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  • November 22Click here for today's announcements!
  • November 21Breakfast - Friday, Nov. 22- Pancakes with Bacon with a Choice of Fruit and Milk
  • November 21Click here for today's announcements!
  • November 21Lunch- Holiday Meal Roast Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Roll, Pudding, Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Corn & Choice of Fruit Choice & Milk!
  • November 20Lunch- Meatball and cheese bowl with a bread stick, steamed carrots & Caesar salad with a choice of fruit & milk!
  • November 20Click here for today's announcements!
  • November 20Breakfast - Wednesday, Nov. 20 Pancake Wrapped Breakfast on a Stick with a Choice of Fruit and Milk
  • November 19Breakfast - Tuesday. Nov, 19- Pancake Wrapped Breakfast on a Stick with a Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • November 19Lunch - French toast sticks with sausage, tater tots & a choice of fruit & milk!
  • November 19Click here for today's announcements!

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Willow Yingling, Writer

Willow Yingling is a Ninth Grade student.  She enjoys spending time with friends and family.  She ice skates in her spare time and loves to read.  She also likes the color purple and elephants.

All content by Willow Yingling
The Diary of an Oxygen Thief steals attention

The Diary of an Oxygen Thief steals attention

Willow Yingling
May 30, 2017
Music today proves fiendish

Music today proves fiendish

Aurora Soural
May 30, 2017
Teacher Don Church works with Javionne Davis during one of the last few days of the school year and his teaching career.

Staff members retire

Lydia Newman
May 30, 2017
Ninth grade athletes play high school level sports

Ninth grade athletes play high school level sports

Grace Osmolinski
May 30, 2017
Teachers dress down for charity

Teachers dress down for charity

Cameron Havens
May 30, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Peanut Butter Cookies

Cooking with Facts: Peanut Butter Cookies

Aurora Soural
May 19, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
May 19, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Triple Decker PB&J

Cooking with Facts: Triple Decker PB&J

Aurora Soural
May 12, 2017
Ninth grade students pick up summer gym forms for either June or July sessions. Summer school application packets are available in the first floor guidance office.

Lion News

Grace Osmolinski
May 12, 2017
KODAK Digital Still Camera

Realcare babies teach lessons

Willow Yingling
May 5, 2017
Student teacher studies abroad

Student teacher studies abroad

Grace Osmolinski
May 5, 2017
Mrs. Connell leading the chorus in its spring concert.

Student performances end year

Cameron Havens
May 5, 2017
Tim Dzurko instructs his class from the smartboard.

Dzurko gains headway as teacher of the year finalist

Aurora Soural
May 5, 2017
Wow! Reporter Lily Miller tries pottery for the first time by watching Jessica Helsel make a bowl. The look on her face pretty much shows how some students feel when facing the wheel for the first time.

[Photo] Grant funds after school pottery class

Lillian Miller
May 5, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Apple Dumplings

Cooking with Facts: Apple Dumplings

Aurora Soural
April 28, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
April 28, 2017
The 2016-2017 AAJHS chpater at the 39th Annual TSA Competition and Conference.

Lion News: TSA competes in Annual Pennsylvania TSA Conference

Lydia Newman
April 28, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Creme Brulee

Cooking with Facts: Creme Brulee

Aurora Soural
April 21, 2017
Emma Auker in her school photo. She will remain in our hearts.

Lion News

Cameron Havens
April 21, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
April 21, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Fortune Cookies

Cooking with Facts: Fortune Cookies

Aurora Soural
April 13, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
April 13, 2017
One of the Chromebooks the students enrolled in honors classes are given.

Chromebooks for next year: working to improve school

Cameron Havens
April 10, 2017
Schools struggle with suicide prevention education

Schools struggle with suicide prevention education

Lydia Newman
April 10, 2017
Actions result in consequences

Actions result in consequences

Grace Osmolinski
April 10, 2017
Students need some Z's

Students need some Z’s

Willow Yingling
April 10, 2017
Eighth grader Skylar Baughman designs Relay for Life t-shirt.

[Photo] Baughman designs Relay for Life t-shirt

Lillian Miller
April 10, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Reese's Cups

Cooking with Facts: Reese’s Cups

Aurora Soural
March 31, 2017
Students play dodge ball in the gym with gym teachers and other students.

[Photo] Lion News

March 31, 2017
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[Photo] Artery Clogger Blogger

March 31, 2017
Cooking with Facts: Barbajada

Cooking with Facts: Barbajada

Aurora Soural
March 29, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling and
March 29, 2017
School responds to threat

School responds to threat

Lydia Newman
March 25, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
March 20, 2017
Cooking with Facts #11

Cooking with Facts #11

Aurora Soural
March 20, 2017
Lion News

Lion News

Lydia Newman
March 2, 2017
Cooking with Facts 10

Cooking with Facts 10

Aurora Soural
March 2, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
March 2, 2017
Strike a Pose! Alex Daversa and Chloe Fisher cuddle up for a picture at The Sweetheart's Dance.

Students attend Sweetheart’s Dance

Lydia Newman
February 28, 2017
The Project RESPECT program binder holding its materials.

RESPECT’ing their craft: Teachers participate in Penn State research study

Cameron Havens
February 28, 2017
Freshman Ryan Beck hops down the aisle in a garbage bag during the relays. Beck took part in indoor track during the winter season for sports.

Winter sport athletes wrap up season

Grace Osmolinski
February 28, 2017
School food policies need revised

School food policies need revised

Aurora Soural
February 27, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
February 10, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
February 3, 2017
By Takeaway (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
February 2, 2017
Lion News

Lion News

Cameron Havens
February 2, 2017
Student teacher Courtney Bauer works with the newspaper students on the topic of resumes. Students are compiling portfolios to submit to a contest for the Journalism Education Association and Bauer is assisting with that project.

Penn State students transform into teachers

Cameron Havens
January 27, 2017
To the hoop! Seventh grader Emma Skelley runs the ball down the court to shoot a three pointer. Skelley plays on the seventh grade white girls' basketball team but gets playing time for the eighth grade basketball team.

Lady lions defeat Hollidaysburg

Grace Osmolinski
January 27, 2017
Darn! Patches of grass and snow cover the ground. Lack of snow has made it difficult for the ski and snowboard club which has not been able to go to Blue Knob to date.

Ski, snowboard club struggles with lack of snow

Lydia Newman
January 27, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
January 26, 2017
It's Kind of a Funny Story enlightens audiences

It’s Kind of a Funny Story enlightens audiences

Willow Yingling
January 23, 2017
Photo by ElisaRiva

Expectations vs. Reality: 2017

Aurora Soural
January 20, 2017
Cooking with Facts

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
January 13, 2017
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
January 13, 2017
Cooking with Facts

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
January 6, 2017
Lion news

Lion news

Grace osmolinski
January 6, 2017
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[Photo] Artery Clogger Blogger

January 6, 2017
Cooking with Facts

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
December 22, 2016
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[Photo] Artery Clogger Blogger

December 22, 2016
Unofficial holidays deserve better treatment

Unofficial holidays deserve better treatment

Aurora Soural
December 20, 2016
Attendance affects grades

Attendance affects grades

Willow Yingling
December 20, 2016
Sharing is caring! The Sharing for the Holidays presents the money donated by AAJHS students to the Veterans

Students donate this holiday

Lydia Newman
December 16, 2016
Ninth grader Faith Milliron cheers on the high school swim team at their meet on Dec. 12, 2016 against Northern Cambria.

No pain. No gain. Winter sports athletes working to impress

Grace Osmolinski
December 16, 2016
Mr. Hatch smiles as he prepares to be interviewed by a group of curious students

Campbell returns as Hatch moves to new position

Cameron Havens
December 16, 2016
Cooking with Facts

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
December 16, 2016
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[Photo] Artery Clogger blogger

December 16, 2016
Cooking with Facts

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
December 8, 2016
Artery Clogger Blogger

Artery Clogger Blogger

Willow Yingling
December 8, 2016
Lion News

Lion News

Cameron Havens
December 8, 2016
image by Unami

Cooking with Facts

Aurora Soural
November 23, 2016
Safe Haven: A Gamer’s Digest

Safe Haven: A Gamer’s Digest

Cameron Havens
November 22, 2016
A healthy place with Grace

A healthy place with Grace

Grace Osmolinski
November 22, 2016
New reads with Newman

New reads with Newman

Lydia Newman
November 22, 2016
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[Photo] Artery Clogger

November 22, 2016
Newest Harry Potter novel combines modern script with creativity

Newest Harry Potter novel combines modern script with creativity

Aurora Soural
November 18, 2016
Readers relate to Paper Towns

Readers relate to Paper Towns

Willow Yingling
November 16, 2016
When escaping the labyrinth...

When escaping the labyrinth…

Lydia Newman
November 16, 2016
New game takes video enthusiasts back: Battlefield 1

New game takes video enthusiasts back: Battlefield 1

Cameron Havens
November 16, 2016
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