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  • April 19Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 19Lunch - Pacifico Specialty Pizza, Sweet Potato Fries, Romaine Salad and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Tater Tot Casserole w/Roll, Steamed Broccoli and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Mini-Thon! Eighth grade tickets will be sold Thursday, April 18 during sixth period and Friday, April 19 during fourth period.
  • April 17Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 17Lunch- Turkey, Bacon, Swiss croissant sandwich with french fries and a choice of fruit and milk!
  • April 16Mini-Thon for seventh grade! The cost is $10 and tickets will be sold Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18 in room 212.
  • April 16Lunch - Wild Walking Taco, Steamed Corn and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 15Lunch - Rodeo Burger, Baked Beans and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
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Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter May 24, 2018

On this blog, I will make a different dessert every week and share my experience with it, the recipe I used and whether or not I thought it was good or not. This week on Scrumpdidliumpcous, I decided...

Julia Lane’s artistic work got chosen as the winner. The school also raised five hundred dollars. In the photo; Kristina Rose, FCS teacher; Shannon Warburton, American Cancer Society Senior Community Development Manager and Julia Lane, ninth grade student.

Keeping up with lions

Maddy Pincin, Reporter May 24, 2018

Is your first period being too noisy during announcements? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! Keeping up with the lions announces all the important dates you need to know every Friday. Recess day is...

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Genuine Gianna: D. I. Y. cheap thrills

Gianna Ciavarella, Reporter May 24, 2018

Goodbye school. Hello summer break! We have less than a week of school left, and I can't wait for summer. It's getting warmer and I'm ready to pack my bags. For the students of Altoona, school is ending...

Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house.  She placed second in her division.
Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter May 24, 2018

The moments twirlers go through during the week. This is the last week for my blog, and it is a good time to end it.  I do not have any competitions for a week or so, and the season is slowing down. ...

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Top Five of the week

Caden Mcmaster, Reporter May 24, 2018

*This is a blog where I go over the top five of something each week* This week I am going over the top five Adam Sandler Movies. Number 5: Click After being stressed from the pressures of work...

Keeping up with the trends

Keeping up with the trends

Jocelyn Fetter, Reporter May 24, 2018

Trends are hard to keep up with, especially because in our world, they’re always changing. If you want to be able to keep up with them all, I’m here to help you. Welcome to the AAJHS version of Vogue,...

Season two, episode nine was really good, and full of happy endings.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter May 24, 2018

On this blog, I will be talking about an episode of the Netflix series, Stranger Things, each week, including things such as, what I think will happen, as well as my thoughts on the characters and the...

We placed! The Altoona girls 4x8 rushed at their meet. The girls won and got third place.

AAJHS Now: In Pictures

Chastity Brunner and Ben Blackie May 22, 2018

A week in the life of AAJHS in pictures. On May 12, the seventh and eighth grade track team had their final championship game of the season. Also, on May 18, the ninth graders got the opportunity to...

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter May 17, 2018

On this blog, I will make a different dessert every week and share my experience with it, the recipe I used and whether or not I thought it was good or not. This week on Scrumpdidliumpcous, I made flour-less...

Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house.  She placed second in her division.
Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter May 17, 2018

The moments twirlers go through every week. This week has been really fun at my practices, and I am so excited for my competition next Sunday in York.  I am only doing team and strut in York, but I...

Season two, episode eight was very emotional. It had a lot of changes in it and a lot of sad things happened.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter May 17, 2018

On this blog, I will be talking about an episode of the Netflix series, Stranger Things, each week, including things such as, what I think will happen, as well as my thoughts on the characters and the...

Easy dinners for kids! Created in 1990, Kid Cuisine is a brand of packaged frozen dinners for children.

Kids’ meal mayhem

Sydney Wilfong, Reporter May 17, 2018

In this blog, I will review and discuss kids’ meals. I will review and discuss what is in the kids’ meal, the quality and quantity of the food and how kids’ meal have changed since I was a child. For...

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