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THE AHLAHASA

Albert Lea High School Newspaper

THE AHLAHASA

Albert Lea High School Newspaper

THE AHLAHASA

ALHS musical cast performing at the dress rehearsal for the ALHS production of Mean Girls.

Mean Girls Takes the Stage

Maddee Anderson, Staff Writer December 19, 2024

Senior Bailey Abrego delivered an excellent performance as Cady Heron, the awkward new girl turned mean girl who joins ‘The Plastics’. Having been homeschooled her entire life, Cady believed high school...

Bookmarks 1-3 were created by Sophomore Alistar Hites and bookmark 4 was made by Freshman Given Saw.

Turning Pages with Style

Emma Weckwerth, staff writer December 19, 2024

The ALHS library is stocking new bookmarks.  Students Alistar Hites (10) and Given Saw (9) have been creating bookmarks for other students to enjoy. It began when media clerk Tina Miller asked Hites...

FFA Farm Management Team including Brielle Bakken (11), Danica Pestorious (11), Bridget Pestorious (10), and Katie Barclay (10).

School Board Highlight

Carley Ladlie, Staff Writer December 19, 2024

The following events were on the Nov 18. school board agenda place.  Employees of the Month were recognized with certificates.Those presented were Barb Beseman, Kelly Kalis, Erin Gustafson, Kim Ehrich...

Audrey Gustafson (9) sorting non-perishable foods collected by members of ALHS student council for the annual food drive. The food collected will be donated to the Ecumencial Food Pantry located at First Presbyterian Church.

ALHS Aims for Record Food Drive

Kae Bee, Staff Writer December 17, 2024

The Albert Lea High School Student Council kicked off the food drive which is held annually in November. The plan was to collect food from November 13-30 and the goal was 16,000 pounds of non-perishable...

College Knowledge Month in October

Maddee Anderson, staff writer November 6, 2024

College Knowledge Month in October is dedicated to helping seniors figure out their futures. The purpose of College Knowledge Month is to get students to think about what they want their future to look...

Evan Anfinson, Hanna Austinson, Brielle Bakken, Kae Bee, Rice Boettecher, Axel Calderon, Haylee Charley, Carter Conn, Lia Cunningham, Keira Erickson, Maya Fuller, Annais Garcia, Michaela Hanson, Kaylee Henderson, Addie Isaacson, Taylor Johnson, Carley Ladlie, Kylie Lee, Vienna Loverink, Hayden Lowe, Avery Mauer, Samuel McGill, Greta Moller, Calleigh Noble, Alexis Olson, Ashley O'Sullivan, Mayzie Paulson, Lar Tho Way Paw, Ingrid Peralta-Linares, Janely Perez-Tuxpan, Danica Pestorious, Brodie Rassler, Easton Schewe, Anna Shaw, Jonathan Streckert, Claire Stockwell, Noah Teeter, Andrew Tscholl, Brooke Tufte, Gabrielle Tufte, Lauren Wilkinson and Nina Zhang.

NHS Welcomes New Members

Kae Bee, staff writer November 6, 2024

The National Honor Society of Albert Lea High School inducted 42 members on October 28 at 7:00 p.m. These students were accepted based on their excellent performance in school. Students who are nominated...

Tyler Youlden (12) works on one of his CIS welding projects.

School Board Highlight November 2024

Carley Ladlie, Staff writer November 6, 2024

On October 21, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) program grabbed the board’s attention. These classes have been expanding over the past few years and with the support of grants they have been...

Historic Firsts for The Senior Class

Historic Firsts for The Senior Class

Rosa Corey-Gruenes, Editor-In-Chief November 5, 2024

The Ahlahasa is a monthly printed newspaper, due to the time constraints that this allows, the paper will come out the day after the election. As you are reading this the new president will already be...

On September 20, the cast of Albert Lea High School's "Mean Girls" musical production had a full cast practice in the auditorium. The new cast bonded together performing trust falls in front of the whole room. Sophomore Eh Snow recites her lines in front of her fellow castmates. The musical will premiere on Nov. 21, continuing through November 23, at the Albert Lea High School auditorium. This will be Mary Schoppers first time directing the fall musical.

Revitalizing “Mean Girls”

Rosa Corey-Gruenes, Editor October 4, 2024

As the new director of the high school musical, Mary Schoppers is embarking on a fresh chapter for the theater program with a bold choice: “Mean Girls”.  “I want something that these kids can...

Senior Privilege Launch a Success

Carley Ladlie, Staff Writer October 4, 2024

Albert Lea High School introduced Senior Privilege on Aug. 26. Now that this has been introduced for weeks, Principal Chris Dibble has some updates. “We're going pretty well,” said Dibble but there...

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