The secret lives of teachers
Zoe Mamakos, Reporter
February 12, 2019
As you walk into the English hallway and burst into the first classroom on the left you feel a rush of relief that you aren’t sitting the those dreaded chairs waiting to open brown and white textbooks to a text titled Barn Burning. A familiar feeling, that upperclassmen and underclassmen alike can rel...
Past Secrets of Ames High
December 5, 2018
When you walk through the front doors at Ames High at 8 A.M. and groggily make your way to your first class, you may not take the time to realize where you are. You’re walking in the footsteps of two- even three- generations of Ames High students, each with their own set of quirks and outstanding e...
New Faculty
Ezra Shirtcliff, WEB Staff
October 19, 2018
Associate principal Brian Carico My primary responsibilities include attendance, discipline, testing, AP and student services. This is my 22 year as a school administrator. I have been a school administrator in Des Moines, Johnston, Indianola, Waukee school districts. I have also worked at Grand V...
Turtles all the way down…by the greenhouse
Zoe Mamakos, Reporter
October 19, 2018
I was given the esteemed task for this edition to write about something I truly care about. If you are someone who has looked outside of Mrs. Testerot or Mr. Jurgenson’s math classes, you might understand. While pondering existence in these classrooms both Freshman and Sophomore year, I looked down t...
Leaving a Legacy
Liam Struck, Reporter
May 25, 2018
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...
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Petr Karpov, Reporter
May 22, 2018
While countless Ames High students spend hours working on creative projects in and out of school, few receive the fame and recognition that all of their hard work warrants. Thus enter the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards–a program intended to recognize the artistic and writing abilities of studen...
Poetry Plus
Thomas DeLay, Reporter
May 1, 2018
High school is about expressing yourself, learning what you really want in life and figuring out how to cope with the stress of your teenage years. In poetry plus period you will hear people read beautiful poems about their innermost wants and anxieties in an attempt to understand and tackle these big...
The Role of A Woman
Selaam Dollisso, Online Editor
April 30, 2018
During the first weekend of April, Ames was met with a wave of feminism discussion. Coming all the way from Ohio, author Mindy McGinnis came to Ames High and the public library to discuss her book “The Female of the Species”, among other things relating to her experience with feminism in today’s worl...
Lettuce Club
Petr Karpov, Reporter
April 30, 2018
As the clock reached 3 minutes and 30 seconds, the only sound that could be heard from Mrs. Brenneman’s room was the crunchy sound of lettuce consumption. Suddenly, just as the timer hit 3:41, the room was overcome with cheers of joy and sorrow as Sean Prell sprang to his feet in victory. Having jus...
A Good CAUSE
Srishti Mathur, Campus Life Editor
April 4, 2018
Ames High school is filled to the brim with various clubs, from SACRE to Fiber Club. Amongst the array of clubs lies CAUSE. CAUSE stands for Citizens Actualizing and Understanding Sustainable Environments. Led by senior Isak Werner Anderson and junior Lucas Bleyle, the club is working towards many di...