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The AMSA Voice

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The AMSA Voice

Winter conditions lead millions to suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Feeling down or depressed this time of year may be more than just ‘winter blues’

By Emily Pollard and Corina Ursache February 3, 2025

More than 737 million people are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the winter is a pivotal time for these people’s mental health.  SAD is...

Colors seemed to be muted around campus for this year's "color wars."

Did ‘color wars’ lose its luster?

By Amelia A. Haryanto and Tarian Lynch February 3, 2025

The decorations for “color wars,” AMSA’s Spirit Week day when high school grades dress and decorate the school in their class colors, seemed lacking on Oct. 25, according to some teachers and students,...

A new traffic loop connects the parking lots on campus and allows for a single pattern through the campus.

The same school, but a different traffic pattern

By Maddie Marin, Staff writer January 9, 2024

Because of construction on a new science building and lingering safety concerns for pedestrians on campus, AMSA built a new traffic loop and changed the arrival and dismissal traffic patterns at the start...

AMSA's new science building is slated for use in the fall of 2025.

AMSA’s new science building is coming to life

By Will Holmes, Staff writer January 8, 2024

CConstruction is in full swing on AMSA's new science building, located between the White Building and the Lower School. After months of waiting, walls have been torn down, rubble has been cleared, and...

A trip to Six Flags New England is one feature of the new "senior week."

Senior week forecast: frustration with a chance of satisfaction

By Tara Gorman and Gianna Mann January 24, 2023

The traditional AMSA senior class trip to Disney World was canceled nearly a year ago, leaving many students disappointed and angry. When meetings were called to plan a new trip, students felt hopeful...

AMSA replaced the traditional senior trip to Disney World with a week of day trips.

Why AMSA canceled the annual senior trip to Disney World

By Tuesday Benander and Ashley Correll January 18, 2023

The annual AMSA senior trip to Florida's Disney World in June was a longstanding tradition dating to the school's early graduating classes, although through the years there was an underlying problem --...

Nuclear fusion replicates the energy process of the sun itself.

Is science on the cusp of conquering nuclear fusion as a source of energy?

By Patrick Brandt, Photo editor April 24, 2022

In early February, scientists at the U.K. JET Laboratory made major strides toward a goal of achieving nuclear fusion as a plausible source of energy. The process is how the sun itself operates, as hydrogen...

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