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Seventh, eighth graders prepare for drum line next year

Seventh, eighth graders prepare for drum line next year

May 30, 2014

Each year, the students in seventh and eighth grade move up to the varsity drum line for the school. Since this is happening, they have to learn some new songs and practice the older songs so they can...

Ninth graders, Braydon Farster and Cristina Evans work together to set up an arch. There were two different arches, but they were in charge of building one of them. They were putting in a screw to hold the arch together.
Photo by Hanna Feathers

Ninth grade students set up for social

May 30, 2014

Ninth graders prepared for their ninth grade social. Students got out of class to help decorate for the social; however, in order to decorate, the students had to take a paper to each of their teachers...

Blair County Arts Festival features student artists

Blair County Arts Festival features student artists

May 23, 2014

Through the dates of May 17 and May 18, Blair County held their annual arts festival in Penn State Altoona. The festival was attended by the music departments and also featured student art. The Blair...

Annual Box Top Collection continues

Annual Box Top Collection continues

May 14, 2014

The AASD Box Top collection of 2014 has commenced. From the dates of March 24  to May 23, box tops are being collected by homeroom teachers from students.  This is a nation-wide fundraiser, but each...

A group of friends come together in the middle of an ice rink. They join hands and put their feet together in order to display their circle of friends.

Circle of friends ends year with party

May 14, 2014

Circle of Friends, a club that works with special needs kids, is throwing a party in order to end the year with a bang. They are hosting the party on Friday, May 16, from 6 to 8 P.M in the gymnasium. There...

Literary magazine publishes student work

Literary magazine publishes student work

May 14, 2014

Literary magazines were for sale April 28 through May 9 for $6. The magazine is filled with art and writing created by seventh, eighth and ninth graders. “The literary magazine is a magazine created...

A group of ninth grade girls get on the dance floor and dance the night away. There was  DJ at Thon and he played whatever song that students wanted him to play.
Photo by Hanna Feathers

NJHS Thon event raises money for charity

May 1, 2014

The sound of laughter echoes throughout the gym; delighted screams of ninth grade National Junior Honors Society members seem to fill the air of the junior high fieldhouse. Hundreds of students, decked...

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Diversity club attends final event before field trip

May 1, 2014

On March 29, diversity club members attended Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School. This was their third session/field trip this school year. “I learned how the Holocaust people were actually treated...

Security cameras are in use throughout the school building. This is to make sure students are safe.

School continues security measures

May 1, 2014

After the recent school stabbing at Franklin Regional High School, students are paying attention to security measures taken at this school. Metal detectors continue to be in use and the school also...

Ninth grade Civics teacher, John Blough, holds up the sheet for the boys bathroom. Teachers who are assigned a certain time to sit outside the bathroom to do the sign in and out sheet. Photo by Hannah Barr

Supervision limits destruction to restrooms

May 1, 2014

Lately some students have ruined it for others by going to the lavatory and practicing bad behavior. This makes other students have to sign in and out of the restroom. In a result this makes teachers watch...

Student teachers bid school farewell

Student teachers bid school farewell

April 25, 2014

Earlier in the spring the school received 10 student teachers. Spread out among different grade levels, there are five female student teachers and five male student teachers.  All of the student teachers...

A day in the life of Mr. Campbell

A day in the life of Mr. Campbell

April 23, 2014

Run run run is all that happens. There is no slowing down for the seventh grade assistanct principal . Besides all the discipline, David Campbell fills his day with important task. He starts his day most...

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