On March 9, Destiny Montgomery, Isabella Nardelli, Lilly Noffsker, Danielle Bardelang and Jaidyn Paladini competed in a majorette competition at AAJHS. They competed in the Junior High Majorette Line category. Twirling to “The Greatest Show” by Panic! At The Disco, “Come Alive” by Years and Years...

Every morning at 7:35 a.m., ninth grade science teacher, Jessica Hogan, says the Pledge of Allegiance and starts the day with the morning announcements. In the middle of the 2016-2017 school year, Hogan took over the morning announcements after Brad Hatch left. “Mrs. Mangan asked me to take over...

From March 1 to March 2, the junior high’s drama club took part in a school play based on “Alice in Wonderland.” Members of the drama club had many roles to play during the musical.  Junior high staff members also had to help students rehearse for the play. One of the staff members who helped...

On Feb. 17, the indoor silks and majorettes traveled to Portage, PA to compete in a TU competition. Indoor majorettes The indoor majorettes won first in the “Junior High Majorette” category. Indoor adviser Samantha Cessna brought the girls to the competition and was eager to win. “Going...

Anime Club - Led by John Garlick: The Anime Club will be taking a vote on where they will hold their party this year. They will be having an outside artist coming into their seminar and conducting an anime art competition in March. Chess Club - Led by Wes Rogers: In March, the Chess Club will not...

On Feb. 11, 12 and 13 students can purchase bags of Hershey Kisses to send out to friends. Each six Kiss bag will be sold for 50 cents each at any of the student council rooms from 7:30 to 7:45. The Hershey Kiss idea was a joint idea by the student council members and directors.   “It was Mrs.Hogan's...

On Jan. 28, 2019, the Chess Club’s Winter Tournament concluded.  There were 15 Chess Club members who participated in this event. The tournament was active from December 2018 to January 2019.  All students in the Chess Club participated in ranked matches for three weeks during this time. The...

On Nov. 20, Anti- bullying advocate and entertainer Josh Drean came to the AAJHS and presented an anti-bullying speech. Drean has visited 456 different schools, reached over 250,000 students and has influenced 123 bullying policies to be made. “It’s a pretty rough social landscape out there...