Students are forced against their will to take music and art electives. During a child’s elementary school years he/she takes a music and art class every year on a regular basis for a grade. When students...
Eighth grade teacher Jennifer Wilson winning teacher of the month brings up the question of what makes a good teacher? While some students think a good teacher is someone who does not pressure students...
If anyone enjoys reading authors very similar to John Green then Ned Vizzini is the man to choose. People who like books about serious things but with some jokes would love this book. It’s Kind...
You are sitting at home with only about three minutes until midnight; surrounded by your friends, family and possibly complete strangers with party hats perched on your heads and poppers between your fingertips.....
Passengers is a great all-around movie. Jennifer Lawrence brings yet again, another action-filled movie full of adventure. With a small cast, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are the center of attention....
2016 has now passed, bringing a new year full of “new chances” and “new opportunities”. Every year people say the same thing, “This is the year that I’m going to stick with my resolution all...
The Altoona Area High School is in desperate need of renovation. More than that, a new high school needs to be built. The building is over 90 years old and does not accommodate the needs of students today....
The year is 1926, and Newt Scamander has just found an array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for business, one of Newts creatures escapes and causes disruption in a bank. The creature, which...
The Altoona School District plans to change school start times from 7:45 a.m to 7:30 a.m so they can save a quarter million dollars in transportation costs. With the schedule already early students will...
Almost daily, thousands upon thousands of students, teachers and peers miss school. For whatever reasons- examples include one’s abduction by aliens, thinking ‘two hour delay’ means ‘sleep in all...
Students should not be skipping a large amount of school, or it could possibly be affecting his/her graders harshly. Students in each grade in the Altoona Area Junior High roughly miss five days yearly...
The eighth Star Wars movie will hit theaters today.
Rogue One will take place before Episode IV: A New Hope. Star Wars fans can only hope this new story will be as good as Episode VII: The Force Awakens....
