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Reading Workshop to continue next year

Reading Workshop to continue next year

Sadie Price, Reporter May 28, 2019

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, ...

Timothy Mitchell is standing in front of his books and ready to read!  Mitchell has been a teacher for 35 years and is retiring after working at the junior high for 11 years.

Mitchell to retire at end of school year

Zakary Hicks, Reporter May 23, 2019

Timothy Mitchell is an eighth grade reading teacher and has been teaching for 35 years.  He taught elementary school for twenty-four years and this is his eleventh year at the junior high.  In addition...

Adios amigos! 
Student teacher Willa Boothe says goodbye to her last class on her last day. Spanish teacher Patricia Leonard and Boothe took a group picture with each class.

Spanish student teacher says “adios” to students

Destiny Montgomery, Reporter May 17, 2019

On Sept. 20, Spanish teacher Patricia Leonard welcomed Willa Boothe as a student teacher. Boothe just graduated from Penn State University. Boothe started teaching the morning classes off and on. When...

Striking a pose! 
Eighth grader Danielle Bardelang sits with her award. She won a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card for winning second place for the essay contest.

Bardelang recognized by Harkins Foundation

Destiny Montgomery, Reporter May 6, 2019

On April 15, Dr. Barbara Seniors Harkins Foundation awarded eighth grader, Danielle Bardelang, second place for the nationwide essay contest. Any student from the United States in grades six to eight was...

May club monthly update

May club monthly update

Destiny Montgomery and Brayden Adams May 3, 2019

Anime Club - Led by John Garlick: To finish the school year, the Anime Club will be hosting their annual end of the year party at the end of May.  Japanese-imported candy and soda will be available during...

Jenna Williams drinks a strawberry lemonade while at Olive Garden.

Student body welcomes foreign exchange students

Avery Reid and Zak Hicks April 26, 2019

German foreign exchange students have come to Altoona where they stay with their hosts and attend school.  This experience is a new thing for both the host and the exchange student. Both have to adapt...

AnnMarie Pfiester met with Congressman GT Thompson during her time in Washington.

Pfiester attends national advocacy event for Alzheimer’s Association

Brayden Adams, Reporter April 25, 2019

In March, ninth grade student AnnMarie Pfiester visited Washington, D.C. to serve as an advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association.  Pfiester has attended two of the premier national advocacy events held...

Try to remember it all!  Eighth graders Nicholas Ray and Logan Wilt are practicing and reviewing for the science PSSAs.  Since the beginning of the year, seventh and eighth grade have been preparing for the standardized tests.

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests get closer

Zakary Hicks, Reporter April 15, 2019

The seventh and eighth grade PSSA's are here.  These standardized tests include reading and mathematics for seventh and eighth grade, writing for eighth grade and science for eighth grade. These tests...

Junior high students, teachers take part in foreign language festival

Junior high students, teachers take part in foreign language festival

Brayden Adams, Reporter April 12, 2019

On March 23, numerous junior high students attended the annual APPLES Foreign Language Festival at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Areas that students competed in included listening, speaking,...

Persevere!  This March Madness competition is not  like normal basketball games which benefit the audience, now it benefits the students.  From March 4 to March 15, groups of teachers competed to make students’ more engaged in class.

Teachers team up to help students succeed

Zakary Hicks, Reporter March 26, 2019

Numerous seventh, eighth and ninth grade teachers assembled five teams of five to compete in the March Madness contest.  These teams compete by implementing instructional strategies and generous actions...

Saying goodbye! 
The ninth grade mural hangs beside the elevator on the ninth grade floor. The ninth grade floor will become the eighth grade floor once the new school is done.

Teachers decide between buildings

Destiny Montgomery, Reporter March 25, 2019

With the new high school coming during the 2020-2021 school year, teachers in the junior high faced the decision to move to the high school or stay at the junior high. Teachers could either stay and teach...

Ninth grade majorettes compete

Ninth grade majorettes compete

Savannah Blazer, Reporter March 15, 2019

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....

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