Many musicians of different kinds showed their holiday spirit in the month of December.  On Dec 6 at 7 p.m. the varsity chorus and vocal ensemble performed.  The varsity chorus sang seven songs. The vocal ensemble sang four holiday songs afterwards. On Dec 10 at 7 p.m. jazz bands one and two...

After school pottery class that are held by and in John King’s room, help to teach kids how to make slab clay mugs that are going to be used for staff here at the school.  The students started pottery class at the beginning of the school year. With the help of the life skills class and the students...

Anime Club started up the year again in November. Anime club runs from 2:50 p.m. and ends at 3:40 p.m.   Anime club this year will be little different than last  year. With anime club having new groups of activities to do including: creating and writing manga and watching different types of anime....

To make it a brighter holiday for the veterans of Altoona and Hollidaysburg, students donated money to the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home.   The annual fundraiser started Wednesday, Nov. 20 and ended Monday, Nov. 25. Seventh grade donated the most ($219.33) followed by eighth grade ($191.25) and...

Since the beginning of the school year the reading competition teams have practiced for their yearly competition at Bellwood High School.  Within the school, 17 students worked on reading and meeting once a week to prepare for their competition in mid November.  The reading competition team is...

Reading workshop began at the junior high school at the start of last year. It started with just a few teachers, and now has expanded to include most teachers in the English department.  Reading workshop is a program that lets the child choose a book of his or her choice. It also incorporates lessons...

During the beginning of the 2020 school year, there will be changes for eighth and ninth graders. The ninth grade will be moved to the high school and the sophomores will also move as usual.  By the beginning of the next school year, the new high school is scheduled to be built. This change has brought...

On Oct. 21, the orchestra performed a concert with the Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School to practice with new people and so that the orchestra had something special to do in the fall. This was the first concert of the year for the orchestra and showed how much they have progressed from the beginning...