Amherst Regional High School

Ordered a spring yearbook?

They have arrived and pick up is tomorrow!

Questions, or can’t make it? Please contact the main office for arrangements!

Wondering what you may need?

Check out this supply list!

Note: Keep an eye out for welcome emails from teachers which may include additional supplies for courses!

Starting today!

🎒✏📔📓🖍📏📐🏫📚🖊️STARTING Wednesday, August 19 at 9AM we will begin accepting phone calls to reserve backpacks & school supplies!

Due to the high volume of requests and to ensure we don't miss anyone, please ensure you speak with a Maggie's Place staff member directly to reserve your backpack! Unfortunately we are unable to accept requests by social media, email, in person or voice mail message. 🎒✏📔📓🖍📏📐🏫📚🖊️

Once reserved, Backpacks and supplies may picked up at Maggie's Place, 11 Elmwood Drive, Amherst beginning Monday, August 24. Other pick up locations/ times are available in: Wentworth, Oxford, Springhill, Pugwash, Wallace, River Hebert, Parrsboro & Advocate and will be shared when calling to reserve your backpack. 🎒✏📔📓🖍📏📐🏫📚🖊️

August 3rd —— Sept 3rd 👀💭

See you soon Vikings!

If you’ve been in ARHS since March, you would’ve seen some changes!

Based on Student/Staff feedback, the ARHS Student Council, in partnership with Citizenship 9, Career Development 10, Visual Arts 9-12, Math 9, and the Learning Centre, created common-learning centres and updated the ARHS Art Gallery!

Designed for each wing of the school, these centres can be used by classes, committees, groups, or individual students! Whether it’s group work, study sessions, project planning, or just a place to quietly work, we are excited to have seen its use already in the 2025-2026 school year and are thrilled to see more use next year!

Next steps are the completion of the Student Lounge (September!) and for the hopeful creation of an outdoor classroom! (tbd!) (See Generated Mockups based on student-inputted constraints)

Thank you to Health Promoting Schools for their support!

The Back to School FREE Community Clothing Market is BACK! 🤩 This year it will held at Amherst Regional High School on August 27, 2026 from 10am-2pm! 👕👖 This event is open to EVERYONE!

We need DONATIONS of all sizes - from newborn to plus size! Donations can be dropped off at Anchor Youth Space Cumberland or Nova Scotia Works CANSA during their business hours from July 2 to August 17 or at community drop off dates at Amherst Regional High School on July 7, 21, August 4 or 18 from 9am-12pm!📦

Maggie's Place Cumberland

This year, the former CHAR transitioned into the new “Viking Voice” Team!

With 15 students involved, working over 1,000+ hours. Viking Voice has had a BUSY😴 year!

In 2025-2026, Viking Voice has worked on 14 theatre productions, presentations, and performances, for over 6,000 people. 🎭🎤🎶🪩

3 community based events including Relay for Life!💛

The creation of a multi-media studio for daily announcements, and classes to use for video tech, podcasting, and audio recording! 🎥

6 dances DJ’d! 🎧

ARHS Sports & Event live streaming with over 20,000 online viewers and 80+ hours of content⚽️🏀🥎

And… produced our new Coffee Talk Interview Show ☕️

Stay Tuned for more of Viking Voice this September!

This week is our first community clothing donation drop off at Amherst Regional High School on Tuesday, July 7 from 9am-12pm! 📦 We’re accepting clothing donations from newborn to plus size! 👚👖

Can’t make it? No problem! ✅
Drop your donations at Nova Scotia Works CANSA or Anchor Youth Space Cumberland any day during their open hours or at our next ARHS community drop off on July 21! 🗓️

❤️ Thank you in advance!