AHS students stay united through virtual activities Aarya Vaidya Staff Writer As students continue to wrap up the school year through online learning, school spirit is not lost. Students from the AHS leadership team have continued to work together to make sure that school events and activities continue virtually. For students in leadership, the process […]
Explore the workings of an artistic mind Khushi Kanchibotla Staff Writer Art. A very well-known word that encompasses many things. Singing, animation, dancing, theatre, and painting are just a few of the many forms of art. Every person who has taken up some form of art knows the difference it can make in their life. […]
What exactly goes on within the student government? Weston Liang Staff Writer Most, if not all high schools have some sort of student government. American High is no exception. Here at American High, we have ASB, Class Council, and Leadership. Together they all form American’s student government that achieves their own goals, as well as […]
How does moving halfway across the world change people? Shreya Daschoudhary Staff Writer Sahar Waseem might seem like your typical junior in high school. She takes challenging courses, pushes herself academically as well as through extracurriculars, and works hard to make the most of eleventh grade. However, unlike most others, Sahar actually moved to America […]
Artist’s feeling for art expands from passion into a potential career Staff Writer Nydia Kuo When starting a new piece, the first step is always slowly sketching the idea out and cleaning up any flaws she sees. Once she is satisfied with the sketch, she moves on to the base colors of the figure she […]
How the explosion in Korean media in America has affected Asian-Americans Liana Dong Staff Writer On February 9th, 2020, Bong Joon Ho’s critically acclaimed Parasite, narrated in Korean, became the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was no longer, and diehard fans of the film across the nation […]
Coronavirus’ impact on our community and our response toward it Michelle Lee Editor-in-Chief March 13, 2020. 6 PM. Teachers, students, and parents alike had received an email announcing the closure of schools. Starting on March 16th of 2020, the Fremont Unified School District implemented the decision to close schools to prevent the possible spreading of […]
Moving Forward Rebecca Beddingfield Media Editor We at AHS have officially reached the end of the district’s original closure plan, settling in for an extra month at home. While our quarantine updates were meant for a short term basis, we’re introducing our quarantine diaries for the long term, as well as still providing you the […]
The New Italy Rebecca Beddingfield Media Editor We’re getting through week two, and a series of social media chain messages, pressing forward to the next few weeks to come before the anticipated return to “normal.” While things are getting a bit more distant, they are still happening, so let’s dive right in. The World as […]
Quarantine Day: 9 Liana Dong Staff Writer 9:15 AM: My first alarm goes off. I don’t wake up. 9:40 AM: I wake up! I’ve received a text from my friend about how she can’t find the link to our history Zoom meeting at 10. I check my computer, but I can’t find it either. After […]
The All-American Check-in Rebecca Beddingfield Media Editor So, the original two week hiatus has evolved into a new way of life for over a month, without a definite ending point as our closure could extend even beyond May 1st, which was announced by FUSD earlier today with a tentative reopening on May 4th. With all […]
Learning as we go Rebecca Beddingfield Media Editor Things have happened today as the students of AHS have been forced to look at it through a window of sorts. While we have not learned how long measures such as self-quarantine or other shelter-in-place measures will go on, or when Coronavirus will get better, let’s take […]
Quarantine Day: 8 Michelle Fong Broadcast Editor 10:00 AM: I told myself that I was going to wake up sooner today, because I had a lot of homework to catch up on but I still ended up waking up at 10:00am. I rolled out of bed, slipped my feet into my fuzzy bear slippers, and […]
Good News Monday Rebecca Beddingfield Media Editor It looks like AHS is in distance learning for the long haul, so while we get settled, the Eagle Era will start some special additions to the quarantine updates, including today, “Good News Monday” where we’ll explore some of the good things happening in the world and at […]
Quarantine Day 7 Michelle Lee Editor-in-Chief 8:10 AM: I wake up to shut off the alarm I set. Since I have a bad habit of going back to sleep after turning off an alarm, I had to get an app that forces me to solve a puzzle or complete a task in order to stop […]
