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The student newspaper of Augusta High School

The Oriole

The student newspaper of Augusta High School

The Oriole

Senior newspaper members reflect on high school years: TiAna Arnn

Senior newspaper members reflect on high school years: TiAna Arnn

TiAna Arnn, Reporter May 15, 2024

Walking in as a freshman, I never thought I'd be here today. From freshman year starting out in masks and a hybrid schedule, I did not think I was going to have a normal high school with Covid being a...

Women’s choir performs their first number of the evening, “Fame”. Students received matching t-shirts with the name of the program and logo on the front with a cast list on the back.

Choir students perform in 1980s themed final concert

Rachel Womeldorff, Managing Editor May 11, 2023

The choir department performed its final concert May 9 “Take Flight: AHS ♡’s the 80s”. “I think this show really captured who we are as a choir and why we all love being in choir so much,”...

Junior Isaiah Blackwell is on the skinnier end and tears it up on the basketball court, track, and football field, scoring ten touchdowns in his 2022 season, while junior Caden Stillwell, who is on the bulkier side, does the same on the football field and track having three touchdowns his 2022 season.

Athletes do not need muscle for sports

Dalton Pankratz, Reporter May 2, 2023

From NFL star Tyreek Hill to MMA fighter Conor McGregor, all sports have ripped athletes who have incredible strength. However, pro soccer player Lionel Messi, NBA player Kevin Durant and NFL wide receiver...

Jazz band traveled to Pittsburg State University. They performed, receiving all I‘s from the judge, but they also went to watch Wycliffe Gordon, a famous jazz musician.

Band and choir travel to participate in contests

Hayden Blair, Crew-Editor Mar 27, 2023

While band and choir usually go to state performances each year, this year more people participated. Band traveled to Pittsburg State University to perform but also to see Wycliffe Gordon, an award...

Sophomore Elijah Quiring uses his faith in God to cope with his emotions. Quirring reads the Bible on his app during his class as a coping skill

People cope with strong emotions

Emily Brinkley, Editor-in-Chief Mar 23, 2023

With students talking loudly and crowded hallways, some students’ anxiety is increasing. People utilize their coping skills that work for them; coping helps people around the world calm themselves from...

Junior Ace Helms wears his hat and can not keep a smile off of his face. Helms likes his Kansas City Chiefs hat

Additional hat days would increase donations, help local charities

Trent Cabrales, Reporter Mar 3, 2023

Timmy woke up remembering it was hat day at school, so he grabbed his favorite bucket hat and made sure he had an extra dollar to pay for the opportunity to show off his hat to his friends. He walked out...

Sugar Shane’s cafe was bustling with people February 3, partly because there was a concert at the Augusta theater that night. Sugar Shane’s first opened Sept. 26, 2015.

Students learn how to create a business

Dalton pankratz, Reporter Feb 9, 2023

According to CBNC news, almost 60 percent of high schoolers want to start a business, however, they do not know how or where to start. “It gets difficult to start at a young age with age restrictions,”...

Frank Espinosa takes a phone call on his new classroom phone and is pleased with the functionality of it. He seemed to enjoy the new phones in the classroom.

District installs new phones in classrooms

Trent Cabrales, Reporter Jan 20, 2023

The sound of pencils scratching on paper, keyboards typing away, teachers lecturing. When a phone rings in a classroom, usually it is a student’s, but now it is the teacher’s phone. JAG-K specialist...

Sophomore Isabella Shafer and sophomore Trinity Logan Students sit in class feeling unmotivated. They are stressed for the end of year finals.

As school year ends, students lose motivation

Alyssa Ferrell, Reporter Apr 27, 2022

From the moment school starts, students think about the end of the year, and as it gets closer and closer students are nervous for finals.  From seniors being ready to leave to freshmen who are ready...

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