1. The Sounds of Homecoming
Stephanie Byun discusses this year's Homecoming Week.
2. Lip Sync 2010
Anticipation was building up quickly as the Pep Rally came to a close. People rushed off the bleachers and down to the amphitheater to get front row spots for the infamous Albany High Lipsync competition. The freshmen class started off with a bang as Oscar Rodriguez put on an undeniably catchy solo act. Typically a group effort, it was surprising to ...
3. Canned Foods 2010
As of the end of Friday, October 23, 2009: students have donated 774 cans/packages of food for Albany High’s homecoming canned food drive. The filled barrels of donations will be delivered to the Alameda County Community Food Bank, where their contents will be sorted and distributed to 300 food bank partner agencies – including food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, residential ...
4. Boys Volleyball Final 2010
On Thursday October 22nd, the juniors took on the seniors in the homecoming boys volleyball championships. The fans were divided into two sections; one side of the gym held the seniors, sophomores, and freshmen, and the other side was a sea of green-colored juniors. The energy of the fans was extraodinary, and the junior and senior fans battled to out-chant ...
5. Powderpuff Finals 2010
Giant bodies of green and pink massed into the gym to watch the finals of the junior-sophomore Powderpuff championships. Both junior and sophomore classes showed great amounts of spirit to support and cheer for their respective teams. Nevertheless, after the countless tackles and touchdowns, the juniors pulled through to win the Powderpuff championships with a final score of 35-21. Ellie ...
6. Red Carpet Day 2010
This year a new homecoming day was introduced. Students were asked to dress up in something red carpet worthy. Some students shone in the spotlight, while most chose not to participate at all. By Jannat Zahoor and Rebecca Dreyfus ...
7. Men’s Volleyball Prelims 2010
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, spirited members of all classes gathered in the gym to watch the preliminary boys volleyball games. The match between the juniors and the freshmen ended as expected when the upperclassmen beat the underclassmen after playing only two games. On the other hand, the senior’s struggle to perform well against the sophomores resulted in ...
8. Food Eating 2010
Homecoming 2009 is going to be yucky, if Monday’s food eating contest is any indicator of how the rest of the week will go. Contestants from all the classes joined together in the amphitheater during lunch to munch on four different, disgusting courses. The first course was a concoction of raw tofu, bananas and orange juice, blended together in a ...
9. Twin Day 2010
Were you seeing double on Monday? Homecoming week started off with a big bang with the great turnout of spirit on Twin day. From superhero twins, to swim team triplets, to buzzing bee sextuplets, many dyads filled the purple hallways. The dominating presence, however, were the seniors who unified to all dress in 80’s style attire. Accordingly, seniors tallied up ...
10. Powderpuff Prelims Elicit Disappointment
The first round of Powderpuff football games is over, and excitement is running high. In the freshman-junior game, sloppy defense from the freshmen combined with a stellar offensive performance by the juniors to result in a serious thrashing of the youngsters and a triumphant 43-13 victory for the upperclassmen. Conversely, the seniors came up short in a heated game that ...
11. Science Bowl 2009 – The Real Story
Washington, D.C. – Science Bowl Day 5 – May 3, 2009 Let the games begin. Round Robin Competition. We got up disgustingly early to eat our breakfast. Afterwards, we tried to play Risk before brunch, but it turns out we are not good at taking risks. We established the Albany Science Bowl theme song: "Every Time We Touch" by Cascada. All ...
12. Science Bowlers Take 5th Place
Washington, D.C. - Monday May 4, 2009 - 1:00 p.m. EDT - At the National Science Bowl competition, the Albany High School team placed fifth nationally. The team, coached by Peggy Carlock, includes seniors Elise Cai, George Shan and Benji Kessler, junior Jamie Lincoff and sophomore Corwin Shiu. More details upon the team's return from D.C....
