Senior Sunrise: Cloudy with a chance of seniors
Soumya Sahay, Social Media Editor
August 13, 2019
Bright and early, at 5:45 on Saturday, August 10, 2019, the AVHS senior class drove to Mission Hills Park and sat on top of a hill to watch the sun rise, as generations of seniors have done before them. “I went to senior sunrise because it seemed so perfect. Senior year is ...
Amador Valley Track Runs an Incredible season
Brett Severance, Staff Writer
May 30, 2019
This year’s track team for AV has made it to the “Meet Of Champions”. Although this is a great ordeal for the Amador Valley track team, it is nothing new. The “Meet of Champions”, or DOC, took place at Diablo Valley College this year. A few of our Amador Valley runners competed at a ...
Amador Valley Track runs an incredible season
May 30, 2019
This year’s track team for AV has made it to the “Meet Of Champions.” Although this is a great ordeal for the Amador Valley track team, it is nothing new. The “Meet of Champions,” or DOC, took place at Diablo Valley College this year. A few of our Amador Valley runners competed at a ...
Amador sees huge success at CMEA Music Competition
Casey Chang, Staff Writer
May 30, 2019
The CMEA Music Competition on April 26, was a huge success for Amador because of our excellent overall ranking and the performance from each of the ensembles. Our symphonic band especially blew the crowd away with special performances from Honoré Alexander ('22) and Lyle Elster (‘22). Both students...
SAT to Implement New “Adversity Score”
Mary Kate Machi, Staff Writer
May 30, 2019
The College Board recently announced that it will be expanding its “adversity score” in an attempt to level the playing field when it comes to the SAT. Currently, 50 schools use this indicator, but the College Board said that 150 more will begin using it starting this fall. The adversity scor...
Celebrating a Successful 90 Years of Amador’s Band with Pancakes and Music
May 28, 2019
Recently, the Amador’s band and colorguard hosted their annual Pancake Breakfast. However, unlike the previous years, band students, directors, families, and friends used to breakfast as an opportunity to celebrate a milestone: Amador Marching Band’s 90th birthday. The band’s pancake breakfast...
Amador Valley Gym: New Hot Topic — Board Meeting 5/22/19
Elizabeth Kostalnick, Page Editor
May 22, 2019
On Tuesday night, May 21, 2019, students and parents of the Amador community all gathered at the Pleasanton Unified School District Office for a Board Meeting in hopes of addressing the problem with the Amador Valley High School gym. Prior to this board meeting, the district office approved a gran...
Four Students Win the National Merit Scholarship!!
Julian Koste, Staff Writer
May 22, 2019
Amador Valley is proud to announce that four students have won the prestigious National Merit Scholarship. Having such a high number of students succeed in winning the scholarship not only shows the hardworking spirit of Dons, but also the success of Amador. Every year, fifteen thousand students out of...
Major Repairs Needed For The Amador Theater
Milli Patel, Staff Writer
May 20, 2019
The Amador Theater is one of the oldest buildings on the Amador campus, but it’s also one of the buildings in desperate need of repair. Though the land the theater sits on is owned by the PUSD, the theater itself is owned by the city. After opening the much smaller Firehouse Theater in downto...
Teachers and their Mothers :)
Addyson Mapes, AVtv Editor-In-Chief
May 20, 2019
Happy Mother’s Day 2019!! All around the country, families use the second Sunday of May to celebrate their mothers and recognize everything they have done for us. Yesterday, people gave thanks and love to their mothers! Mr. Yee “엄마 사랑해요! Love you Mom, Happy Mother's Day!” Said Mr. Yee, AV US History & Civics teacher. Mr. Pal...
Amador places number 15 in the Bay Area!!
Linzee Alcaide, Page Editor
May 20, 2019
Recently, the U.S. News and World Report released the ratings of the top high schools in the nation and Amador excelled! The rankings are based on the college readiness, math and reading proficiency, and college prep curriculum of the attending students. This years number one school in the nation c...
Students Evacuate To Field During Lunch
Elizabeth Kostalnick, Podcast Editor
May 15, 2019
At around 1:15 PM today (Wednesday, May 15), the fire alarm on the north side of the boy's locker room was pulled and students were evacuated to the football field. When the fire alarm was pulled, AP testing was going on in the small gym. The AP Macroeconomic students were told to put their pen...
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