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Caley Galarneau

Caley Galarneau, Reporter

Caley Galarneau is very active and loves to be around people. She is one of the Feature Twirlers for the Varsity band. Caley also loves to ride horses and go to the farm and be around animals.

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Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 24, 2018
Take a bow! The Altoona music department competed in Music in the Parks in Hershey. Emily Latten, Jackie Ertwine, Rebecca Dieter, Emily DeFrancesco, Andrew Zupon, Ami Smith Banks, Seth Brunnhuber and Aiden Philips went up to receive the awards for the music department.

Weather interferes with music department adjudication

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 23, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 17, 2018
“I think it’s dumb. I mean they don’t really count towards anything anyway.” ninth grader Layla Shelow said. Photo taken by Ben Blackie

Inquiring photographer

Caley Galarneau, Ben Blackie, and Chastity Brunner
May 15, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 10, 2018
The seventh grade floor was filled with new seventh graders on the first day in school of 2017. The new junior high students share different opinions of how their seventh grade year is going and will continue to progress.

School year went extremely well

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 8, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
May 3, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 24, 2018
Looking sharp! Ninth grade biology book helps students learn new concepts. The book was made by the Holt company.

Biology keystone preparations are definitely worth it

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 20, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 18, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 12, 2018
“They can do random searches and wand checks. And, lock all doors and move things in advance to their advantage.” ninth grader Kendra Houp said. Photo taken by Ben Blackie

Inquiring Photographer

Caley Galarneau, Ben Blackie, and Chastity Brunner
April 6, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twiler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 5, 2018
Hey there! Renny Santone, the Jr. High greeter, helps protect with school security. He stays by the main floor office.

Generation Z makes decisions on gun control

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
April 5, 2018
Practice makes perfect! Caley Galarneau performs her strut for the judges. She attended the TU competition on March 10. Photo taken by Josh Bardelang

Strut your stuff

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
March 16, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
March 15, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
March 8, 2018
Woah! The thermostat on February 23 says the temperature its 73 degrees. The air coming out of the vents was 58 degrees. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Brrrrr! Classrooms get cold this year

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
February 23, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
February 8, 2018
Inquiring Photographer

Inquiring Photographer

Jocelyn Fetter, Caley Galarneau, Sydney Wilfong, Chastity Brunner, and Ben Blackie
February 1, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
February 1, 2018
Hola! Mrs. Leonard teaches Spanish 1 in the Junior High. This class is one of the three languages ninth grade students can take. Photo taken by Ben Blackie

Junior high must offer more language options

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
January 26, 2018
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

The life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau
January 11, 2018
Oh my! New Pearson curriculum has sharp looking books. The school district changed to Pearson this school year. Photo taken by Caley Galarneau

Pearson math books frustrate students

Caley Galarneau
January 11, 2018
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Green man conquers Whoville’s Christmas

Caley Galarneau
December 19, 2017
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau
December 15, 2017
Strut your stuff! On Dec. 2, Caley Galarneau competed at a competition at the Altoona High field house. She placed second in her division. Photo taken by Chasity Brunner

Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
December 7, 2017
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Life of a twirler

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
November 17, 2017
Students react to Cyberslam assembly

Students react to Cyberslam assembly

Caley Galarneau, Reporter
October 26, 2017
Ninth grade football game

Ninth grade football game

Caley Galarneau
October 2, 2017
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