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(right to left) Ally Ebel, Uproot Your Ethics, and Amy Wang all began new projects while quarantined.

Students discover new passions during Covid-19

Samantha Clinton and Elyssa Lieu December 17, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine left many people repeating almost the same actions each day. As the stay-at-home order continues, several Amador students have begun new hobbies in order to take the...

Classrooms may be empty, but teachers are still working hard from home to give us the education we need.

Teachers’ thoughts on our first ever online semester

Yi (Steven) Yang December 16, 2020

This past semester at Amador has been unique in every sense: from online learning to the cancellation of most activities. The teachers may have felt the change the most, as they now must change their plans...

"It's great, because we have some families that are genuinely in need, and they really need that help. And it's really great to know that you're helping someone, especially because it's in our local community," said Sahana Kumar, co-organizer of The Sunshine Project.

AV Junior Tasha Laberge starts tutoring system on Nextdoor

Sunny Liu, Soumya Sahay, and Sharan Robinson December 16, 2020

The most glaring influence that COVID-19 has on students is that school is all online. Students sit in front of screens to learn instead of attending physical classes. For AV Junior Tasha Laberge, online...

Some of Amador Valley's Comp Civics students getting ready to compete this past weekend.

AV Comp Civics places at regionals!

Matthew Kim and Austin Coyne December 16, 2020

Recent Events: This past week, the Amador Valley Competition Civics team participated in the local district and regional competitions. Hosted by Californians Advancing Civic Education (CACE), this year’s...

Here's who can get the COVID vaccine and why

Here’s who can get the COVID vaccine and why

Sharan Robinson, Staff Writer December 16, 2020

  Drug company Pfizer announced in November that they had created a vaccine with a 95% efficacy against COVID-19.  While it's almost certain that over the next few years it will be available to everyone,...

Students look to different resources to help them prepare for finals.

How students are preparing for online finals

Kennedy Mayo, Staff Writer December 16, 2020

Amador Valley has been closed since the middle of March because of COVID-19. Since then students have had to move to online school, and that also means testing online. Now that Amador is nearing the end...

With California going back into the purple zone, this means that many restaurants and operations are starting to close again until numbers decrease.

California is back in the purple – what does that mean for us?

Arissa Leomiti, Staff Writer December 16, 2020

In a recent press release, Alameda County has stated that they are back in the purple zone for COVID because people are not taking precautions seriously and are continuing to not stay home and hang out...

Finals will be digitalized from paper copies to mesh with online Zoom meetings.

What online finals will look like

Sunny Liu, Senior Staff Writer December 13, 2020

As the end of the semester draws near, stress levels are rising as students prepare for winter finals. However, compared to past years, this year’s finals will be entirely virtual. The educational...

Deadlines for both UCs and CSUs have been pushed back this year.

UC system crashes causing extended deadlines

Sierra Deaver, Staff Writer December 13, 2020

The UC application deadline has changed from November 30 to December 4. A site-wide crash on November 29 prevented students from accessing their applications. A few days later, an announcement that the...

The game was trivia based on holiday movies. Examples of these classic movies include The Polar Express (top), Elf (bottom left), and A Christmas Story (bottom right).

AV leadership hosts holiday trivia game on December 2nd

Austin Coyne, Staff Writer December 11, 2020

Last Wednesday, members of Leadership hosted a Kahoot trivia game about holiday movies.  The game lasted from two and three in the afternoon on the 2nd of December. More than twenty AV students competed...

Art and MuSICK Festival features AV talent

Art and MuSICK Festival features AV talent

Kendall Witters, Editor December 10, 2020

While AV’s leadership program has had to postpone many events, like homecoming week, they’ve been able to plan others virtually. This week they hosted their annual Art and MuSICK Festival to showcase...

A past virtual concert by Amador orchestra and choir.

Winter concert for AV orchestra and choir

Jamilla Zuniga, Senior Staff Writer December 7, 2020

On December 18th, Amador Valley’s orchestra and choir will be participating in a virtual winter concert. The video will be streamed at 7:30 p.m. and will be available for later viewings as well.  The...

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