Operation Our Town has chosen a winner for The Best Me Is Drug Free essay contest; Courtney Irwin, an eighth grade student, at AAJHS, won the competition. The topic of the essay was about why people choose to give into peer pressure from those who use drugs and some of the best ways to avoid giving into...

The JLG digital bookshelf at AAJHS set up by Justina McCaulley allows  all students the opportunity to have a digital library at their fingertips! Students are a click away from checking out books online. According to the page, there are eBooks and audio books with unlimited downloads over a period...

Six graders are not having the same thoughts about moving into the middle school this year. Students Nevaeh Montgomery and Madison Mirabella gave their opinions about the transition, voicing positives and negatives about the whole situation.  “At first, I was excited about going to the junior high...

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, school has been closed since March 16 and is remaining closed through the end of the school year. Quite a few things have changed because of this including the way students are learning, end of the year ceremonies and the return of students' materials. But one thing...

It is no doubt that the Covid-19 virus has completely shifted some people’s schedules. Schools are being closed for the year, people are working from home and teens are having to find new ways to communicate and stay in touch with their friends.  Coronavirus has been forcing teens to brainstorm...

On March 30, Govenor Tom Wolf closed schools which caused the entire Altoona Area School to switch to an online format for the remainder of the year.  The first two weeks schools were closed, students did not have any work to do, and this relieved some of these students. Gradually teachers and students...

According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, in the United States, as many as 10 out of 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder. Along those lines, eating disorders can also be linked with depression, anxiety and body image issues. These disorders can also occur in men...

On Monday March 16 Gov. Tom Wolf strongly recommended that all nonessential stores should close due to the coronavirus pandemic.    Some students are lost for things to do with all of the closings.  “I spend my time dancing around my backyard and singing,” ninth grader Claudia Clapper said. Others...