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Ninth grade honors students go on trial

Abbie Starr, Reporter
May 25, 2018
Run! Ninth grader Aydan Summers runs the 1600 meter run. Summers also ran the 800 meter run.

Track season comes to end

Morgan Baker
May 25, 2018
Inquiring photographer

Inquiring photographer

Riley Steinbugl, Chastity Brunner, and Ben Blackie
May 25, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
May 24, 2018
Season two, episode nine was really good, and full of happy endings.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
May 24, 2018
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Mathcounts student moves to states

Abbie Starr, Reporter
May 18, 2018
The new softball fields at Logan Elementary benefit the players in many ways.

New softball fields benefit players

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
May 18, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
May 17, 2018
Season two, episode eight was very emotional. It had a lot of changes in it and a lot of sad things happened.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
May 17, 2018
Selfie Time! Sarah Graham snaps a pick of (pictured left to right) Patricia Leonard, Sarah Graham, Darrian Berkheimer, Cassandra Kyle and Isabella Frank. The students took the picture after they had been gifted their awards.

Students compete in foreign language competition

Morgan Baker, Reporter
May 17, 2018
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Keeping up with lions

Abbie Starr, Reporter
May 10, 2018
Season two, episode seven was actually good. I really liked this one a lot.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
May 10, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
May 10, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
May 3, 2018
Season two, episode nine was really good, and full of happy endings.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl
May 3, 2018
The TSA students at the competition.

Keeping up with lions

Abbie Starr, Reporter
May 1, 2018
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Eighth grade math curriculum changes

Abbie Starr, Reporter
April 27, 2018
Season two, episode five was my least favorite episode because not a lot happened.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 26, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
April 26, 2018
The new high school will overall benefit students in the long run.

School board building project will benefit students

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 25, 2018
Riley Steinbugl waits on base while the pitcher throws the ball. She is getting ready to take a lead.

Editorial: Congratulations to junior high softball

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 24, 2018
Ninth grader, Margaret Keating, takes her Austrian exchange students to see Pittsburgh as part of their visit.

Exchange students visit for cultural experience

Morgan Baker, Reporter
April 24, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
April 20, 2018
Season two, episode four was definitely one of my favorites. I really liked it a lot.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 20, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
April 12, 2018
Keeping up with lions

Keeping up with lions

Abbie Starr, Reporter
April 12, 2018
Season two, episode four of Stranger Things was short, but it was also pretty good.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 12, 2018
Mama Randazzo's remains a family favorite restaurant across Altoona.

Mama Randazzo’s remains family favorite restaurant

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
April 6, 2018
Seventh grader, Abby Hurincane, thinks about her next move. Abby competed first in the competition.

Students compete in rock, paper, scissor competition

Morgan Baker
April 6, 2018
Ninth grader Becca Smith competes to win the recent TU competition on Mar. 10.

Majorettes compete in TU competition

Abbie Starr, Reporter
April 6, 2018
Stranger Things season two, episode two was very good and filled with action.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl
April 6, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
April 5, 2018
High school spring sports begin

High school spring sports begin

Morgan Baker, Reporter
March 23, 2018
Season two, episode one was a really great episode and it was a great episode to start the season with.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
March 23, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
March 23, 2018
Ninth grade student Trevor Manley placed at the state tournament this year.

Wrestling season ends in win at states

Abbie Starr, Reporter
March 20, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
March 15, 2018
Season one, episode eight was the last episode of season one, and left me with a lot of questions.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl
March 14, 2018
Keeping up with the lions

Keeping up with the lions

Abbie Starr, reporter
March 8, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
March 8, 2018
Season one, episode eight was the last episode of season one, and left me with a lot of questions.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl
March 8, 2018
Eighth graders Rachel Dionis and Alana Cunningham get ready to go to a softball open gym.

Softball season soon begins

Abbie Starr, reporter
February 28, 2018
Gymnastics season comes to end

Gymnastics season comes to end

Morgan Baker, Reporter
February 26, 2018
Keeping up with the lions

Keeping up with the lions

Morgan Baker
February 8, 2018
Students of team one gather around to watch the ice cream being made.

Seventh graders rewarded with ice cream

Abbie Starr, reporter
February 1, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
February 1, 2018
Season one, episode five was really good and exciting. I liked it a lot.

Stranger Things

Riley Steinbugl
February 1, 2018
Ninth graders compete in winter track meet

Ninth graders compete in winter track meet

Morgan Baker
January 29, 2018
Shoot it! Eighth grade player Casey Kuhn takes a shot while practicing before the State College game as Cassidy Klock watches.The team continued to practice until their coach called a huddle.

Girls’ basketball season begins

Abbie Starr, Reporter
January 18, 2018
Ninth graders participate in high school sports

Ninth graders participate in high school sports

Morgan Baker
January 17, 2018
School transportation should be provided to all students.

School transportation should be provided to all students

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
January 11, 2018
Season one, episode four was very suspenseful, but it answered a lot of questions, and also left a few.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl
January 11, 2018
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
January 11, 2018
Viewers around the globe enjoy The Polar Express each holiday season.

Polar Express remains family favorite Christmas movie

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
December 19, 2017
Season one, episode five was really good and exciting. I liked it a lot.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl
December 15, 2017
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, journalist
December 15, 2017
The baritone section sings multiple songs at the varsity chorus concert on Dec. 1. The baritones led the choir to a standing ovation at the end.

Varsity chorus puts on annual holiday concert

Morgan Baker, Reporter
December 15, 2017
Ninth grader, Jamen McCabe, marches down the street at the Christmas parade, Nov. 30. Mcabe follows along with his fellow band members and marched while the music played.

Band, front take on holiday parade

Abbie Starr, Reporter
December 15, 2017
Keeping up with the lions

Keeping up with the lions

Abbie Starr, Reporter
December 15, 2017
Season one, episode four was very suspenseful, but it answered a lot of questions, and also left a few.

Strangest things

Riley Steinbugl
December 7, 2017
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker
December 7, 2017
Scrumpdidliumpcous

Scrumpdidliumpcous

Morgan Baker, Reporter
November 17, 2017
Season one, episode four was very suspenseful, but it answered a lot of questions, and also left a few.

Strangest Things

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
November 17, 2017
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Music weekly

Abbie Starr, reporter
November 17, 2017
Girls' soccer remains undefeated

Girls’ soccer remains undefeated

Riley Steinbugl, Reporter
October 26, 2017
Eighth grader, Khloe Stoltenberg, ninth graders, Kaelab Ruggles and Darrah Evans, suspect Pinnochio or seventh grader, Benjamin Kennedy did the crime. They question him until they find the answers.

Drama club performs Law and Order … The Fairytale Unit

Abbie Starr, Reporter
October 26, 2017
This Aevidum poster is made by Alison Geist. There are tons of other posters just like this one all around the school.

Aevidum: we’ve got your back

Morgan Baker, Reporter
October 26, 2017
As the team is about to start their second game on September 6, 2017, they meet for a huddle and and do their team cheer. They all put their hands in the circle and lifted them up as they said the cheer. They played a very good game against Hollidaysburg.

Altoona. vs. Hollidaysburg Volleyball Game

Riley Steinbugl
September 22, 2017
Team Talk. The Altoona Volleyball team listens as there Coach gives them a pep talk before the game on September 6th. They all laughed together at something there Coach said and got prepared to have fun during the game.

Hollidaysburg vs. Altoona volleyball game

Morgan Baker
September 22, 2017
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