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Senior athletes who have made the commitment to continue their athletic pursuits at the post-secondary level were recognized at a college signing ceremony on Monday, March 29.

Please complete the form if you would like to order from the Altoona Area School District Food Program. ***Distribution will be in the bus lane on 2nd Avenue, in front of the building. Traffic flow will be in one direction only. Please approach with the building on the passenger side of your vehicle.*** This order form is intended only for those students participating in full time virtual or cyber programs. Students attending face to face instruction receive meals daily and have the option to take meals home at the end of each school day.

Are you an AAHS student in need of Academic Assistance? Help is available to all students after school in the library, Monday through Thursday, from 3:00-4:00pm. Monday and Wednesday, Math and English teachers are available; Tuesday and Thursday, Science and Social Studies teachers are available. Please take advantage of this opportunity to help you get back on track!

Enjoy our weekly videos of our Pride of the Mountain Lions Seniors!

For some the idea of writing and publishing a book never gets beyond the thought of actually doing it. That is not the case for AAHS social studies teacher Tom Fox.
After contemplating the idea for nearly 15 years and scribbling ideas on and off, Fox recently accomplished not only his goal of writing a book, but also the goal of becoming a published author.

Parents are reminded to update their contact preferences in the Skylert Emergency Notification System. Emergency messages as well as snow delays and cancellations will be sent out through the Skylert system.

Skylert – Emergency Notification
Family Access is also the location where you will find Skylert, our family emergency notification system. With Skylert, families have the ability to change and add contact numbers and email addresses for emergency notifications. Once logged into the Skyward Family Access, click on Skylert on the General Information menu on the left navigation bar. Your Skylert settings will display. If you wish to make changes, click on Edit on the right of the screen. Please be sure to verify your information in order to ensure you receive messages related to emergency notifications, school delays and school cancellations.

Students in Mrs. Curry's Art in Public Places class chose to create a piece of artwork drawn somewhere in the community within the theme of positivity and moving forward as a final project.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires Pennsylvania to ensure
that the total number of students assessed in each subject using the PASA
does not exceed one percent of the total number of all students in the state
assessed on the statewide assessments. Click title above for more information.

Thanks to a generous gift from the late Bill and Anne Thompson, the new AAHS Strength & Conditioning Center offers AAHS students a premiere workout and training facility.

Elementary music teacher Mrs. Jamie Hillard recently introduced her Kindergarten students at McAuliffe Heights Program, Juniata and Juniata Gap to their “virtual music class pet” for this year.