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Following the new masking guidelines, Laurel Wall ('24) and Anika Parkhi ('24) complete their work next to each other.

State and county health departments highly encourage mask wearing as campus COVID cases rise

Lucy Taylor and Haley Gottlieb May 9, 2022

Throughout the past few weeks, there has been an influx in COVID-19 cases on Amador’s campus. School officials, the California Department of Public Health, and the Alameda County Public Health Department...

A positive message is creatively displayed on the front lawn to express appreciation for staff at Amador.

Students honor teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week

Karissa Yeung, Senior Staff Writer May 5, 2022

The first full week of May is Teacher Appreciation Week, a national holiday that is celebrated all over the country. At Amador, students expressed their gratitude by writing handwritten, personalized messages...

Freshman students read from scripts as they physicalize the words of Shakespeare.

Freshman English classes participate in Shakespeare activities

Renna Popli, AVT Editor-in-Chief May 3, 2022

This past Monday, freshman English classes participated in activities that helped to bring their current read — William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet — to life.  “We’re coming to the classroom...

AV ASB Election Results: Meet your new class representatives

AV ASB Election Results: Meet your new class representatives

Sharon Jiang and Jiawen (Sarah) Yan May 3, 2022

Get to know the new Amador ASB representatives for the 2022-2023 school year!    

Artist Joanna Chu (‘23) designed her project with the overlying theme of capturing her daily life in her artwork.

Donversity Art Show: celebration through creativity

Eva Raul, Staff Writer May 2, 2022

Last Thursday, more than 50 student artists contributed to the Donversity Art Show in the library. From black and white pictures to painted canvases to digital art, different art forms celebrated Amador’s...

Aided with a visual presentation, Vietnam War veteran Bill Murphy speaks about his time in the Navy.

Vietnam veterans present to the US history classes

Nadya Carreira, Staff Writer May 1, 2022

Since 2001, Vietnam War veterans from Diablo Valley Speakers have been visiting Amador Valley to educate the junior class on this significant part of US history. On April 29th, each junior history class...

With various different booths ready for students to explore, students were spoken with individually and were provided information about the many available careers.

Local professionals invited for annual Amador Career Fair

Tejasvini Ramesh, Staff Writer May 1, 2022

On April 28th, Amador’s College & Career Counseling Department invited a variety of professionals to the Annual Career Fair. Students received resources to prepare, and as one of the most anticipated...

Students attend the sustainability activity during lunch time

Donversity 2022 holds engaging lunch activities

Jocelyn Hsu, Staff Writer April 29, 2022

This Donversity week, students and teachers put in effort to create a diverse community at Amador. The lunch activities organized by leadership class enabled everyone on the campus to get involved easily. “The...

Although Amador missed out on the last two Donversity Rallies, Leadership made a swift comeback with this year's performance.

Donversity rally triumphs after months of planning

Aileen Hu, Staff Writer April 29, 2022

On April 22, 2022, Amador held its yearly Donversity Rally in the large gym. Leadership had planned and carried out the events in detail and despite the unexpected weather, the show continued on without...

With AP testing starting soon, students are preparing through a variety of resources.

Compiling counselor and school resources to study for the upcoming AP exams

Sara Kracke, Photo Editor April 28, 2022

As the school year nears its end, the stress of AP testing weighs down on students, and many are stuck questioning how to go about studying.  “The fact that it is an AP class, you have to expect...

Internet outages affected devices across Pleasanton Unified School District.

PUSD internet outage interrupts daily learning

Mandy Wong, AVT Editor-in-Chief April 26, 2022

Today, a district-wide internet outage that began at around 9:35 a.m. and is still ongoing disrupted teaching at Amador.  “It’s horrible,” said AP Computer Science and Cybersecurity teacher Richard...

History teachers Mrs. Battilega and Mrs. Murray went all out to set up colorful tapestries making sure to cover every last inch of history- related content.

Amador juniors celebrate Counter-Culture Day

Ritika Ghosh and Julianna Diwa April 26, 2022

Peace, love, and bell-bottoms: the most iconic parts of counterculture. At Amador, junior U.S. History classes embraced their inner hippie with Counter-Culture Day, a day meant to celebrate the United...

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