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The Blue & Gold

The Student News Site of Academy of Holy Angels

The Blue & Gold

The Student News Site of Academy of Holy Angels

The Blue & Gold

Juniors celebrating their win in the Stars Pepfest Shootout.

Recap: AHA’s Take on CSW

Monday To start the week, students dressed in red, white, and blue. This theme is a new feature amongst the usual choices, allowing for creative outfits to begin the festivities. There was school-wide...

Possible DECA Club at AHA

Possible DECA Club at AHA

Sienna Dhariwal, News Writer March 7, 2024

This year, AHA has added many clubs and extracurricular activities, including the Business and Finance Club. Founded in September 2023, it has been very successful in its inaugural year. Club activities...

Spotlight: Mr. Roche

Spotlight: Mr. Roche

Shauna McCrory, Special Events Editor February 24, 2024

After more than 31 years of teaching, Jean-Luc Roche has officially announced his retirement. Roche was born in southern France, where he grew up in Toulon by the French Riviera. After graduating high...

AHA Sibling Day: Creating Community

AHA Sibling Day: Creating Community

Shauna McCrory, Lily Calvo, and Erin Spence February 24, 2024

On December 2, AHA hosted its annual Sibling Day, allowing 7th and 8th-grade siblings and cousins to shadow their family member(s) for the day.  The visitor is allowed to experience a full day of AHA...

Mrs. Poshusta and her AP Calculus students

Peek into AP Classrooms

Josh George, Editor in Chief February 7, 2024

With the start of the second half of the school year, AHA students taking an Advanced Placement (AP) class have become more accustomed to the stresses of AP classes. Many students have settled into the...

Mr. Wolfgram dunking at the recent Stars on Stage.

Profile: Mr. Wolfgram

Kathleen Gaston and Charlotte Rosen February 7, 2024

Every year at AHA, students come and go, such as the senior class who graduates and the new naive freshmen who enter with faces of sheer terror. For AHA, however, this fall was unlike any other recent...

Sprinkler Halts Kickball Game

Sprinkler Halts Kickball Game

Sofie Nordstrom, News Writer February 4, 2024

When a fire alarm goes off, one tends to assume that the worst has happened. However, for one of AHA’s latest alarms, the reason behind it was actually quite comical. In an intense game of indoor kickball,...

Jackson Hegwood 25 and Landon Stenger 24 dress up in Christmas spirited clothes.

Christmas at the Academy

Olivia Maloney, Staff Writer January 24, 2024

Christmas is always an exciting time of year at AHA, with long-lasting traditions filling the school with the holiday spirit. As students walk through the halls between classes, Christmas music plays...

Activities Fair Shows Off Opportunities at AHA

Activities Fair Shows Off Opportunities at AHA

Drew Elizabeth Abbs '24 December 7, 2023

Image credit: Drew Abbs Each year, AHA hosts a Fall Open House for prospective seventh and eighth graders. Before each tour, prospective parents and students have the opportunity to walk through the...

Recap: Successful Homecoming Week

Recap: Successful Homecoming Week

Saturday The Homecoming dance was held the Saturday before Homecoming Week and was filled with many activities such as Spikeball, cornhole, and, of course, lots of dancing. The dance floor was...

Behind the Scenes: How I Take a College Class as a High School Junior

Behind the Scenes: How I Take a College Class as a High School Junior

Isabel Tri '24 May 31, 2023

Ever since the second week of the school year, I have been taking a class at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in addition to my high school curriculum. Postsecondary enrollment options, (PSEO),...

Spotlight on Fine Arts

Spotlight on Fine Arts

Ella Bailie '24 April 4, 2023

Photo credit: Charlie Gorrill All AHA students know that sports are a big part of school culture here, but fine arts is an underrated program that deserves to have a little more light shed on it, especially...

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