Announcements for 1/19

Come on, come on, put your dance shoes on
It’s Thursday night and the SnowBall’s on
Join us at the Fieldhouse on Thursday, 1/26 from 6-8:30
$5 tickets will be sold from 1/19-1/26

Attention Juniors: A reminder to return all completed junior physical forms to the nurses’
office. If you have any questions, stop down and see either Mrs. Weidlich or Mrs. Dibert.

Friends of Rachel will have a meeting today during 7 th period in the Open Cafeteria. Students
must get teacher permission to attend.

Attention sophomores and juniors: Stop by room B130 to check your name spelling and
school portrait for the school yearbook on Thursday and Friday. Pages are hanging outside the
room. Any problems must be reported to Mrs. Vanish by the end of the school day Friday,
January 20 th to be corrected.

Attention seniors: The final day to submit senior portraits from an outside photographer is
Friday, January 20 th . They must be emailed to [email protected]. Any portraits
submitted after that date will not be accepted. Check the screens in the school, the handout
provided at the beginning of the year, or refer to the posts on social media for details. See or
email Mrs. Vanish in room B130 before Friday with questions.

Attention seniors who will be attending Juniata College: If you have an interest in
instrumental music, then be sure to stop by the guidance office and pick up information on
how to apply for one of the many scholarships they are offering.

Attention seniors interested in agriculture, botany, forestry, floral design, and the like, stop
by the guidance office literature rack to pick up information about scholarships being
offered by the Blair Garden Club. Deadline is April 5 th .

Seniors, are you planning a career in a Healthcare-focused field? If so, you will want to stop
by the guidance office to pick up some information on applying for PHN Charitable Foundation
Scholarships. Deadline 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?  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.