1. Club Rush 2008!
Club Rush day this year was exciting and inventive. New groups such as the Nutrition Club, Transportation Club, and Ballroom Dancing Club were introduced to the school’s diverse collection of organizations and student unions.
The quiet and normally deserted courtyard was transformed into a hustling ...
2. AHS Hopes to Open Cougar Field
Cougar Field, the long-awaited trophy of Albany High’s athletic program is almost here. With October around the bend, construction workers are racing against the clock to have the field ready for the upcoming football season, but regardless of the outcome, it’s going ...
3. [UPDATED] Lady Cougars win NCS
Before the Albany High Cougars women’s softball team took the field against the Concord Minutemen in the NCS 2A Championship Game, they already had accomplished so much more then any previous team in school history.
By posting an outstanding 25-1 record, including a remarkable 16-0 in the BSAL, the Cougars impressed even their harshest critics, making an improbable ...
4. Lady cougars defeat Las Lomas 5-0
Led by an outstanding performance by sophomore pitcher Sara Muse, the Albany Cougars defeated the Las Lomas Knights in a second-round NCS softball game on Wednesday, May 21st.
The Cougars bats came out on fire from early on. Senior twins Joan and Laura Cannon, two of the top players in the BSAL, led an early onslaught of runs, ...
5. Albany AP Testing results
During the weeks of May 5 through May 12, about 293 students took AP tests in 19 subjects. College and career coordinator Becca Burns ordered a total of 514 tests for AHS students. Some of the tests not offered on the AHS campus are music theory, environmental science and economics.
AP tests ...
6. The Cougar receives 28 journalism awards
On Tuesday May 13, 17 Albany High School journalists were honored at the Northern California Press Women/San Francisco Press Club’s annual High School Journalism Competition. In total, these student journalists received 28 awards in 14 categories. Albany High journalists received three first place finishes, as many as any other high school in the competition.
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7. Lady Cougars secure BSAL softball title
On Wednesday, May 7th, 2008, the Cougar softball team reached for history with its spectacular nine-inning, come-from-behind 3-2 win against the St. Patrick’s – St. Vincent Bruins. With a convincing victory over Richmond’s Kennedy Eagles on Friday, May 9 the Cougars clinched the BSAL Championship title and secured a ...
8. Swimmers move on to NCS
On Friday, May 9th, both the boys and the girls Albany High School swim teams went to the BSAL championship. During their league season, the JV guys and JV girls were undefeated. The Varsity girls were 5-2 and Varsity boys were 3-3.
The BSAL ...
9. JV Softball blows out Piedmont 21-12
The Cougar JV softball team started out slowly, but gained speed quickly as they pulled out a win over Piedmont, 21-12, on Monday, May 5.
Trailing 9-3 after the top of the third inning, the Albany Cougars overcame the six-run deficit, gaining a nine run lead over their BSAL rivals.
Even though ...
10. AHS Concert Band Receives Unanimous Superior
On Saturday, May 3, 2008, the AHS Concert Band made Albany music program history when it achieved for the first time the coveted rating of Unanimous Superior (also known as Command Performance) at the CMEA Band and Orchestra Festival at East Avenue Middle School in Livermore.
At this festival, music groups perform selections in front of ...
11. The best flash games online
Computers are wonderful things. In school, they allow us to pursue whatever research we desire. We can easily write papers for all of our classes. But most importantly, we can play Internet games to kill time in some of the slower classes.
12. Why do the teachers have red hair?
If you saw teachers with red hair on last Thursday morning, it can only mean one thing: STAR test time!
When the teachers were asked whom to blame on, Principal Ted Barone was the answer.
In order to have students relax and pay more attention to the STAR ...