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Robin Cruz teaches the group of volunteers how to tie the ribbons to lampposts.

Volunteers tie ribbons in Downtown Pleasanton to honor graduates

Abigail Kent, Staff Writer May 21, 2022

On Friday, parent volunteers continued the tradition of tying ribbons of the high school colors to celebrate the graduating seniors of 2022. Purple, yellow, blue, and black ribbons represented the three...

Scotty Garman ('22) taking a dive with perfect form at the Amador pool.

Scotty Garman (’23) and his record breaking dive season

Matthew Carter, AVT EIC May 20, 2022

Scotty Garman (‘23) has been bringing pride to the Amador name by shattering dive records at both EBALs and NCS. At the recent NCS championship Garman earned himself a gold medal with a score of 544.25,...

Many clubs have inspiring mission statements and constitutions, but what do they really do?

The superficiality of student service clubs- and how to fix it

Kevin Zhu, AVT Editor May 20, 2022

Student service clubs have proliferated in high schools at incredible rates of growth. The level of giving back to the community seems to be absurdly high, as branches of Save the World Club, Save Starving...

AVtv 5-19-2022

Matthew Nader, AVtv Producer May 19, 2022

Today is our 2nd to last show of the year and we have some important announcements about transcripts, yearbooks, and AV Juniors college planning options. We also have 2 great segments today: -School...

At 9 A.M., a school lunch worker assembles a side of corn, beans, and spices for students to enjoy during lunch.

National School Lunch Hero Day: honoring our lunch workers

Leila Touati, AVT Editor-in-Chief May 16, 2022

Every lunch period at Amador, students jostle in long lines; they speed through the cafeterias, shove foil-wrapped meals onto their trays, and leave as quickly as they enter. But through the double-doors...

Each player gave their mom flowers before the final game of the season against Foothill on 5/6/22.

Amador’s varsity baseball team reflects on a hard-fought season

Joseph Chiu, Staff Writer May 9, 2022

After finishing the season 6-18, Amador’s varsity baseball team will unfortunately miss the playoffs. Despite the adversity, team spirit was still high throughout the season. Returning members of the...

Canine Scarlet is in the pilot program Early Alert Canines at a Covid-19 testing site at Hart Middle School.

COVID-19 detecting dogs to be used at Hart Middle School

Abigail Kent and Max Kiyoi May 4, 2022

Since last December, Early Alert Canines, a company and program based in Concord, has been training and testing a pilot program where dogs are used to sniff out COVID-19. PUSD and the California Department...

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...

From my experience working at a boba store, I've become convinced that working part-time is a rite of passage all teenagers should undertake.

Work it: part-time jobs offer merits, valuable rewards for teenagers

Carol Xu, AVT Editor May 3, 2022

In early January, I started my first part-time job at Happy Lemon, a store specializing in boba milk tea. The reason? I had a big sweet tooth, a mild obsession with tapioca pearls, and the thought of earning...

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