Every popular game has its highs and lows. You can never please everyone, and sometimes you can't help but have controversy. “Clash Royale” is a game that falls under those specifications, and because...
Ankeny High School (AHS) and Centennial High School (CHS) host families officially welcomed 21 students from Mexico City on Oct. 19. Ankeny’s exchange program offers students the opportunity to spend...
A paint brush is pressed carefully against the wall, the maroon color precisely filling the original pencil sketch. He arrives before the bell and sets up his paint cart with the Hawk design an ever present...
October is filled with spooky skeletons and cackling witches, and candy fills the shelves of stores. Everything becomes about Halloween. At this time of year, the same question begins to plague thousands...
You're sitting in class and all you can hear are your friends discussing the new general obligation (G.O.) bond. You’ve heard your teachers talk about it for weeks, but still you don’t understand why...
Since the start of school, the rising sun threw stringy shadows across the football field, illuminating the marching band as they repped the most difficult part of the show. Drum Major and junior, Akouvi...
Ashley Howard, Photo, Co Sports Media Editor
• October 22, 2025
As popularity in youth sports continues to rise, coaches, athletes, and parents are willing to put in extra effort to give their kids a leg up on the competition. Ankeny High School has found a way to...
You catch sight of a dog walking past you, the pup’s leash in the hand of a girl a grade below you. You want to go up to her or pet the dog as it passes by, but just like you, the dog has a job while...
Homecoming week is a time filled with joy, celebration, and tradition. Here at Ankeny High School, one of our greatest traditions is Under the Lights.
“The whole student body kind of goes out together...
Walking into the crowded room, you see lights flashing, people dancing, and hear music blaring. The clothes are extravagant, the music is exciting and loud, and people are laughing everywhere. Some people...
When you think of custodians, you probably think of people who pick up trash around the school, pushing gray trash cans and cleaning the halls on their big blue machines. But custodians are so much more...
You walk into a new school, looking around aimlessly. No one looks like you, no one sounds familiar, and the schedule in your hand details classes that are unknown to you. Everyone you see is a potential...
