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The official opening of Rachel’s Closet was celebrated with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at both the Altoona Area Junior High School and Altoona Area Senior High School on Wednesday, February 19.
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Carissa Edwards joins the Ebner Elementary team as the new school office secretary. Welcome Carissa!
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AAHS students in Mr. Mathias' class collected 10,000 plastic grocery bags to get a park bench for the new high school B-building.
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District 6 Basketball game tickets can now be purchased online for $5 for the AAHS Mt. Lions vs. State College Little Lions and the AAHS Lady Lions vs. State College Little Lions championship game on Friday, February 21 at Mount Aloysius College. Tickets will be sold at the door for $7.
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Pennsylvania Women Work, in partnership with PA CareerLink® - Blair County, will launch its proven New Choices program in Altoona.
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The Altoona Area School District has two ways (online and printed form) to register your child for Kindergarten in the 2020-2021 school year. Please note the change in the registration cut-off date. Kindergarten children must turn 5 years old on or before September 1, 2020.
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Census Day is April 1, 2020. Be sure to count everyone in your household. Funding for programs such as Title I, Special Education, Classroom Technology, After-School Programs, School Breakfast & Lunch Programs and many more are based on the number of people counted in our community. For each person residing in Pennsylvania who is not counted in the Census, Pennsylvania stands to lose over $20,000 in federally allocated funding over the next 10 years when the next census will take place.
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Adam Port is the 93rd Mt. Lion to earn the Joseph F. Cohen Blanket Award.
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Seven AAHS student-athletes were recognized at a college signing ceremony on Wednesday, February 5.
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The 4th Annual Book Blizzard was held on Tuesday, January 28 for students and their families. This fun-filled family night included arts & crafts, guest readers, musical presentations and other activities for students and families to participate in together.
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