Cullen Durant: General Assignment, Photographer

Maddy Grant: Sports, Editor

Lottie Kanter: Education, Editor

Claire Nichols: Sports, Arts & Culture, Environment

Mose Stephens: General Assignment, Arts & Culture, Sports

Aaradhya Vedre Kyanam: General Assignment, Health, Sports

The Beef Has Cooked, but for Too Long: Kendrick Lamar Versus Drake

By Cullen Durant

Something that’s been on the minds of people in the rap world for a while now is the infamous Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef. What started as a collab of a potential power duo has now devolved into a deep-seated feud in which rap fans everywhere are expected to pick a side. Read More

A Long View: Susan Keith on the Evolution of Altamont (and a Lot More)

By Mose Stephens

In 1975, the Brooke Hill School merged with the Birmingham University School to create The Altamont School. Over its fifty years, Altamont has changed in many ways while also trying to maintain its core values. Multi-sport Coach and P.E. teacher Susan Keith has been working at Altamont for 37 of those years. This is her last year working here full time, although she still plans to coach here in the future. In her tenure, she has seen Altamont’s evolution into the school it is today. Read More

Screen-Monitoring Software Being Piloted Set To Go School-Wide Next Year

By Lottie Kanter

For many years, Altamont students have had relatively limited restrictions and surveillance on their school computers. Now, however, the school is implementing a new program called Lightspeed Classroom Management, which will allow teachers to monitor students’ screens in class. Read More

Bad News for Bham, Good News for Altamont? Skilled BSC Staff Land on The Hill

By Claire Nichols

Birmingham Southern College was founded in 1856. For 168 years, it served the Birmingham community, preparing students for their futures, but BSC closed in 2024 due to financial struggles. Though the closure was shocking and many say a terrible thing for Greater Birmingham, some former staff were able to find employment and a new community here at Altamont. Read More

Altamont: Let’s Raise that Spirit!

By Maddy Grant

The Altamont School focuses a lot on one main thing: academics. But do we give enough of our support, time, and attention to sports? What about the students who are not only students but student-athletes? Athletes don’t want to spend 30+ hours in regular school and a dozen more in practice and games each week just for very few of their peers to show up and support them at game time. Read More

Be Cautious: DeepSeek AI Raises Security Concerns, Some Typical, Some Unique

By Aaradhya Vedre Kyanam

DeepSeek is a popular Chinese artificial intelligence program that has attracted attention from all over the world. Some reasons for that include questions and concerns about the data it collects. Read More

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Feature Photo: Altamont seventh grade students conduct a water quality survey at Turkey Creek Nature Preserve. (Dan Carsen)