September Suicide Prevention Month
Ava Cherry, Writing Editor
September 25, 2020
Trigger Warning: discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation September, National Suicide Prevention month, sheds light on the leading cause of death for Coloradans aged 10 to 24 according to the Colorado Sun. From 2016 to 2019 teen suicides in Colorado increased by 58% according to Colorado Public...
Introducing the new teachers of the 2020/21 school year…
Kayla Tehrani, Business Manager
September 24, 2020
ICE nurse alleges forced sterilization in Irwin County detention center
Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in- Chief
September 23, 2020
On September 14th, ICE nurse, Dawn Wooten, filed a complaint to the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the Irwin County Detention Center performed hysterectomies on several women detained in the center without their consent. Wooten provided a detailed account of the center’s forced sterilization...
Hybrid learning, a success at AES and ACS
Harper Axelman, Staff Writer
September 23, 2020
The Aspen Elementary School and Community School implemented the Hybrid Learning Model at the beginning of the school year, and the experience has been positive, according to teachers, students, and school leaders. The Hybrid Learning Model at both schools, which includes in-person instruction in...
Trump takes action to ban WeChat and TikTok
Sophia Greiper, Staff Writer
September 23, 2020
On Friday, September 18, the Trump administration stated that they would be banning the United States from using the social media app TikTok and the communication app WeChat demanding that these apps be taken off all Google and Apple app storefronts. According to the Washington Post, the ban on WeChat and Tik Tok was set to start on Sunday, September 20...
Inappropriate behavior in Zooms
Ava Cherry, Writing Editor
September 23, 2020
During the second week of online learning, Zoom bombing and the use of hate-speech and images in class prompted stricter security measures and guidelines for Zoom calls. In the preceding weeks, a few AHS students, predominantly underclassmen, decided to air inappropriate and distasteful background...
AHS’s virtual college tour opportunities
Hannah Smith, News Editor
September 22, 2020
In the typical year, college admission representatives from across the country travel to visit high schools and connect with students who are interested in attending the represented colleges. With travel currently limited, the in-person interactions between high schoolers and college representatives...
Dramatize, demonize, romanticize: the media’s creation of mental illness stigmas
Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2020
Whether it was watching Norman Bates stab his mother to death in the shower in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, reading articles that dramatize and demonize mental illness, or seeing posts on social media that romanticize depression and anxiety, most have seen mental illness portrayed inaccurately in the media. According...
Screams at screens
Ava Thornely, Social Media Specialist
September 21, 2020
From Tuesday through Friday, starting at 8:05 A.M., Aspen High School students log onto Zoom or Google Meet for a 7 hour school day. Students are staring at a screen for all except two of those hours for lunch break. Students are asked to act as if they are in regular school; this includes cameras on,...
COVID-19 and its impact on college
Hannah Smith, News Editor
September 19, 2020
A common goal among young people is to attend college and truly begin to discover who they want to be in life. However, that path of self discovery has been altered by the repercussions that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on college and university students. As colleges everywhere are forced to find alternative...
September SAT- What’s happening?
Tessa Guthrie, Editor-in-Chief
September 17, 2020
On September 23, Aspen High School will host an in person state mandated SAT test for all AHS seniors. The SAT test was scheduled to happen last April, but was postponed due to the Coronavirus. AHS is required to administer an SAT test by the state of Colorado to every grade, usually in their junior...
AHS students create school groups for online learning
Jenny Ellis, Staff Writer
September 17, 2020
This year the longest summer vacation came to a close, somewhat anticlimactically, and seamlessly transitioned into online learning. The academics and schedule are more structured and put together than they were in the spring, but one thing the school couldn't fix was students being able to learn together....