The official student news site of Athens Drive High School

ATHENS ORACLE
The official student news site of Athens Drive High School

ATHENS ORACLE
The official student news site of Athens Drive High School

ATHENS ORACLE
Amena Matcheswala

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief

Amena Matcheswala is a Senior at Athens Drive. She has been writing for the newspaper since sophomore year and hopes to continue bringing the world’s stories to others through college. Amena’s favorite part of newspaper is interviewing others and getting to know the people she has the pleasure of writing with and about. Feel free to contact her if you have stories to share!

All content by Amena Matcheswala
Seniors present at the senior sunrise pose facing the sun at Dorothea Dix park. Seniors participating in the unofficial school event arrived decked out in college gear on the last Friday before test week to create some final lasting memories.

To the class of 2022: One final goodbye

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
June 11, 2022
Oracle Observations: Senior Memories

Oracle Observations: Senior Memories

Amena Matcheswala, Aniya Nicholas, and Syed Abbas
May 23, 2022
Oracle Observations: Prom!

Oracle Observations: Prom!

Amena Matcheswala, Caroline Moore, and Aniya Nicholas
May 9, 2022
The team poses on Wilmington beach the night after their first playoff. "The night after we won the first round of state playoffs in Wilmington, we promised if we won, we'd take them to the ocean," said Mickey.

ADHS Women’s Basketball reaches new heights despite difficult season

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
April 6, 2022
Men's Lacrosse- "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry- "Its a blacked out blur but I'm pretty sure it ruled" The Men’s Lacrosse Team gets concussion after concussion; playing hard, trucking each other down, getting hit left and right… taking lacrosse shots to the head! Please use that head gear! But, if the end of the game comes around and the game was actually a blacked out blur, fear not, because we’re pretty sure it ruled!

Sports as songs: spring season begins on a good note

Amena Matcheswala, Caroline Moore, Lila-Renaé McAuley, and Marley Medlin
March 30, 2022
Students Jocelyn, Loren Liu, and Katie Little finish loading products into bins that are then hung up on walls in bathrooms around the schools. Some students raised concerns that adhesives might break easily, and the bins may fall.

[Photo] Club works to break stigmas by placing period products in bathrooms

March 14, 2022
Students Jocelyn, Loren Liu, and Katie Little finish loading products into bins that are then hung up on walls in bathrooms around the schools. Some students raised concerns that adhesives might break easily, and the bins may fall.

Club works to break stigmas by placing period products in bathrooms

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
March 14, 2022

Athens’ Women’s Basketball win first round of playoffs, advances to second round

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
February 24, 2022
One of Athens Drive Singing Valentine's groups performing a song full of love by “Rickrolling” a student.

[Photo] Singing Valentine love spreads across the Drive

Syed Abbas, Staff Writer
February 22, 2022
Athens gets shoutout in CNN 10

Athens gets shoutout in CNN 10

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
February 4, 2022
The Womens Basketball Team poses during the pep rally.

Coming Home pep rally highlights

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
January 31, 2022
Hogs are raised in crowded spaces called CAFOs. Hog excrements fall through the floor and are disposed of in lagoons.

Pig poop and political participation: How high schoolers can join the fight to combat environmental racism

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
January 14, 2022
Warak Dawali, which translates to grape leaves, are commonly stuffed and eaten during Ramadan.

To eat or not to eat: rather than Thanksgiving, Muslim students at Athens celebrate Ramadan

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
December 10, 2021
Oracle Observations: "Kids These Days"

Oracle Observations: “Kids These Days”

Amena Matcheswala, Mohammed Salahat, Kaylee Ozimek, Farah Al-Rbehat, Nora Richards, and Joselyn Sorto
December 10, 2021
Abagail Bissett proudly holding up the book that took her a month to finish; IT by Stephen King

[Photo] IT: A book review

Abagail Bissett, Staff Writer
December 6, 2021
Students celebrate holidays to honor their cultures

Students celebrate holidays to honor their cultures

Amena Matcheswala, Kaylee Ozimek, Joselyn Sorto, Mohammed Salahat, Nora Richards, and Farah Al-Rbehat
November 30, 2021

…Or not to weed

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
November 23, 2021
Athens' marching band prepares to welcome visitors from the US Department of Education. They were lead from the band's display to the school's outdoor classroom.

U.S. Department of Education pays visit to Athens Drive

Amena Matcheswala and Jenna Ali
November 8, 2021
Students Veronika Juylova, Syed Abbas, Hajira Ahmed, and Gavin Mcquilkin pose after the pep rally.

Nonbinary student running as Homecoming King raises controversy with administration

Amena Matcheswala, Editor-in-Chief
October 28, 2021
Camryn Trapp, junior, and Emma Edwards, senior, prepare to sort through costumes.

Athens theatre III class to put on student-run production for student with disabilities

Amena Matcheswala
April 27, 2021
The dangers of Texas’s privatized power grid

The dangers of Texas’s privatized power grid

Amena Matcheswala
March 18, 2021
Athens' women's lacrosse team plays a game with masks on.

Restarting high school sports harmful to athletes, hinders sports’ appeal

Amena Matcheswala, editorials editor, website editor
February 25, 2021
Trena Kirby cheers on students during the cap and gown pickup. Picture taken by Elizabeth Luna.

Seniors at ADHS have unique graduation and recognition opportunities with COVID-19

Amena Matcheswala, Staff Writer
June 4, 2020

Environmental impacts of COVID-19 shutdown

Amena Matcheswala, Staff Writer
May 19, 2020

Athens Drive High School is home to various animals

Amena Matcheswala, Layout Assistant
March 4, 2020
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