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How did Aspen vote on Election Day?
AHS Alumni Edwin Ryerson, speaking at the 2024 graduation ceremony.
Ryerson’s Path to Harvard
Senior, Anna Dangler working her desk job at O2 Aspen.
A Balancing Act: Students and Part-Time Jobs
IMG Academy coach helping clean up athletic facilities after Hurricane Helene.
AHS Former students share their experiences during Hurricane Helene
Setting a Good Example: The Importance of Safety Around ASD Buses
Wrapped gifts under a Christmas tree.
A Gift Guide: What to get who for Christmas
The Aspen Emporium on Main Street
Where to buy Local Gifts that Aren’t Prada or Gucci
The exciting atmosphere of a Colorado Avalanche game.
Hockey is Back! My Season Predictions
Issues of the Skier Scribbler fanned out to demonstrate free speech and action in high school journalism.
The True Cost of Free Speech
A LIT menorah burns through the fifth night of Hanukkah, representing the Macabee's escape from oppression.
Hanukkah isn’t the Jewish Christmas – What is Hanukkah and How is it Misunderstood…
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Make the Most of Gift-Giving, Literally
Don't Knock it Till you Chai it
Don’t Knock it Till you Chai it
Bready or Not Here he Crumbs
Bready or Not Here he Crumbs
"It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, every day." - Ryan Gosling, The Notebook
Bring Back Real Rom-Coms
Yale Gieszl crafts a peach pie in preparation for a Thanksgiving meal.
Best Thanksgiving Food
Miles Kuhl Posing with his new AJGA champion trophy and Bag at Walnut Creek Golf Course.
High School Junior Miles Kuhl: A Rising Star in Golf
Gieszl brothers support the Detroit Lions.
Touchdown: How Thanksgiving Football Came to Be
Sara Michelin placed second in her heat in the 200 Freestyle at the 2024 CHSAA Swim and Dive State Championship at the Veteran Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton, CO, on Feb. 11.
Taking a Kick Back: Quitting Club Swimming
Lenna Persson Commits to play golf at South Dakota State University.
Lenna Persson’s Jouney to the D1 Dream
Paralympics: Breaking Barriers, Then and Now
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Typical zoo animals chillin' in the sun.
3 Benefits of Global Warming
The Bee-st Movie Ever
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No Freedom For The Young
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The Rim AKA No Mans Land
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Aspen High School's source of news

THE SKIER SCRIBBLER
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THE SKIER SCRIBBLER
All content by Katelyn O'Callaghan
AHS students grapple with their mental health, not only during a global pandemic but in an area plagued by the Paradise Paradox. The AHS counseling department has made efforts to support students and developed plans to improve mental health at AHS.

Vulnerability: the key to our inner tranquility

Katelyn O'Callaghan and Aja Schiller
May 7, 2021
Students rallying out side AHS to violently protest the controversial CREW period.

AHS student protest against CREW turns violent

Katelyn O'Callaghan and Tessa Guthrie
April 5, 2021
Health CARE doctors informing a patient that they transplanted a cow heart instead of a human one during hip surgery.

Health CARE saves patients from medical debt despair

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
April 5, 2021
AHS teacher ecstatic as students attend class with cameras on.

BREAKING NEWS: AHS students attend class with cameras on

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
April 5, 2021
QAnon member at a Trump rally showing his support for the movement.

QAnon, cue the conpiracies

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2021
Governor Jared Pollis and AEA president Stephanie Nixon at a Zoom meeting announcing the school staff vaccinations.

BREAKING NEWS- Colorado teachers and staff eligible for COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 8

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2021
AHS students and staff attending "From Overwhelm to Ease" taught by Jess Ewart.

Wednesday Workshops: community through learning

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2021
AHS Staff gathers on Zoom a few days before winter break 2020.

Skier Scribbler Teacher and Staff Appreciation

Kayla Tehrani, Aja Schiller, and Katelyn O'Callaghan
January 8, 2021
AHS junior Robert Holton posing with his new Private Pilot's license by an AHS plane.

New pilot Robert Holton soars to great heights

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2021
Woman and man cuddle with cow at the Noord Empe farm.

Cow hugging: udder joy and relaxation

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2020
The front of AHS.

BREAKING NEWS- AHS returns to remote learning

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
November 10, 2020
A representation of how the Electoral College suppresses democracy in the United States.

The Electoral College: a failure of democracy

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
October 17, 2020
Cam Daniel, Aspen High School's new School Resource officer, posing for a photo outside of the AHS building.

AHS welcomes new School RESOURCE Officer

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-In-Chief
October 17, 2020
Dawn Wooten speaking at a news conference on September 15th in Atlanta

ICE nurse alleges forced sterilization at Irwin County detention center

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in- Chief
September 23, 2020
A representation of the media creating mental health stigmas through its portrayal of mental illness.

Dramatize, demonize, romanticize: the media’s creation of mental illness stigmas

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2020
Local protestors marching in the streets to support Black Lives Matter.

Locals protest in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2020
A photo posted by Reddit user, GuyFieriFanAccount, with the caption, "Embarking on a journey comparable to climbing Mt. Everest with Gandhi."

Why are people eating oranges in the shower?

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
May 6, 2020
Carole Baskin look-alike feeding Don Lewis to a lion in Joe Exotic's music video "Here Kitty Kitty."

Why Carole Baskin killed her husband

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2020
Members of the Asian-American Commission on the steps of the Massachusetts State House protesting the racism toward Asian-Americans as a result of COVID-19.

Impacts of COVID-19 on Asian-Americans

Katelyn O'Callaghan, News Editor
April 13, 2020

CAVOID-19: steer clear it’s here

Katelyn O'Callaghan, News Editor
April 1, 2020
The wind blows to expose Trump's makeup line.

Behind the most beautiful face in America

Katelyn O'Callaghan, News Editor
April 1, 2020
The intersection of Main and Third Street where the accident took place.

Vehicle strikes AHS student in crosswalk

Katelyn O'Callaghan, News Editor
November 11, 2019
Local homeless man, James Hoge, driving to the Aspen Homeless Shelter.

An inside look at homelessness in Aspen

Katelyn O'Callaghan, Staff Writer
January 25, 2019
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