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...

Author Paul Volponi visited May 29 and 30 thanks to a grant from the Altoona Area School District Foundation.  Librarian Justina McCaulley and English teacher Maggie Lewis were instrumental in writing the grant and organizing the activities for the two days.  Students attended assemblies, worked with...

Readers Workshop is a new way of learning for the junior high.  There are only a few teachers in the pilot this year such as Autumn Barry Kyle, Amanda Kelly, Wanda Vanish, Alyssa Hetrick, Tim Mitchell,  LIndsay Zerbee and Christine Knott-Hallinan “The reading has increased since students are given...