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Technology can benefit students

Technology can benefit students

November 20, 2015

Over the past years, the school has been battling students using phones and other audiovisual devices.  Now a new issue has arisen in the form of smart watches.  The school administrators have punished...

Students need to find respect

Students need to find respect

November 20, 2015

Respect. It’s a word, and it needs to be found.  People are doing things they shouldn’t be, and the only people to see them do it are the people who are quiet and don’t talk much.  People need...

Harvest Day should be for everyone

Harvest Day should be for everyone

November 19, 2015

Harvest Day is a day the students get out of school for almost the whole day for selling two magazines.  Every year a fundraising company comes to school and talks about a fundraiser and what prizes a...

As two female students walk down the hallway, the difference of their pants are not completely obvious.  The dress code acts as if there is a large comparison in the pants, but there really isnt.  Photo by Bailey Horten

School should allow leggings

November 19, 2015

  The Dress Code is a popular debate topic.  From the amount of time students can wear shorts, to the visibility of shoulders, there are several variables that people feel strongly about....

This eligibility is the slips that athletes have to get all their teachers to sign to show they are eligible. Out of the eight slots six of them have to be a yes and the other to can be no or blank.

Eligibility rules need changed

November 19, 2015
The school sports and activities have most students involved in them.
Students at the assembly got rialled up

School needs more assemblies

November 19, 2015

Imagine pep assemblies every other week with all of the students, teachers and extracurricular activities participating.  Pep assemblies are a way for a school to come together to have a fun time or send...

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Organizations need more than two fundraisers

November 19, 2015
Receiving more funding can produce more of a profit for the clubs.
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Summer offers time for activities

May 28, 2015

Teenagers are always complaining they have nothing to do over the summer. They also say that the summertime is boring. That is completely false. In the summertime, there are a ton of things that teenagers...

Picture of Anna DeRubeis by Sarah Harmon

Students give up too soon

May 28, 2015

Students struggle to pay attention in class due to nice weather and the approaching summer vacation. It’s finally May! The birds are chirping, the sun is shining and grades are well, dying. Contrary...

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Station Medical Center requests people use sidewalks

May 28, 2015

The Station Medical Center is located behind the Altoona Area Junior High. Students use the Station Medical Center parking lot to get to and from school.The Station Medical Center has asked students to...

Photo by Faith Bonghi

Biology Keystone prepares students for life’s challenges

May 28, 2015

In ninth grade year students have to take a state test for the biology course.  All ninth grade student are stressing out and very worried about this test.  Some think the test should not be taken because...

Photo by Sarah Harmon

McDonald’s bans students

May 28, 2015

Students cause many problems for the McDonald's in the Station Mall Plaza.  McDonald's made a very intelligent choice in regards to the situation.  If students are going to act in a disrespectful manner...

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