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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!
  • April 15Click here for today's announcements!

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Kent Martin teaches his class how to play the 12 bar blues. The introduction to guitar class was only a marking period, but soon this, and many other marking period classes, will be a full semester long.

Junior high to become middle school

Mykenzi Doran, Reporter March 6, 2020

On March 13, the fifth and sixth grade classes in every elementary school will tour the current  junior high in preparation for next year. Being one of the last schools in the area to convert from...

Stack it up!
National Junior Honor Society member Vanessa Roman organizes shelves of books for volunteer hours at the Altoona Area Library. She was working to complete the 20 hours of community service required for ninth grade students in NJHS.

Connecting with community with volunteering

Paris Lawson March 3, 2020

The National Junior Honor Society works to complete volunteer hours as part of being in the organization. It is a requirement to join the organization itself. “Honor Society is an organization that...

FOR High Five Day encourages a great start to students days before school starts. Multiple FOR members organize to different locations around the school to greet children around the school as they head to class.

FOR members during the high five day all gather around the main entrance and side door entrance of the school. While the rest of FOR members were spread around the rest of the school.

FOR High Five Day encourages great day

Eli Costanzo, Reporter March 3, 2020

Friends of Rachel (FOR) encourages others to do good.  Out of the multiple ideas developed by the FOR community, an active school event called High Five Day occurs periodically at the start of the school...

News Brief:  Frozen Jr. underway as spring musical

News Brief: Frozen Jr. underway as spring musical

Paris Lawson, Reporter March 1, 2020

Frozen Jr. has been selected as the play for this year's upcoming spring musical. This production will be put on by the drama club on two different dates after school. “All our hard work and dedication...

Clap clap!
On Feb. 25 , actors practice for the show by going over their rehearsal. They practiced  for three hours straight.

Frozen show to storm auditorium

Sufana Hamid, Reporter February 27, 2020

On March 6 and 7  “Frozen” show is set to be performed in the auditorium. The students will perform a musical show for three nights in a row to gather people who would like to see "Frozen" with some...

Painting by Frank Dicksee

News Brief: Harrington’s class to study Shakespeare

Sufana Hamid, Reporter February 18, 2020

Keri Harrington’s class will be reading “Romeo and Juliet” on Tuesday Feb. 18. Students will experience reading old English. They will read one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays.  “We’re...

News Brief:  Ninth grade sweetheart kick-off

News Brief: Ninth grade sweetheart kick-off

Danielle Bardelang, Reporter February 14, 2020

Ninth grade is currently preparing for their annual sweetheart dance that will be held on Friday Feb. 21 from 7-9 p.m. “The Sweethearts is going to be an amazing experience; seeing all the people...

News Brief:  String spectacular approaching

News Brief: String spectacular approaching

Maddie Cowfer, Reporter February 13, 2020

The 2020 String Spectacular will be Thursday Feb. 20 at the high school auditorium. Students interested in coming to watch will have to pay a small fee to get in.  “The String Spectacular is going...

Spring Sport Physicals are on the rise for people who are looking into doing sports.

Sports physicals this season are for baseball, track, softball, and cheerleading.

News Brief: Spring Sport Physicals

Eli Costanzo, Reporter February 12, 2020

The month of February has arrived with sports physicals on the rise on a Thursday, Feb. 20 at the field house at 2:45 p.m.. These physicals will be offered for all athletes interested in spring sports. “It’s...

Get ready to dance. Eighth grade students get snacks at their dance. The eighth graders at Sweethearts danced and socialized with their friends.

Student council holds two Sweetheart Dances

Maddie Cowfer, Reporter February 10, 2020

During this month for the first time, there will be two Sweethearts Dances which are separated by eighth and ninth grade. The eighth-grade dance was on Saturday, Feb. 8 and the ninth grade dance is on...

Myah Lear writes her letter to lawmaker based off of her topic for the current events journals the students write in class. Lear is writing her letter to someone who has a hand in the crime and justice system.

News Brief: Students write to lawmakers

Mykenzi Doran, Reporter February 10, 2020

John Bloughs’ ninth grade honors classes are writing letters to lawmakers based on the topic they chose for their current events journal at the beginning of the year.  “To give my kids the opportunity...

Look It Over
Rebeccah Anderson, a high school counselor, works with ninth grade student  Catalina Musser to complete her schedule. Ninth grade students at the junior high are completing their scheduling for this month during their math periods with the help of counselors.

Students tackle scheduling for coming year

Paris Lawson, Reporter February 7, 2020

It is the time of year when students in both ninth and eighth graders are scheduling their classes for the upcoming year. This year though, both eighth and ninth grade are doing scheduling for classes...

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