Stories by Leslie Ribovich
1. Correction to English 3 Honors stories in print edition
Between the time of the Cougar deadline and its publication, the administration made changes to how English 3 Honors will be administered next year. As a result, the English 3 Honors stories appearing on page one are incorrect. This is especially important information for 10th graders who might be interested in taking English 3 Honors next year. The Cougar ...
2. AHS Principal announces retirement
In a statement issued to the Albany High School staff on February 28, 2007, principal Ron Rosenbaum announced his retirement.
“I have decided, after a great deal of deliberation and with very mixed emotions, to retire from my position as Principal of Albany High School at the end of this school ...
3. Meet Your Recently Elected School Board Members!
Congratulations to Jamie Calloway, David Glasser and incumbent Miriam Walden, who were elected to the Albany School Board on November 7. They shared their goals as members of the School Board with The Cougar. Their answers are published verbatim below.
1. What will your first step as ...
4. One Square Mile premieres this Thursday
Broadcast journalism students bring us the second year of AHS’s student-produced television show One Square Mile. The students are different, the segments are different, but the magazine style of the show remains the same as last year’s debut.
This year, hosts senior Ellen Streit and junior Sean Smith will introduce the show from Albany ...
5. Summer Homework Data and AP Scores
This is the companion data for the article What Summer Vacation? This is the anonymous survey that The Cougar distributed to all AP/Honors classes that assigned summer homework. Anonymous AHS AP/Honors Student Survey The Cougar Newspaper will feature an article about summer homework in our first issue. We would like you to answer the following questions to help us gain insight into ...
6. I didn’t read Moby Dick
I didn’t read Moby Dick. That’s when I knew something was wrong. I’ve read every single other book assigned to me in high school. I felt horribly guilty writing an essay for summer homework about a book I hadn’t read. Then I looked at my time at Albany High. Since I’ve been here, there have been a suicide, a murder, ...
7. What Summer Vacation?
High School students always complain about homework. But when it comes to protesting summer homework, they may have a point.
Marin psychologist Dr. Madeleine Levine, who recently published the book The Price of Privilege, said, “In middle and upper middle class communities, rates of depression are three times the rate of ...