In his sophomore year, Karan Gupta (‘24) looked for a beginner-friendly platform to learn cybersecurity but found resources painfully limited. The lack of an accessible curriculum inspired Gupta to put...

Driven by her passion for art, Aarushi Rajesh (‘25) started an Instagram art account to share her artwork, not expecting it to gain traction quickly. Now, the account has over 1,000 followers. “I...

As the President of the Amador Valley Unmanned Aerial Vehicles club and a member of the AVBotz team, Aayush Gupta (‘24) is no stranger to the field of engineering.  Discovering both clubs in his...

Kasen Krueger ('25) and Cade Krueger ('26), two brothers who transferred from Monte Vista High School this year, have led the Amador Valley basketball team to a perfect 4-0 start. Kasen and Cade began...

Entering high school as a student in the class of 2025, Yatin Bayya ('24) decided to stand out from his classmates by graduating one year earlier. He started down this path when he was a sophomore.  "It...

With only about 1.45% of people selected out of a pool of over 100,000 applicants, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation announced their semifinalists for 2024 on Oct. 13. Among them include two Amador students,...

Beginning this school year, Ishmeet Dhillon ('24) serves as Pleasanton's Teen Poet Laureate. Through community events and her writing, she aims to empower young voices and help them find their love for...

David Wu (‘26) has a passion for opera singing. He performs in professional productions at opera houses and travels around the state throughout the year to sing in competitions.  “I sing bel canto,...

"They influence our lives more than a sitting President, yet no one seems to pay attention to them. Let's change that." In July, Filipp Dmitriev ('25) founded the Pleasanton Echo, an online newspaper...

Sangeet Barkataki (‘24), Kalyan Archakam (‘24), and Rohan Prakash (‘24) co-founded Eos Management, an artist management service aimed at developing the music careers of young artists by offering...

Having danced for over ten years, Serena Zhou ('24) started teaching her own classes earlier this year. And more recently over the summer, she added a new class to her teaching list: K-pop dance at Eva's...

Starting archery around two years ago, Jinghan Li (‘26) wanted to do archery ever since sixth grade. Yet it was only after the end of the pandemic that Li pursued competitive archery. “I remember...