This is National School Counseling Week! Tuesday’s theme is “Learning to be Connected.” Wear something to match a friend in celebration of the week!
Everyone LOVES Chipotle!!! Please support the BioEdventures Club by eating at Chipotle on Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Your purchase will help fund our Galapagos trip in June. Order online using code F27P2TF or present a physical or electronic flyer from your phone at the restaurant. For paper copies of the flyer, please see Mrs. McAleer, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Hogan, Mrs. Gardner or Mrs. Partsch. Gracias!!
Attention Friends of Rachel: Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 6 during 6th period in the open cafeteria. Passes are ready and can be picked up in the library.
Hey, Altoona High School! February is the International Month of Kindness, and the Friends of Rachel Club invites YOU to participate in Cupid’s Challenge! Here’s how it works:
– Commit to an act of kindness that you will carry out during February.
– Write your act of kindness on a heart during all lunch periods.
– Watch kindness spread throughout our school!
Let’s make Altoona High a kinder place – one heart at a time. Join us in Cupid’s Challenge and be the reason someone smiles this month!
Sign Language Club will be meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6 from 3 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. in room B225 (Resource Room). Students with no experience can learn the basics of signing and those with more experience can practice sign together. Students will also learn some basics about deaf culture. We will sign the manual alphabet (fingerspelling), numbers, and basic American Sign Language Vocabulary related to seasonal themes and interests. If you are interested in joining the club as a new member or a returning member, please be sure to sign up for the 2024-2025 Sign Language Club Google Classroom. Class code: uql53lv
Attention boys: The Altoona boys volleyball team will be holding an open gym tonight in the Fieldhouse from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. If you have questions, please contact Coach Saboe.
Seniors who sold Marianna’s for the AfterGlo Fundraiser: The orders will be delivered Wednesday, Feb. 5 and ready for pick up from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please make necessary arrangements to have all orders picked up as all items are perishable and we have nowhere to store them
Attention Baseball players not currently playing a winter sport: There will be open gyms for any 9th through 12th grader who is interested in trying out for high school baseball this year. The first two open gyms will be held tomorrow, February 4 and Thursday, Feb. 6 . The open gyms will be held from 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. for grades 11-12. The workout for grades 9-10 will be held from 5:15 p.m. – 7 p.m. These workouts will take place at the Washington & Jefferson Elementary Building. Players are asked to use the 4th Street lower entrance only. Please bring a glove and a bat if possible. A coach will be there to let you in. This message is for anyone not currently playing a winter sport.
Seniors: New scholarship applications that have been added to the rack are the International Society for Key Women Educators, the Courage for Kierra Scholarship for students with two or more years in the AAHS music program, as well as First Commonwealth Bank’s Scholarships.
The Angelo Gioiosia Memorial Scholarship is now available for senior males who have participated in Cross Country or Track and Field for two consecutive years.