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Students gathered around the C building to check out the Take Down Tobacco booth.

TUPE holds Take Down Tobacco booth to inform about substance abuse

Olivia Vollgraf, Staff Writer April 23, 2023

TUPE, Tobacco Usage Prevention Education, is a club at Amador that intends to bring Tobacco and Drug use awareness to the school and student body. On April 20, TUPE set up a table at lunch for their Take...

Amador band students wait in the audience before performing at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Band trip to New York ends in COVID spread among Amador students

Lauren Tran and Savana Garber April 23, 2023

During spring break, the Amador Valley Band traveled to New York to play at Carnegie Hall, a prestigious concert venue for aspiring musicians. While the band were able to channel their musical ambitions,...

Unit 2 members present their testimony on the structure of the US government.

Competition Civics prepares for national competition with Zoom dress rehearsal

Parsa Hassanpour, AVT Page Editor April 23, 2023

Preparing for the national “We the People” invitational, Amador’s competition civics team held a dress rehearsal on April 18. “The dress rehearsal had a couple of different goals. On the one...

Amador Valley Dhamaka finish off their season with the ending pose of their final performance.

AV Dhamaka hosts local high school Bollywood teams at Isvara showcase

Aimee Sitter and Ritika Ghosh April 23, 2023

On Saturday, Apr. 15, Amador’s Dhamaka Bollywood team hosted 16 other schools to participate in Isvara, the Amador Bollywood dance showcase. Complete with a fashion show, MC’s and over a 100 performers,...

Downtowns Zachary’s Pizza is celebrating its 40th anniversary with an art contest open to anyone in the community.

Zachary’s Pizza hosts a 40th anniversary art contest

Preston Elliott, Staff Writer April 20, 2023

From March 13th until April 23rd, Pleasanton’s Zachary’s Pizza is hosting an art contest to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Contestants submit their art to win a $100 Zachary’s gift card as well...

Every year, local volunteers led by  Pleasantons Environmental Education team gather to clean up the Arroyo de Laguna creek.

Pleasanton Arroyo de Laguna Creek cleanup: solving the trash crisis

Shimon Arai, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

On April 16, Pleasanton’s annual creek cleanup was held at Arroyo de Laguna Creek to celebrate Earth’s day. The event, led by the Environmental Education Team, gathered ten bags of waste and litter,...

The Pleasanton Community Concert Bands spring concert, this time featuring saxophone player Ricardo R. Martinez, is one of its biggest shows of the year.

Downtown hosts “A Saxophone Spectacular” concert featuring Ricardo R. Martinez

Lexiss Marajas, Staff Writer April 19, 2023

The Pleasanton Community Concert Band consists of local volunteer musicians, from students to retirees, with a passion for music. At the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, the band held an "A Saxophone...

Prior to the indictment, the New York police had heightened security measures around the Trump Tower and the criminal court by erecting barricades.

Trump’s fate hangs in the balance: Inside the controversial indictment and its potential consequences

Yatin Bayya, Staff Writer April 18, 2023

On March 30, a Manhattan grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump for an alleged scandal and 34 charges on falsifying business records. Trump pleaded innocent for all these criminal charges, denying...

One hundred plastic Easter eggs were hidden around campus filled with candy and the potential for a grand prize.

Students search for prizes in Easter Egg Hunt

Liane Ghazanfar, Staff Writer April 18, 2023

With the Christian holiday Easter occurring just  this past Sunday, Leadership hosted their Easter Egg Hunt in the quad during lunch, a fun annual tradition that takes place around this holiday every...

Emma Seshardi(‘24), Carlos Velasco(‘25), Jocelyn Zamora(‘24) display their fake babies before they begin their four day task.

Child Development class learns to care for babies

Edwin He, Staff Writer April 17, 2023

Throughout March, Amador Valley’s Child Development class learned and experienced the hardships of caring for a baby. For more than four days, students attended to the needs of a fake baby, which involved...

The deadline for the Library Roof Replacement Project was extended from fall 2022 to summer 2023 due to lasting unforeseen issues from the librarys initial construction.

Pleasanton Public Library temporarily closes indoor services for final phase of Roof Replacement Project

Zaynah Shah, Amadon Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2023

Under construction since early August, the Pleasanton Public Library recently moved into the final stages of its Roof Replacement Project. Following the completion of the new roof in late February, the...

Traveling from the University of Oxford, a cappella group Out of the Blue performed and taught a collaborative workshop to the chamber and concert choirs.

Oxford acappella group Out of the Blue leads workshop to choir classes

Katy Clark, AVT Page Editor April 4, 2023

On Monday, Mar. 27, University of Oxford acapella group Out of the Blue performed for the choir classes at Amador, singing a wide variety of pop songs. Coming to the West Coast during their spring break...

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