Archive for the ‘News’ Section
Juniors Triumph in StuCo’s Penny War
by Spectrum Staff | May 2010
This year’s Penny War, sponsored by Student Council, raised a total of $3,480 from the collective efforts of all four classes. Essentially, the war boiled down to the junior and sophomore classes. On Friday, in the final moments of the Penny War, the sophomores put $150 worth of bills – negative points – in the [...]
AcaDec Advances to Nationals
by Yang Liu | May 2010
The Acton-Boxborough Academic Decathlon Team has won the state championship 18 out of the last 19 years. For the past two decades, AB has crushed the competition, beaten other teams to a pulp, and hung them out to dry. On March 6, 2010, it was no different. As suggested by its name, Academic Decathlon consists [...]
AB Hosts Famed Poet Gary Snyder
by Pauline Zheng | May 2010
For an English Professor, the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and as winner of the Bollingen, Bess Hoken, Levinson, Robert Kirsch, and Pulitzer Prize awards, Gary Snyder appears to be a surprisingly modest, average man with a quiet voice. But it is a voice that does not lack in power; a voice that [...]
AB’s Band Wins the Gold
by Spectrum Staff | May 2010
On Friday, April 9, the AB Symphony Band earned a gold medal, the highest honor, at the MICCA competition. Immediately after school ended, the band drove to Lexington High School to compete as one of over two hundred musical ensembles to participate in the MICCA competition this year. After performing three challenging pieces of music, [...]
Robotics Team Impresses
by Naman Bharadwaj | May 2010
Monstrous hunks of metal burst into life. The jagged teeth of gears crunched and metallic arms swung back and forth as four robots sprang into motion. A throng of cheering students and parents sat in the stands watching this spectacle with excitement and anticipation, waiting to see which team would succeed as the robots fought [...]
Presenting 10-Minute Plays
by Spectrum Staff | May 2010
Each year, Mrs. Potter’s students of her directing class display their directing skills and present a collection of individually directed, 10-minute plays. The students prepare for these plays on their own, creating the costumes, collecting props, building sets, and recruiting actors to perform the plays. The directors schedule rehearsals with their crew based on their [...]
AB Hosts Famed Poet Gary Snyder
by Pauline Zheng | April 2010
For an English Professor, the Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and as winner of the Bollingen, Bess Hoken, Levinson, Robert Kirsch, and Pulitzer Prize awards, Gary Snyder appears to be a surprisingly modest, average man with a quiet voice. But it is a voice that does not lack in power; a voice that [...]
