What’s better than a Friday night at the Fieldhouse? Come join the Altoona Lady Lions
basketball team as they taken on arch-rival State College tonight at 6:30 PM. The Lady Lions
and the team from State College will be Shooting for a Cure to Childhood Cancer and there will
be 50/50 tickets, basket raffles, t-shirts for sale and much, much more to benefit the Brian
Morden Foundation. Oh, and we didn’t mention the best part… the Pep Band, Cheerleaders
and Lioneers will all be there performing. We hope to see you there!

Were senior pictures out of your budget this year? Then don’t miss this opportunity!
Professional photographer Tim Boyles (photographer for Taylor Swift, Nik Wallenda, Randy
Savage, etc.) will take portraits for a limited number of students Wednesday, January 18th
from 3:00-5:00. Interested seniors must use the sign-up sheet posted outside of Mrs. Vanish’s
room, B130. These portraits will be taken on a first come, first serve basis and will be included
in the yearbook. Be sure to make a note of the time you sign up for and report to the main
entrance of the school 5 minutes before your scheduled time to be directed to where the
photos will be taken. Don’t miss this chance.

Hey AAHS Students! We want to hear you LOUD and PROUD in the Field House for today’s
pep assembly so you are to sit by CLASS in the following sections.
Look for the LETTERS on the wall in the bleachers:
Freshmen – Letters, A, B, C
Sophomores – Letters D, E, F
Juniors – Letters G, H, I
Seniors – Letters J, K, L
Let’s see if the underclassmen can take out the Seniors in the class wars chant at the
assembly!

Attention Seniors: The Blair County Tea Party is offering a $1,000 scholarship for seniors who
plan on attending college or other type of educational pursuits. To be considered for this
scholarship, students need to write a 500-word essay on one of three topics selected by the
Blair County Tea Party. Stop by the Guidance office literature rack for a list of topics and
instructions on how to enter. The deadline for this scholarship is March 31 st .

Have you applied yet to Upward Bound?  There are still spots available if you think college is
in your future.  Let us work with you and the guidance office to help you make that
decision.  Upward Bound is currently accepting applications to select 60 Altoona High School
students to participate in this exciting new program.  If you attended the Upward Bound
presentation last year, or met with Mickey Bellet in the conference room, you already know
about UB’s college visits, tutoring assistance, stipends, summer programming, and meeting
students from other UB high schools.  Here’s another chance for you to take advantage of
this FREE opportunity. Did you forget about the graphing calculator incentive to apply?  A
congratulations shout out to Tyler Garcia!  His name was selected from among those who
applied in December.   Tyler will be awarded his Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus calculator later
this week. Do you want to be included in our next drawing?  Anyone who submits a UB
application by the end of the month will be included in the calculator pool!  The winner will
be selected from those students who apply – or have applied – between now and
January 31. Don’t miss out.  Stop into the guidance office to pick up a paper application, or
use the Upward Bound flyers QR code to apply on line.

Anyone with information regarding Mickey Nedimyer’s whereabouts is asked to contact
Detective Wilson at the Altoona Police Department. Mickey has been missing for many weeks
and we are requesting any information that may lead to finding him.