![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)
- 3/31 State Speech Contest
- 3/31 FCA Huddle @ AHS Gym - 7:45
- 3/31 Boys and Girls Track @ Ames High - 4:30
- 4/1 Boys Tennis @ Ballard - 4:00
- 4/1 Boys Track @ DCG - 4:30
- 4/1 Girls Track @ North Polk - 5:00
- 4/1 Girls Soccer Vs. Cedar Falls - 7:00
- 4/2 Boys Track @ SEP - 4:00pm
- 4/2 Ankeny Girls Track Relays @NV - 4:00
- 4/2 Boys JV2 Soccer Vs. Various opponents - 5:00
- 4/3 Girls Soccer Vs. Pella - 5:00
- 4/3 Boys Soccer Vs. Dowling Catholic - 7:30
- 4/4 Girls Soccer Vs. Pleasant Valley - Noon
- 4/4 Boys Track @ Valley - 10:00
