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Students pose for homecoming pictures.

Homecoming: Donland

Amber Wong, Podcast Editor October 16, 2025

This Saturday, Amador Valley hosted its much anticipated annual Homecoming dance. Through spirited themed days and an action packed rally, the week culminated into a festive dance featuring a DJ and delicious...

Shein Bnoit('27) and his Culinary classmate stand ready to serve staff at the Staff Meeting Breakfast on Friday, October 10 in the Amador library hallway.

Culinary Students Bring Breakfast and Bonds to Staff Meeting

Pareena Gupta and Claire Shriber October 16, 2025

On Friday, October 10th, staff gathered in the Amador library to begin their Staff Development day with a staff breakfast. Staff fueled up for the day while bonding with fellow teachers and faculty. “The...

Amador Writers Ensemble president, Bella Burns (‘26), presents the details of the Inktober writing competition to club members.

Inktober Writing Contest Inspires Creativity at Amador

Jasmine Wang-Jethi October 16, 2025

This October, the Amador’s Writers Ensemble (AWE) is hosting its first ever Inktober writing competition. All high school and middle school students in Pleasanton is allowed to participate. Writers will...

Students in the Sports Medicine class discuss their Fantasy Football lineups

Sports Medicine class plays Fantasy Football

Phuong Le, Staff Writer October 9, 2025

Fantasy football has become one of the most popular games for sports fans. The game lets people create their own teams using real NFL players. Players earn points each week  Diana Hasenpflug's Sports...

Bobin Lal, one of the hard working custodians that keep Amador clean.

Amador’s Unsung Heroes: Celebrating National Janitors Day

Arun Reyes and August Dobbs October 9, 2025

Freshmen and sophomores stroll past clean classrooms, spotless floors, and neat areas on a daily basis at Amador Valley. Behind it all are the people who make it happen—our janitors. Hardworking, oftentimes...

A student shows off their Amador rivalry shirt from a previous year

The Return of Rivalry Shirts

Sarina Liu and Caroline Hou October 7, 2025

As the Foothill vs. Amador rivalry game approaches, Amador’s Leadership and ASB teams are working to bring back rivalry shirts. Rivalry shirts were a longstanding tradition that brought school spirit...

The 2024-2025 Mr. Amador team poses for a picture after a successful holiday parade appearance.

Welcome back, Mr. Amador!

Emma Anderson and Summer Brown October 2, 2025

For the last 20 years, Mr. Amador, a student-run non-profit organization, has been raising funds for charity. The organization fundraises for the George Mark Children's House, an organization dedicated...

Two friends, Rohan Garg and Alex Tang prepare together for their NMS finalist portfolio.

Amador Seniors Achieve Semifinalist Ranking for National Merit Scholarship

This September, thirty-three Amador seniors qualified as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship. In order to qualify, students must score in the top 1% for the Preliminary SAT/National Merit...

Eason Xue ('26), Carys Shannon ('26), Zara Nesar ('26), and Shounak Bhindwale ('26) use their knowledge gained from Comp Civics to register and pre-register students to vote.

Competition Civics hosts voter registration booth at Amador

Claire Shriber, Staff Writer September 20, 2025

  Amador Valley’s Competition Civics class set up a table in the quad on Tuesday, September 16th, in celebration of National Voter Registration Day. Students had the chance to register and pre-register...

The AV Leadership Pigksin booth sold Amador-branded merchandise.

Fan-favorite Pigskin Booths

Emily Beltramo and Izzy Cantu September 20, 2025

Amador Valley High School celebrated the annual Pigskin event on Friday, September 12th. At Pigskin, Amador clubs and sports teams are able to sell merchandise and snacks, and play fun games to fundraise...

Nithya Mukkamala ('27) decides whether or not to participate while looking at the French Peer Tutoring poster

French Peer Tutoring Program

Amber Wong, AVRadio Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2025

Starting this week, French Peer Tutoring began Thursday in Ms. Benadjaoud’s room. Resources ranging from speaking, to writing are available for students who need an extra hand in the class.  “The...

Families, students, and teachers walk through spirited booths at the annual Pigskin event.

Pigskin: Raising the Spirit

Emma Luey and Amber Wong September 14, 2025

On Friday, September 12th, Amador Valley High School hosted Pigskin. Pigskin is an annual event where families, students, and teachers celebrated school spirit. From sweet treats to spirit wear, Amador...

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