![Ankenys Visual Adrenaline sings all together in the choir room.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6256-1-1200x900.jpeg)
Music is always around us. It is in the air when the birds chirp and the wind blows. It is in the water when it falls, streams, and trickles,...
![2024 AHS graduate Taevah Ganahl wears a dress from HelloMolly, a fast fashion website, and carries her Stanley tumbler cup.
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It is human nature to try to fit in with a group. Teenagers are often pressured to enjoy the same things as their friends or other people their...
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![For many of the pickleball players, spending time with friends is just as much a part of the league as the game itself. The league is built to be flexible in working around players’ schedules. Because many of the players involved with the Ankeny Pickleball League are busy with other sports and activities, teams are open to finding any time to play, even if it means getting up early on a weekend for a game.
On Sunday, May, the Houston Red Rockets and the Big Picklers went head-to-head in an early morning match-up. Sophomore Hayden Carlson hits the ball over the net.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1-6-1200x1200.jpg)
What started as a casual game of pickleball with friends at a birthday party grew into what is now known as APL (the Ankeny Pickleball League). Everything...
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Ankeny Schools is a thriving community residing within the beautiful sprawling suburbs of Ankeny, Iowa. The district houses over 12,750 students,...
![With the reality of the post-high school world starting to hit, and everything required to end senior year with good grades, many seniors can seemingly feel weighed down by everything that needs to get done, and this is when senioritis tends to strike...
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Merriam-Webster defines senioritis as “an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower...
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![2024 AHS graduate Taevah Ganahl wears a dress from HelloMolly, a fast fashion website, and carries her Stanley tumbler cup.
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It is human nature to try to fit in with a group. Teenagers are often pressured to enjoy the same things as their friends or other people their...
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![For many of the pickleball players, spending time with friends is just as much a part of the league as the game itself. The league is built to be flexible in working around players’ schedules. Because many of the players involved with the Ankeny Pickleball League are busy with other sports and activities, teams are open to finding any time to play, even if it means getting up early on a weekend for a game.
On Sunday, May, the Houston Red Rockets and the Big Picklers went head-to-head in an early morning match-up. Sophomore Hayden Carlson hits the ball over the net.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1-6-1200x1200.jpg)
What started as a casual game of pickleball with friends at a birthday party grew into what is now known as APL (the Ankeny Pickleball League). Everything...
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![On March 7th, the Ankeny Hawks took on Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the semifinal round of the State Tournament. Cedar Rapids came out on top with a score of 51-63.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-1200x1200.jpg)
![Ankenys Visual Adrenaline sings all together in the choir room.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6256-1-1200x900.jpeg)
Music is always around us. It is in the air when the birds chirp and the wind blows. It is in the water when it falls, streams, and trickles,...
![Reporting by Grace Risk and Slideshow Slideshow made by Joanna Guerrero using Canva](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1-1.jpg)
![With the reality of the post-high school world starting to hit, and everything required to end senior year with good grades, many seniors can seemingly feel weighed down by everything that needs to get done, and this is when senioritis tends to strike...
Art by Jason Dennis](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/image_6487327.jpg)
Merriam-Webster defines senioritis as “an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower...