The Student News Site of Columbia Heights High School

The Heights Herald
The Student News Site of Columbia Heights High School

The Heights Herald
The Student News Site of Columbia Heights High School

The Heights Herald
Amara Thompson

Amara Thompson, Web Editor

Amara Thompson is a senior at Columbia Heights High School and is the Web Editor & Staff Writer for The Heights Herald. She is captain of the Speech Team as well as the quote-unquote unofficial/official co-president of Poetry Club. She loves sushi, Boba, Bucky Barnes & Pietro Maximoff and is the poster child for “How To Stay Stressed 24/7.”

All content by Amara Thompson
The current CHPS calendar accommodates holidays like Christmas but forces students celebrating Eid to miss out on classes.

[Photo] CHPS calendar changes needed to accommodate Eid

Story by Miski Mohamed, Contributor
May 17, 2022
Muslim and Somali representation in government is becoming more and more common as time goes on. The latest Muslim politician on the scene, and the first and only Somali-American mayor in the nation, is Deqa Dhalac from Maine.

[Photo] First Somali woman mayor in U.S. takes on new challenges

Story by Fartun Ahmed, Opinion Editor
February 16, 2022
Vendors at the first Columbia Heights Pride sell goods that can represent a variety of different identities.

Community pride festival celebrates spectrum of sexuality, gender identity

Story by Amara Thompson, Web Editor
October 29, 2021
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