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What is leadership doing to replace aloha week?

What is leadership doing to replace aloha week?

Imogen Rogers and Kendall Witters August 30, 2020

Aloha Week: a rally, a dance, and a spirit week. It’s considered to be a freshman's high school validation and a senior’s initiation to teenage royalty.  This year, in light of the global coronavirus...

Whether a student is enrolled in Hybrid or FLEX, they follow the same bell schedule.

What we know about FLEX Academy so far

Mandy Wong, Page Editor August 28, 2020

 Of the three long distance learning models, Hybrid and FLEX Academy most closely mimic a typical, structured school day. Once it is deemed safe, students in the Hybrid model return to school, while those...

Because both school work and free time are often spent in the same bedroom, students struggle with separating work and home.

How the pandemic and remote learning affects the sleep schedules of students

Kennedy Mayo and Leila Touati August 24, 2020

Amador students have shifted to online learning due to the pandemic, and it has affected their sleep schedules in many ways.  “It’s been making me sleep very late, and I’ve struggled to wake...

The 2020-2021 AV yearbook staff meets regularly to plan the format of the coming school year's yearbook format and design.

2020-2021 AV yearbook editor-in-chiefs’ reveal details of the adjusted yearbook

Soumya Sahay, AVT Editor-in-Chief August 12, 2020

Meet the 2020-2021 AVHS yearbook Editor-in-Chiefs: Seniors Katelyn Donn and Serena Lin! As this school year is going to look significantly different from others, we spoke to the new yearbooks EICs to get...

Bins will be left in accessible spots within three separate parks in the area.

Rising seniors create local book drive in collaboration with African Library Project

Soumya Sahay, AVT Editor-in-Chief July 13, 2020

From July 13th to July 30th, five rising Amador seniors are planning to collect old textbooks from students to provide materials for the African Library Project in hopes of improving libraries and resources...

PUSD communications coordinator Patrick Gannon discusses details, concerns, and ideas regarding going back to school in the fall.

What will it take to go back to school?

Sonali Carumbaya, Amadon Editor-in-chief June 21, 2020

PUSD is expected to give the board their recommendation on school reopening options between June 29 and July 17.  The district is currently weighing different strategies; the main ones are distance-learning,...

Amador student creates coding program ‘TheCodeBakery’

Amador student creates coding program ‘TheCodeBakery’

Chehel Lakhwara, Page Editor June 16, 2020

Hiya Shah, a rising AV junior has started a coding program called The Code Bakery which comprises students sharing a similar interest in teaching others about different coding languages.  As a peer...

Amador-Foothill Literary Magazine 'The Lighthouse'  is Out!

Amador-Foothill Literary Magazine ‘The Lighthouse’ is Out!

Soumya Sahay, AVT Editor-in-chief June 10, 2020

One of Amador’s newer clubs on campus, the Writer’s ensemble, has been hard at work creating a literary magazine with artwork and writing from students who attend both Foothill and Amador. This year,...

Amador holds a drive-though graduation for seniors to say goodbye

Amador holds a drive-though graduation for seniors to say goodbye

Matthew Carter, AVT EIC June 4, 2020

The class of 2020 may have lost the end of their senior year, but that didn’t stop the PUSD from giving them some form of graduation.  “Graduation is a milestone that marks a significant accomplishment...

The sun sets over Amador Valley High School with no students in sight.
Students continue virtual learning, leaving Amador empty.

School in the new normal

Leila Touati, Page Editor May 28, 2020

In the past few months, Amador students and teachers alike have made the change to virtual learning and teaching through electronic devices, and the change was challenging. But with summer vacation approaching...

Local leaders are working hard to make Pleasanton as positive and safe as possible during these testing times.

Local leaders of the 21st century are working hard through quarantine

Sahana Kumar, Jr. Page Editor May 20, 2020

While shelter-in-place schooling pushes on through summer, more and more Amador Clubs are stepping up to the plate to see what they can do to help. In Local Leaders’ case, it’s helping senior citizens...

Teachers and staff came together with their families and delivered signs to graduating seniors.

Teachers and staff spread spirit with senior graduation signs!

Matthew Carter, Staff Writer May 14, 2020

To our dismay, Covid-19 has gotten countless events canceled. We’ve all lost things, but some of the people have suffered the most are our seniors. They never got to say goodbye to their friends, don’t...

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