An abandoned warehouse was turned into an indoor skate park. Eight years later, SK8-1-4 became Central PA’s most popular indoor skate park, and the largest skate park in Altoona!   Owner Matthew Lee said his park became popular by word of mouth through the skating community.   “We’re...

Whenever we think of our teachers, our first thought usually isn’t their college life. But, not surprisingly, many of them were former college athletes in their days. They weren’t always the person handing out homework for students to complete. They used to be the ones receiving the homework.     In...

Eighth grade American cultures teacher Elizabeth Bronson is well known from her teaching, running the eighth grade student council, working almost every sporting event at the school and her fun, crazy classroom themes.    Bronson said I'm up in my room for a long time everyday.  It's a happy...

Our school has been here since 2008 and is honored to be built around the mountain lion. According to the online website, Symbolismandmetaphor.com, "The mountain lion shows leadership and courage...” Our school shows this through our hard work and dedication to the community.    But, has...

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 individual athletes who held their own, but there is one girl that stuck out in the team the most.   Ashlyn...

Imagine waking up at 6:45 a.m, going to school until 2:40 p.m., going home for just long enough to finish homework, then to track practice, working out, practicing basketball at home and finally getting to bed at 10 p.m. or later. This is what a day looks like for multi-sport athlete Ezrah Witherspoon....

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 science for most of her career, but after the transition of ninth grade moving to the high-school,...