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The student news site of Amador Valley High School

AmadorValleyToday

The student news site of Amador Valley High School

AmadorValleyToday

This past spring break, Amador's campus beautification project officially started and the majority of fence cup signs are now complete.

Amador campus Beautification Project begins over spring break

Aileen Hu, AVT Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2024

Over spring break, Amador’s campus beautification project was officially set into motion. Student and parent volunteers worked with the Amador staff who’d headed the project and helped complete the...

Leadership scattered over 100 eggs around Amador's campus for the annual Easter egg hunt during lunch.

AVLeadership hosts mini Easter egg hunt

Shimon Arai, AVT Local News Editor April 12, 2024

On Thursday, April 11, Amador Valley’s Leadership class hosted an Easter egg hunt during lunch. Over 100 eggs, including three golden eggs, were scattered around campus. The prizes for finding a golden...

Students' around the nation apprehensively anticipate the incoming wave of college decisions.

College decisions released: Seniors’ anticipation and reactions

Jerry Liu and Reese Seltzer March 25, 2024

As college decisions begin rolling out late March, many students find themselves laden with anxiety, hope, and uncertainty. It’s a period of sleepless nights and nerve-wracking anticipation, but also...

Students have a day to solve each math puzzle and turn in their answers before winners are drawn from the pool of correct solutions.

AV Library hosts March Mathness month-long program

Aileen Hu, AVT Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2024

Throughout March, Amador Valley’s school library hosts the March Mathness program. AV Librarian Erik Scherer emails out a logic or practical math puzzle each day for students to solve. The problems...

The interior of Amador’s small gym was surveyed by LPFD and district officials at 9:20 a.m., the morning after the fire was extinguished. (Provided by Patrick Gannon)

UPDATE: Amador Valley works to recover daily operations after gymnasium fire

In light of last night’s fire in the Amador Valley High School’s small gym, Pleasanton Unified School District officials and Amador administrators made the decision to continue academic instruction...

The Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department arrived at Amador Valley High School to a two-alarm fire in the small gym.

Two-alarm fire breaks out on Amador Valley High School Campus

Jacob Bluvol, Zaynah Shah, Anita Gautam, and Eva Grove March 17, 2024

A fire broke out in the small gym at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, CA just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 17. The faulty electrical wiring in the building's attic and walls was the suspected...

Amador Valley DECA, housing over 100 student participants, seeks to infuse the core values of bussiness in every step they take.

DONminating the playing field: Amador Valley DECA goes to States 2024

Ojal Pujji, Staff Writer March 11, 2024

From Mar. 7-10, Amador Valley DECA attended the annual State Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California.  At the annual statewide conference, 6,000 students attended from all over California....

The over 150 participants and mentors gathered for a photo to commemorate their experience at the summit.

Girls Who Code host fifth annual Summit for middle and elementary schoolers

Ian Cha and Maximilien Kiyoi March 11, 2024

On Saturday, March 9th, Amador Valley’s Girls Who Code Club (GWC) held its fifth annual Summit. Over 150 elementary and middle school girls came to learn coding with different projects. Some activities...

Three Valleys Community Foundation donated the "Cruising Down Memory Lane: Stories of Pleasanton in the 1950s" book profits to AVJournalism to help fund the program.

Journalism students benefit from book about the history of Pleasanton

Anita Gautam, Senior Staff Writer March 8, 2024

On Thursday, March 7th, the AV Journalism program received a donation from the Three Valleys Community Foundation. The creator of the book “Cruising Down Memory Lane Stories of Pleasanton in the 1950s,”...

The 2024 Junior Prom took place at the California Academy of Science in San Francisco.

An Enchanted Evening at the Academy: Junior Prom 2024

Leo He, AVT World News and Politics Editor March 4, 2024

Juniors at Amador Valley High School were treated to an unforgettable night at this year’s Junior Prom. The dance took place on Saturday, March 2nd, at the California Academy of Sciences, a science museum...

Each student received a souvenir prom ticket received at the Student Activities window upon purchase. Students do not need this to check into prom.

Junior prom 2024 preparations: What to expect from a night to remember

Anjali Bemarkar, Senior Staff Writer February 29, 2024

Many Juniors have been curious about what they need to know regarding their very first prom. As such an event creates memories to remember, students are eager to create life-long memories and are left...

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