It's never too early to start giving back to your community, and that’s exactly what Amador Valley junior Ishan Junnarkar started doing. Junnarkar created his non-profit Magnus, to help those in crises...

Three years ago, Genevieve Taylor (‘20) created Valley Yard Cards, a business involving installing and renting yard sign displays for a variety of events ranging from graduations to birthdays.   “It...

Arnav Murarka (‘24) plays tennis for Amador Valley High School and in his free time he decided to give back what his coaches gave him. He created a business called JuniorAces Tennis which is a tennis...

The Amador Valley Glamour Gals club is dedicated to fostering intergenerational connections through makeovers like painting nails and doing makeup for elderly women in senior homes. Glamour Gals’ mission...

Though not many pursued the hobby, few can forget the first time they set foot on a stage. With lights blinding your eyes and thousands of words in your mind, it’s time to perform. This feeling is something...

As a previous high school exchange student, Reiko Murphy began her journey to America alone. Murphy had a desire for introducing Japanese culture and traditions to foreigners. She saw teaching at Amador...

Karen Lord-Eyewe, or as students call her, Maestra Eyewe, began teaching Spanish at Amador Valley in early 1996. She moved to the United States for college, from Panama, and navigated through the education...

Ever since he was five years old, Harry Jo (‘25) had been mesmerized by the sound of the music. With a nudge from his older sisters, Jo was able to pursue his curiosity for music; the start of paving...

“Show Your Voice” was the theme for this year’s PTA Reflections contest, a yearly arts and media contest in which students bring out their own unique selves in the form of art. Among the many participants,...

In December 2022, Honoré Alexander (‘22) and Jonah Wang (‘22) embarked on a journey to change the careers and futures of Gen Z. Today, their development of the nation's first R&D-driven accelerator,...

Kiera Lai (‘24), or @somewhat_contortionist to her Instagram followers, discovered the art of contortion through a YouTube video when she was in fifth grade. Contortion involves twisting one’s body...

During quarantine, Dani Kaur (‘25) found herself mindlessly watching TV as hours and days went by. Then a light bulb went off in her head. She realized she didn’t want to watch time waste away....