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Amirtha Srinivasan (24) - 1st Place in Job Seeking Skills and Emotional Well-Being

Amirtha Srinivasan (’24) – 1st Place in Job Seeking Skills and Emotional Well-Being

April 18, 2023

What event did you compete in? I did two events. I did job seeking skills and emotional well-being. Job seeking skills consisted of preparing an interview and also preparing a resume and portfolio and...

Ramkiran Krish (24) - 1st Place in Creative Problem Solving

Ramkiran Krish (’24) – 1st Place in Creative Problem Solving

April 18, 2023

What event did you compete in? I did creative problem solving. You compete in a team; mine was with two other people. The people at the event give you a prompt, and you and your team have roughly 30...

Riya Trivedi (24) - 1st Place in Creative Problem Solving

Riya Trivedi (’24) – 1st Place in Creative Problem Solving

April 13, 2023

What event did you compete in? I competed in human growth and development which was just a written test on human growth and development and then creative problem solving where they give you a medical...

Tony Wang (23), pictured right, and Shree Billa (23), pictured left, are the winners of the 2023 Juanita Haugen Scholarship, a prestigious local scholarship given to PUSD seniors.

Shree Billa (’23) and Tony Wang (’23) awarded Juanita Haugen Scholarship

Preston Elliott, Staff Writer April 11, 2023

The Juanita Haugen Scholarship is a local scholarship program in Pleasanton that grants students an amount of $1,000 who have shown outstanding gratitude and community service to the city. This award is...

AV teachers beat the March Madness winners with a score of 11 to 8.

Students play teachers in Staff v. Student March Madness game

Jocelyn (Hsin-Chiao) Hsu, Staff Writer April 1, 2023

Inspired by the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Amador Valley’s March Madness winners played against the teachers during lunch in the large gym on Friday, March 31. "There are a lot of...

Sameer Ramakrishna on a coast guard boat during a coast guard summer camp in NSCC.

Sameer Ramakrishna (’23) leads in US Naval Sea Cadet Corps

Spencer Thiel, Staff Writer March 29, 2023

The Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) is an organization for high school students in the Bay Area interested in the US Navy and Coastguard’s activities. Among the 1200 students across the country, Sameer...

The Indian Culture Club meets every Thursday in Library Lab A and B, sharing different aspects of Indias culture and traditions.

“We want cultural appreciation”: Indian Culture Club embraces India’s diversity

Krithika Subramaniam, AVT Features Editor March 29, 2023

Amador is home to students of different cultural backgrounds. To unite everyone and make them feel included, Amador offers many different clubs. The Indian Culture Club (ICC) helps students learn more...

Muslims celebrating Ramadan do not eat or drink anything - including water - until they break their fast after sunset for the evening meal, called iftar or fitoor.

Ramadan for Muslim communities around the globe: How does our local community celebrate?

Krithika Subramaniam, AVT Features Page Editor March 23, 2023

As the sun sets over the skyline, the call to prayer echoes through the city. The aroma of delectable dishes fills the air as families gather for their evening meal. It's that time of year again – Ramadan...

The Tulip event was a success in San Fransisco, as it was met with a large crowd during Womens Day

Flower Bulb Day: San Francisco’s new tradion of celebrating Women’s Day

Ritika Ghosh March 8, 2023

On March 4, 2023, San Francisco held its annual Flower Bulb Day in honor of National Women's day. Pink, orange, and yellow flooded Union Square as residents and tourists got to pick from a display of 80,000...

Sanya Gupta (24) created GirlsInCS, a non-profit that teaches girls about computer science and encourages them to pursue a career in the field.

Sanya Gupta (’24) creates non-profit to empower girls in computer science

Alayna Chen, Staff Writer February 28, 2023

In first grade, Sanya Gupta (‘24) was introduced to computer science. Today, she’s the founder and CEO of GirlsInCS, a non-profit that inspires and teaches girls computer science.  “I’ve been...

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