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Senior Elijah Joachim studying for Human Anatomy

Difficult classes: Is the grade bump worth your social life?

Ben Letts, Photographer October 12, 2024

Arcata High offers numerous challenging classes that require time and dedication to achieve a good grade....

Reality behind redhead ridicule

Reality behind redhead ridicule

Elle Drop, Reporter October 11, 2024

For hundreds of years, gingers have roamed communities and stuck out in crowds. From deep auburn colors...

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Seeing Humboldt through new eyes

Miriam Hohl, Graphic Designer October 10, 2024

Every school year brings a new group of students from around the globe to our home in rural Northern...

students participating in the watermelon eating contest

Arcata High School’s see ya summer barbecue

Solana Mendle-Nickle, Art Director October 9, 2024

As the air gets cooler and assignments start coming in, we have begun to realize that it’s the end...

Cast of "Alice by Heart" bowing at the end of closing night

Down the rabbit hole: A review of “Alice by Heart”

Ilana Maclay, Feature editor June 12, 2024

Lights fade. Drapes open. The audience falls quiet. The Spring musical production of “Alice by Heart”...

Ethnic studies class postponed yet again

Taya Holmes, Copy Editor June 12, 2024

California will be the first state to implement a high school graduation requirement for an ethnic studies...

Gary: The man behind the cemetery gate

Andrea Merezko, Social Media Director June 12, 2024

When one goes to school it isn't plain to the mind what surrounds the school campus. Whether that’s...

Chronically Online

Jo Murphy, Web Editor May 17, 2024

Save your Mate Money

Save your Mate Money

Malea Melendrez, News Correspondent May 8, 2024

Tell me the last time you walked around school without seeing one of those yellow glowing 15.5 fluid...

ZYNS: the new vaping

ZYNS: the new vaping

Sofia Flores, Sofia Flores May 8, 2024

ZYN use is on the rise at Arcata High, some even referring to it as the “New vaping.”  “Students...

More than Just a Brand its Scentimental

More than Just a Brand its Scentimental

Linzi Chow, Reporter May 8, 2024

  Living in Humboldt, it’d be surprising to hear someone say they’d never seen a Sex Wax...

Thing thing about spring flings

Thing thing about spring flings

Owen Peterson, Art and Entertainment Editor May 8, 2024

  The groundhog lied to us about spring coming early. But as April turns to May, teenagers are...

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