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...

Everyday some students with mental, physical and emotional disabilities are aided by Student Education Aides (S.E.A.).  An S.E.A. is an adult who provides support to classroom teachers by working directly with a student. Aides are helping in the classroom.  “An S.E.A. is someone to be there...

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, the eighth and ninth grade band and band front members will perform together at Mansion Park Stadium for the last time.  This performance impacts eighth and ninth graders as they take the field for their last pregame and halftime shows with the seventh graders.  “It's...

 Being able to participate in the Altoona Cyber Academy became an option for many during the 2012-2013 school year, but it was only available to high school students. Now, the program has expanded and is available for junior high kids as well. Students also get to participate in all activities in...

 August 26, 2019 was the first day of school for students. For last year's sixth graders this day was the first day of a new school and a new phase of life - junior high.   “There were a lot of things that took some getting used to,”  seventh grader Taylor Feather said.  “The locker room...