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The Student News Site of Altoona Area High School

Mountain Echo

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Mountain Echo

Disney Magic. Join the drama club on Saturday April 5 for a Mermaid Tea Party. There will be special performances and light refreshments. Courtesy of Ben Cossitor
Drama club to host Mermaid Tea Party
Rylie Keagy, Reporter • March 20, 2025

The drama club is hosting a Mermaid Tea Party for the spring musical production of “The Little Mermaid” on Saturday April 5. The event is...

FBLA students parked cars at Mansion Park for football games.  Parking cars is one way clubs have fundraised this year.
Clubs adapt to new funding procedures
Cevin Dively, Melissa Krainer, and Emmalee Martyak March 17, 2025

Going into the 2024-25 school year, administration decided that it was essential that reforms be made to the way that clubs are funded.  The...

Girls League raises money for Easter for Eli
Girls League raises money for Easter for Eli
Andie Kephart, Reporter • March 17, 2025

Girls League is making Easter a little bit brighter for children in need by donating funds and baskets to the Easters for Eli program.  The...

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QUICK NEWS

Let the games begin. Altoona students play water assassins outside of school, as they are assigned different targets.
Altoona takes on Water Assassins
Noah DiVentura and Rylan Cagle March 20, 2025

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Locked in. Senior Randy Grove and junior Camdyn Keefer pay attention to one spotlight speaker.
Speaker series offers career insights
Lincoln Frank, Associate Editor • March 14, 2025

The new Spotlight Speaker Series seeks to help students make informed decisions about their futures,...

Open your book. Leader in Me session book, that every grade has.
Shaping tomorrow’s leaders through ‘Leader in Me’ classes
March 13, 2025

The Leader in Me program aims to teach students to focus and act on what can be controlled and influenced...

Hard at work. Substitute teacher Harrison Pellegrine works as he watches over his class.
Substitute teachers discuss motivations
Lincoln Frank, Associate Editor • March 9, 2025

For some, substitute teaching is a stepping stone; for others, it’s a fulfilling second career. Across...

Gennaro helps two students bring their vision to life in her sculpture and three dimensional design class. The classes worked on sculpting trees out of assorted materials for a project.
Olivia Gennaro joins art department
Emmalee Martyak, Associate Editor • March 6, 2025

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( Photo courtesy of Andie Kephart )
Winter Sports Standout Athletes
Emma Hovan, Reporter • March 19, 2025

Mary Stoltz - Indoor Track Q&A with Mary Stoltz Q: What motivates you to perform at your best? A: "My teammates. They are very supportive and I want to perform well...

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Mountain Echo Voices – Opinion/Editorial

Welcome to the Opinion Section of the Mountain Echo.  These opinions do not represent the opinions of the school or school district but those of the students.

Spring switch. Switch up movie night with these subgenres. The films featured were "The Wailing", "Midsommar", "The Killer", "Oldboy", "Cunk on Life", and "Crimson Peak".
Spring into new stories
Mattie Baker, Associate Editor • March 14, 2025

Spring is the season of growth, change and renewal. It’s a time for improving, whether that be by doing some much needed “spring cleaning” or by starting a new project....

Reading all the way. The best books to read for a long winter.
Quick reads to make it through a slow winter
Madison Aboud, Associate Editor • March 12, 2025

I’m always looking for the next great read. Sometimes, I am always on the hunt for the next great novel. I would be remiss if I didn’t take the time to share some I've...

And the Grammy goes to... The Grammys, held Feb. 2, awarded artists in 94 total categories.
The Grammys: A night of both hits and misses
Emmalee Martyak February 13, 2025

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Prologue. Every book holds a new adventure and you never know what will be waiting within the pages.
Book of the Month
Madison Aboud, Associate Editor • February 23, 2025

February is a time where romance seems to radiate everywhere. I’m a romance reader to my core, but sometimes I’m not interested in reading about a happily ever after....

Editorial Cartoon
Editorial Cartoon
Mattie Baker, Associate Editor • January 31, 2025

A person pays using their cell phone with the instant electronic payment mode known as PIX, at a store in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Letter to the Editor: Cell Phones
Dante Diehl, Contributor • February 25, 2025

This is a letter on why kids should have phones on our person in school, and I will go through three...

Podcast Corner
For many groups, special homerooms were key to bring members together. Now, however, this has been cut off.
Bring back special homerooms
Editorial Board March 3, 2025

At the end of the 2023-24 school year, many had come to accept that, for the 2024-25 school year, there would not be any special homerooms. Instead,...

Instead of a senior ring, Harkins opted for a custom Penguin's hockey jersey with the number "25," representing his graduation year.
What’s next?
Gracie Gioiosa, Reporter • March 12, 2025

After graduation, senior Gavin Harkins plans to attend Mount Aloysius. In this senior blog, Harkins discusses his ambitions for after high school. Q:...

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