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On Friday, May 29, 175 seniors participated in senior day. Twenty six students were part of the committee that planned and ran the day. The senior sunrise kicked off the day at 5:30 a.m. with Committee Chair Madison Aboud, Assistant Superintendent Mark Harrington and Superintendent Brad Hatch speaking to the class.
“It was scary to address all of the seniors,” Aboud sa...
In recent weeks, Arby’s has been receiving a wave of criticism online for some of their menu items looking unappealing and generally unappetising. However, I wanted to find out if the hate was overblown or if Arby’s was really as bad as everyone says it is.
On May 11, I decided to take a trip to Arby’s with my fellow reporters Maxwell Coon and Diego Gil. We all got dif...
On May 23, the ACT (Altoona Community Theatre) presented the school’s drama club with 14 Isaac awards. This marks history for the school, as this is the most awards won from a singular production.
“I thought it was crazy,” senior Gabrielle Beldin said. “I thought ‘42nd Street’ was top of the ball since we were tapping and got so many nominations for that. So to get 13 ...
Every bird must leave the nest. Whether it’s to another part of town, another city, state or even another country, leaving home is an inevitable part of adulthood. This is no different in Altoona, as many students express the desire to leave the Blair County area.
In a recent survey, 54.6% of the 388 respondents answered that they wanted to leave Blair County.
One donor. Eight lives. Twenty-nine entries.
In April, senior Mountain Lion Television (MLTV) students Aiden Aiken, Parker Huey-Kish, Adilee Scott and Sydney Wilber created a 90-second video about organ donation. The team submitted their work to the Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness (