In high school, a sport can make or break a student. With months of practice and preparation added onto hours of homework, many athletes decide that their sports career will...

On Dec. 13, astronomy teacher James Krug hosted the annual “Season of Light” Holiday Show. Being the most popular show of the year, all three shows sold out. “It...

On Dec. 13, the Scholastic Scrimmage team headed to Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 (AIU8) to compete in the Scholastic Scrimmage playoffs for the district. They finished in...

A decision is made every day by students, as well as staff to attend or not attend school. Although people don’t often acknowledge the significance of attending school,...

With the recent passing of Senate Bill 440, Pennsylvania schools are now allowed to incorporate up to five virtual snow days into their curriculum. The Altoona Area School...

Project SOAR  (Study, Overcome, Achieve and Reward) is a group founded in 2009 to help students succeed in and out of school. Once a student is chosen to be a part of...

On Dec. 8 at 3 p.m., there will be a memorial concert honoring the life and dreams of Kiera Chirdon, an orchestra student who passed away due to cancer. The concert will be...

As the school year progresses, classes can become more stressful for students as homework and classwork assignments begin to increase in number. For most students, there may...

On July 2, Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill allowing all schools, public and private, to incorporate cyber snow days into their school year. Senate Bill 440 allows schools...

Life skills support teacher Adam Mathias and his students are collecting grocery bags. Once they reach their goal of 10,000 bags, they are going to donate them to Martin’s...

Expect to see a new space capsule outside of the planetarium doors of the high school in spring 2020.  Mark Koch, a friend of astrononmy teacher James Krug, found the...

Over the past few weeks, students and staff have been concerned about the heating issue in the A building. Building principal Andrew Neely and construction workers continue...

Mountain Echo reporters traveled the community gathering as many pumpkin flavored items as they could find.  They then found a safe place to park and gave them all a try. ...

The cafeteria is allowing students to place food or drinks that are still sealed on the “share cart” for other students to take for no charge if they are still hungry. Its...

Security greeter Chuck Amerine was a member of the high school that everyone knew.  High school faculty and students came up with an idea to carry on the lasting memory...