one single building for over seven hours per day and 180 days per year, sanitation and personal hygiene are inevitably factors that can hugely impact Ames High.
By...
On a dull Saturday afternoon, my friends and I decided to give ourselves a little scare and drive to “the Shrine.”
We really didn’t know anything about it, other than it’s a creepy memorial...
