In March, ninth grade student AnnMarie Pfiester visited Washington, D.C. to serve as an advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association.  Pfiester has attended two of the premier national advocacy events held annually in Washington, D.C. each year. Pfiester was very busy during her time in Washington,...

Monday, April 15 - PSSA - English Language Arts Chess Club: 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Junior high maroon baseball team @ Tyrone.  Starts at 4 p.m. Junior high softball team vs. Dubois.  Starts at 4 p.m. Eighth grade track and field team @ Williamsport.  Starts at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday,...

The seventh and eighth grade PSSA's are here.  These standardized tests include reading and mathematics for seventh and eighth grade, writing for eighth grade and science for eighth grade. These tests require early planning. “There just never seems to be enough time to get in all the different...

On March 23, numerous junior high students attended the annual APPLES Foreign Language Festival at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Areas that students competed in included listening, speaking, dancing, composition and vocal competition. Multiple schools participated in this event.  Because...

Numerous seventh, eighth and ninth grade teachers assembled five teams of five to compete in the March Madness contest.  These teams compete by implementing instructional strategies and generous actions from March 4 to March 15. “It was a competition where teachers participated in teams using teaching...

With the new high school coming during the 2020-2021 school year, teachers in the junior high faced the decision to move to the high school or stay at the junior high. Teachers could either stay and teach sixth, seventh or eighth grade, or they can move and teach ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth. Since...

On March 9, Destiny Montgomery, Isabella Nardelli, Lilly Noffsker, Danielle Bardelang and Jaidyn Paladini competed in a majorette competition at AAJHS. They competed in the Junior High Majorette Line category. Twirling to “The Greatest Show” by Panic! At The Disco, “Come Alive” by Years and Years...

Every morning at 7:35 a.m., ninth grade science teacher, Jessica Hogan, says the Pledge of Allegiance and starts the day with the morning announcements. In the middle of the 2016-2017 school year, Hogan took over the morning announcements after Brad Hatch left. “Mrs. Mangan asked me to take over...