This was never the letter I planned on writing. Both as a sophomore and a junior, I watched the seniors write their final “senior letters” to The Tower, officially closing...

So here’s the deal - when you ask the podcast guy to write something, you aren’t gonna get Pulitzer Prize level writing, so I’m gonna keep this short and sweet. Working...

I believe that I can speak for the majority of students when I say that each person that will graduate from high school will have at least one defining moment in their career....

Writing for The Tower has honestly been pretty sick. As an underclassman, I had always been interested in writing for the school paper, but I had never found room in my schedule....

Valedictorians  Ema Amstutz Ema Amstutz will be attending Indiana University Bloomington in the fall and plans to major in Biology. She was a part of the CTE dental careers...

I think my experience during the global COVID-19 pandemic has been pretty unremarkable. Like many people my age, I’ve fallen into a routine of going to bed when my parents...

March 16th, 2020 was the last day I went to school. I left thinking only of the two week break I would be getting. I was excited for time off, a break to recharge, stay up...

COVID-19 has affected the world in a massive way. Huge changes to society have occurred in such a short time period, and it has had a particularly strong effect on those of...

On Tuesday, March 17th, the halls of John Adams High School were vacant. Students and faculty were at home, assuming that staying home would be their only plan for the next...

These past few weeks have been the most, for lack of a better word, “bumpy”, days of my life. After losing both of my jobs at the start of quarantine, I did not have too...

At the beginning of March, when it became very apparent that there would come a point where school had to be canceled for some amount of time due to COVID-19, I was overjoyed....

Amidst the global COVID-19 outbreak, confusion regarding assignments, AP tests, and IB scores has been difficult to handle for many high school students. AP tests have continued...

The quarantine has lasted almost two months and I would never have thought that I would see an experience like this in my life. The effects that this quarantine has had on...

Everyone across the United States of America and all over the world has changed their lives to stay safe and healthy during the COVID-19 outbreak. Everyone has been affected...

The Coronavirus also known as COVID-19 was unexpected and very unwanted. It has made the whole world go on lockdown for 2-3 months so far and it could be longer. The virus...

On Tuesday March 3rd, Super Tuesday, a multistate election day in which 15 states participate in primaries, occurred. Super Tuesday was a huge disappointment for Bernie Sanders,...

Alicia Jacobs is a senior here at John Adams High School and an amazing cheerleader. She has been cheering for two years and is the President of the student government here...

On Tuesday, February 25, John Adams High School Junior Sam Villagra-Stanton learned that his screenplay had won a contest sponsored by Pigasus Pictures, and would soon be...

On Tuesday, February 25th, the first ever joint meeting between the school board and common council occurred. In attendance at the meeting were all common council and school...

English teacher Ms. Fisher has been named the John Adams High School Teacher of the Year after receiving the majority of nominations from other teachers inside of the school....

On Saturday, February 22 ten Adams mock trial teams competed in the South Bend Regional, the first competition of the season feeding into state and eventually the national...

Each year, John Adams Volunteer Association, more well-known as JAVA, helps with one of St. Margaret’s House’s biggest events: Winter Walk. St. Margaret’s House is a...

Loryn Higginbotham has filled her high school years full of activities and challenges. She is a four year basketball player, a JAVA board member, in NHS, and student government...

Elena Soto, an Adams senior, will not only be named one of the 2020 Valedictorians, but she is also an accomplished artist hoping to continue in that field. One of Elena’s...

Matthew Lundberg Carbonaro is a 17 year-old IB and Honors student at John Adams High School. He is arguably the smartest 4th generation Italian-Swedish American in the entire...