Students travel the world over winter break
Over the winter break, many ASL students took advantage of the two week school holiday to visit a variety of places around the world, although [Read more…]
Hour of Code is not enough coding time
ASL should continue computer programming education after Hour of Code. Hour of Code has been completed by almost nine million students, and over 266,000 teachers [Read more…]
Student Showdown: No, advisory is not effective in its current form
Advisory has officially been part of middle school life for five years, but some feel that it’s lost its purpose. The thirty minutes that are [Read more…]
Student Showdown: Yes, advisory is effective in its current form
Advisory is a large part of middle school life. At the beginning of the year, Students are grouped together and told that for the rest [Read more…]
Admin hold grade-level meetings in response to bullying incidents
Multiple cases of hurtful comments directed at students have sprung up this year, often on social media sites. These have affected each grade of the [Read more…]
Opening of playground delayed another three weeks
The students and faculty have waited one year and eight months for the playground to open, and another three weeks is being added onto the [Read more…]
Blog spotlight: Explore London Elective students create blog to show the world their travel, photography
Explore London is a brand new elective for eighth graders this year. Students go to various places in London to see places that many students [Read more…]
No quiz bowls yet this year
A common activity for the whole middle school in the mornings are quiz bowls. In past years the middle school has had multiple quiz bowls [Read more…]
Model United Nations club created in middle school
There is a brand new lunch club that is growing very quickly called Model United Nations. Model UN is a lunch club that simulates the [Read more…]
Students should be allowed to wear their own clothes in P.E.
For years, the middle school has had P.E. kits. Every time any middle school student would have P.E., they would go into their locker room [Read more…]