Whether it is in the dugout at a baseball game or running a camera for football film, Grady Andersen has become a fixture of Ankeny High athletics. What started as a nudge from his parents to get out of...
Over the last 30 years, the temperature of the Earth has been rising over time, more rapidly than before, which has caused a chain of effects on the planet. This is called climate change.
What is it?
To...
You can feel the tension on the court as the clock counts down, and it seems as if every move you make could be the wrong one. You’ve done the play a hundred times, yet you can’t seem to focus, an...
Music is one of humanity's oldest tools, going back thousands of years. According to the Smithsonian, the first instruments date back over 35,000 years, and the first recorded piece of music was from 800...
In 1907, the term “senioritis” was first coined by the Chicago Alumni Magazine to describe the lack of motivation found in many seniors graduating from high school at the end of the school year. Since...
Living in a country with unique cultures, languages, and traditions can be scary for most people. Despite this, FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange Program) students from all around the globe stay in various...
Every day, during every passing period, students migrate towards their next classes. The weights of exams and assignments sit heavy on their shoulders, with stress plastered on their faces as they push...
If you walk into Ankeny High School, you may see kids rolling on scooters down the halls or dropping parachutes from the catwalk. These are most likely a byproduct of the school’s physics course. One...
Sunlight streams through the window, filtered through the mass of green leaves stretching toward it. Plants cover nearly every inch of available countertop, courtesy of the AP Biology classes that leave...
Ankeny High School has nearly 1,400 students enrolled this school year. Even just walking through the halls, you’ll notice the immense diversity of students. Some students keep to themselves and follow...
Coaching and Officiating is intentionally designed to teach the basics of coaching and officiating, all while students work towards earning a certificate qualifying them as reliable coaches or referees...
According to the University of San Diego, high school students take home an average of 6.8 hours of homework per year. But there have been recent debates over the usefulness of homework, and at what point...
![Bing talking about the plan for the day with her students in one of her AP Biology courses. “If I wasn't passionate about working with students, I don't think [I’d stay in teaching], but no, it's absolutely the students that I have that [make it worth it,” Bing stated. Photo taken by Sylvia Bartlett.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/bing.jpg)
![“It depends on what the purpose of the homework is. And it shouldn't just be to make somebody do something, but to show [something]. Have they shown mastery of that point?” Bing said. “Is it something that, in terms of the learning process, connects to whatever learning outcomes. [It’s] kind of shifting the point of the homework from what students sometimes think of it as, instead of what it actually is.” Created by Sylvia Bartlett using Canva.](https://ahstalonnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/hw.png)
