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The AMSA Voice

Obligated to Truth

The AMSA Voice

The prom is still a mainstay of the high school experience.

The prom is still the thing, but the dynamics of the high school ritual have changed

By Tarian Lynch, Staff writer June 14, 2025

Proms have long been a highlight of the American high school experience, one that Hollywood has utilized in coming-of-age movies for decades. But proms have changed significantly since iconic '80s movies...

STEM fields are no longer seen as places for men only.

Bidding math and science stereotypes goodbye

By Amelia A. Haryanto, Staff writer June 13, 2025

Science, technology, engineering, and math fields were historically dominated by men. But that has changed, and in recent years the numbers have begun to even out, and the idea of women in STEM fields...

An electron microscope is one of AMSA's most valuable, if hidden, assets.

AMSA’s electron microscope is a valuable resource, even if few people actually see it

By Erin Butler, Staff writer March 23, 2025

In early 2019, AMSA became the first public high school in the country to have a scanning electron microscope, or a SEM, but this exceptional piece of equipment seems to go largely unnoticed except by...

AMSA senior Tuesday Benander and English teacher Paige McKinley were partners for the school's inaugural "Shadow Day."

A student and her shadow pair up to foster understanding

By Tuesday Benander, Editor April 24, 2023

Friction and conflict are everywhere these days, including in schools as students, teachers, and administrators often struggle to understand and empathize with one another. These groups wrestle with limited...

Mia Downing's performance as Beatrice helped make AMSA's production of Much Ado About Nothing a triumph.

Much ado about everything for AMSA Drama Society

By Ashley Correll, Sports editor March 2, 2023

Students may think they know Shakespeare’s classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, but they don't unless they saw the AMSA Drama Society’s winter production of the play. Portrayals by the lead actors,...

After a year of remote learning, students are still missing costly class time because of the Covid pandemic.

Covid infections may be down, but the overall cost to learning remains high

By Nico Solimine, Staff writer May 4, 2022

On Dec. 4, 2021, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that the first case of the coronavirus omicron variant had been found in the commonwealth, specifically in Middlesex County (where...

Luba Shmidt's son, Mark Kagan (left), attended a rally in support of Ukraine in Boston last month.

The conflict in Ukraine is all too real for AMSA math teachers

By Tessa Donohue, Editor March 9, 2022

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is more than 4,000 miles away, beyond an ocean and across the vastness of a continent. When people are not forced to deal directly with difficult issues of humanity,...

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