As this school year comes to an end, so does eighth grade math teacher Lisa Plummer’s teaching career. Plummer has been teaching for 34.5 years! She has taught grades 7-12. Also, she has taught at Roosevelt...
Another thoughtful and kind teacher, Valerie Hampton, is retiring after 35 years of teaching. She is a sixth grade science teacher, but has taught many different grades.
In her 35 years of teaching,...
One of the many amazing teachers, Sam Solomon, is retiring after 30 years of teaching. He is currently an eighth grade science teacher, but has taught multiple grades at different locations.
He has...
As the end of another school year comes, the careers of four teachers come to an end. With the combined total of 129.5 years, eighth grade science teacher Sam Solomon, eighth grade math teacher Lisa Plummer,...
Imagine waking up at 6 a.m., going to school, then directly to a track meet until 8 p.m., and finally getting home just to practice basketball and work on homework until 11:45 p.m. This is the routine...
Teenage hockey player leaves home to pursue his dreams. 14-year-old eighth grader Noah Staines plays hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite. However, playing in Pittsburgh forced him to give up his eighth...
Track season is back! That means warm weather and the sound of track pistol going off can be heard in the distance. Hundreds of students sign up for track every year to be a part of the fun. One of the...
Sports can serve many purposes: they give athletes something to occupy their time, helps them improve overall health, set up opportunities now and in the future and so much more. But for these two girls,...
Pickleball is a popular sport that was invented in 1965. It is a paddled sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. It started becoming popular in 2019 and 2021.
Substitute teacher...
Another new member of the Altoona staff is sixth and eighth grade computer teacher, Jennifer Clapper. Clapper teaches computer science to students for the first time in a public school.
Before moving...
Reading competition is not a well known club in the school, and it’s not a club where people have to practice everyday. It is a club that requires the club members to read assigned books when they have...
Virtual reality could soon be part of our everyday lives if Mark Zuckerberg succeeds at unleashing the metaverse.
In the article, “How Will Metaverse Change Your World?” Facebook claims that with...
