A Senior Artist Snapshot
Seth Bequette, Academics & Arts Editor
March 14, 2019
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives
PRESTON WITTE Preston Witte didn’t discover art until his senior year, initially using robotics as his creative outlet. “I usually have all these ideas just swimming around in my head that I haven’t always been able to elaborate, and I’ve usually strayed away from elaborating,” said ...
A comprehensive college guide
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
December 14, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Showcase
It's a rainy day. The sky is gray like the cobblestones of the road and the pale bricks of the buildings. In the distance, the towers of Healy Hall split the sky. Anu Lamsal pauses in front of the statue of Bishop John Carroll for a picture. Her college tour of Georgetown University begins a few minutes ...
Deam the Queen
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
November 29, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Profiles, Showcase
Ever heard of superwoman? Not too difficult when we have one at Ames High. You might see her in the language hallway saying, Hallo, Bonjour, or Hola. She is the only teacher at Ames High that has taught all three languages offered. Did you know that Mrs. Deam never intended to become a high sch...
New English options for seniors
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
November 20, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Showcase
“At the beginning of the year we had a meeting with the English Department, and it was at that time it was shared that we could bring electives back,” Principal Spence Evans said. New district Superintendent Jenny Risner and new director of curriculum and instruction Amy Lanegave the green light t...
Complaints about Jostens ‘picking up steam’
Lucas Bleyle, Co-Editor in Chief
November 20, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Showcase
Senior Sara Joerger is no stranger to high school graduations. As the youngest of five siblings she has seen many graduations come and go. She is also no stranger to the process of buying caps and gowns from Jostens, the company Ames High partners with for graduation. “I am the youngest of five so...
Students find hidden plus options
Akshata Gandhe, Reporter
October 19, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Showcase
Extra help, test make-ups and homework help can all be done in the 30 minutes of plus period that we have. If you are like me, choosing a plus period is harder than you think. If you don’t have anything to do during those 30 minutes, you’re basically having a study hall. From Mr. Zmolek’s philo...
APUSH: a necessary evil
Jonathan Watt, Reporter
September 30, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Opinion, Reviews
You wake up in a drowsy, panicked state. It’s Friday morning, you’re at the kitchen table with papers strewn about haphazardly, and your computer is still playing the same playlist of chapter reviews that you had been frantically combing the night before in place of the assigned American Pageant c...
Leaving a Legacy
Liam Struck, Reporter
May 25, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Campus Life, News, Showcase
Kirk Schmaltz is now passing the baton after 40 years of teaching. Schmaltz has spent 35 years of his life teaching at Ames High. And while he modestly claims that he was at the right place at the right time, his achievements say different. Boasting an impressive amount of time coaching sports, Sch...
2018 Senior Send-Off
Victoria Ostendorf, Queen
May 23, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, News, Showcase
The Senior Sendoff survey was a part of the exit surveys given by AHS professional school counselors May 8–14, 2018. Students had the option to not have their information printed in The WEB. This is NOT an official list of Ames High graduates.
Nancy Torkildson
Lucas Bleyle, Co-editor in Chief
May 22, 2018
Filed under Academics and Arts, Archives, Showcase
Ever since she began swimming at the Ames High School Pool in the 1960’s, Nancy Torkildson knew she wanted to be a teacher. “When I started teaching there were still teachers here that I had had,” Torkildson said. She described having to call her former teachers, now fellow colleagues, b...
Oliver Chen, Co-Editor in Chief
February 15, 2019 • No Comments
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...
Logan Adams-Bacon, Reporter
February 13, 2019 • No Comments
As we all know, if you don't have AirPods, you're broke. It's just a fact, don't question it. But what if I told you that AirPod owners were the broke ones? There is a...
Seth Bequette, Reporter
December 14, 2018 • No Comments
“What, are you triggered?” Cue flashbacks to freshman year when the only word in anyone’s repertoire was triggered, spit out at classmates anytime they displayed...
WEB Editorial: Facing the climate threat head on
December 14, 2018
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The Humanitarian Case for ‘Sweatshops’
November 20, 2018
Seth Bequette, Academics & Arts Editor
March 14, 2019 • No Comments
I’m a bit late for the tea party that is M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Eastrail 177 Trilogy’, though to be fair the first film of this triple play was two years before...
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Get caught up in the Spider Verse
February 13, 2019