Track and Field is one of Altoona’s many dominant sports. For Junior high girls, they have kept a winning streak at the qualifiers meets for five consecutive years in a row! This year there were several...
Eighth grade science teacher Pattie Wendle has been teaching for 30 years! She has had a great deal of experiences with students throughout her teaching years.
Wendle has been teaching ninth-grade...
A teacher, a mentor and a coach. All these words are what describe Sam Solomon. Solomon is the eighth and seventh grade girls' track coach! He has been coaching the girl's team since 1999 as a head coach....
Every semester, eighth grade students who take the Child Development class have a project. At the end of their first marking period in the class, they have a big decision to make!
Their first option...
Eighth grade history teacher Makenzie Negri will move from the junior high to the high school next year.
She made the decision to move to the high school to teach 10th grade American history. This was...
Friday, May 13 current eighth graders will be having an amazing night during Roar-A-Palooza to celebrate moving from the middle school to the high school!
The event will be held from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m.
Eighth...
Three, two, one, go! Eighth grader Melissa Krainer will be traveling to Harrisburg, Pa. to compete in the state Mathcounts competition Saturday, March 19!
Krainer placed third out of 33 competitors...
Get your hats ready!
Friday, March 18 students are invited to wear a school appropriate hat for $1! All donations will go to Save the Children Ukraine Crisis relief fund!
All money will...
You certainly won't want to miss the comedy, "School House Rock Jr." directed by Stacy Palilla; the drama club is very excited to perform in these upcoming days.
The drama club will be performing "School...
At 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium on Thursday, March 3, the All City Elementary Orchestra, Junior High Orchestra and High School Orchestra will all come together to perform for the String Spectacular...
On Thursday, Feb. 17, the MATHCOUNTS team participated in the online MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition. This competition took place in Cheryl Abbott's room on the eighth-grade floor.
Diego Gil, a sixth...
