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Mountain Echo
Altoona Area High School
1404 Sixth Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
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The Student News Site of Altoona Area High School

Mountain Echo
The Student News Site of Altoona Area High School

Mountain Echo
Abigail Rudy

Abigail Rudy, Reporter

Hi. My name is Abigail Rudy. I am a junior. This is my second year writing for Mountain Echo. I enjoy reading and walking my dogs. I have four dogs and two cats. I love nature and being outdoors. I am looking forward to writing more stories this year for people to read.

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Take down, Gilbert has a newspaper hung in his room showcasing 2023-24 Altoona Mirror wrestling all-stars. There are three girls who appear in this photo, showing girls can wrestle too.

Girls wrestling in the ring

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
May 9, 2024
Dancing with style. This couple matched in grey clothing. They danced to different songs as the night went on.

Student council hosts Senior Citizens’ Prom April 25

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
April 30, 2024
Blue. The committee went to the game last year. The sky was bright blue while taking the picture.

Junior, senior committees to go to Major League Baseball game

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
April 24, 2024
Brown dog Rosie, the Newfoundland dog, spends her time bathing in the sunlight. She sat there for two hours in the sunlight.

Follow their Instagram to show your support. They will be posting to let students and the community know what is next in their plans.

Black Student Union: Unionizing Black Culture in the Student Body

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
April 10, 2024
Working. Sophomore Adam Moyer doing his Get More Math at the start of class. He does his math warm up at the start of class each day.

Spreading the message. Posters are hanging around the halls about the new club. The google classroom code is grprz3b.

Hearts for love

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
March 26, 2024
Total days missed by students in the 2022-2023 school year, by grade. (Made with Canva)

TSI: Targeted Support and Intervention

Abigail Rudy and Melissa Krainer
March 15, 2024
Sophomore Ashton Barr-Baughman gets beyond the Get More Math points for this week. He has done 146 math problems this week on Get More Math.

Smile Kyle sits in a field of flowers taking pictures. She is a college student studying to be a school counselor. Courtesy of Kyle.

Looking for guidance in the guidance office

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
February 29, 2024
Spreading the words of writers. Joel Gilbert showcases journalists writings by hanging news articles and photographs on his white board in his classroom.

A group photo of students who went to a bible study. They spent their afternoon in prayer and worship.

The power of the Mountain Movers

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
February 15, 2024
Candy grams will be sold during all lunches the week of Feb. 5 through Feb. 9 Share love with your friends and buy them one. (Made with Canva)

Candy gram sale week of Feb. 5

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
January 30, 2024
Homeless students walk through the school hallways each day.

Time of need: bringing light and support to the Altoona homeless population

Madison Aboud and Abigail Rudy
January 24, 2024
Stanley the cat, sitting underneath the Christmas tree. The tree lights are turned on to show the Christmas spirit.

Mosey giving his presentation. The colors of the past.

Dakota Mosey offers paleontology student presentation

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
January 2, 2024
Joy. A stack of holiday cards students decorate for children in the hospital. Students made doodles, wrote nice messages, and added stickers. Courtesy of McBurney.

Holiday cards for children in hospitals

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
December 19, 2023
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"Fun for Five"

“Fun for Five”

Charlie Kephart and Abigail Rudy
December 4, 2023
Don't be a Grinch! Surprise a friend with a candy cane for the holiday. They only cost a dollar.

Candy gram sale week of Dec. 11

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
December 4, 2023
Lab Teacher Jason Geis is showing his physics class how to do a lab called range to target. Andrew Neely observed Mr. Geis through out the whole class period.

The Champs. Team Turkey Jerky won the Turkey Bowl Championship. They won four rounds, lost two rounds, and tied one.

Turkey Jerky claims championship belt

Lillian Roberts, Abigail Rudy, Charlie Kephart, and Loagen Reilly
November 22, 2023
Shining stars! Each class of hers has an opportunity to earn a star that will be put up on the star board. She cuts out the stars herself and will write the students name on the star whenever they earn a star.

Uprising star math teacher

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
November 16, 2023
Hallelujah! A new Bible study club is now open to students. The first meeting is being held this week.

Bible study club to hold first meeting

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
November 13, 2023
New! Khan Academy has new test prep to help people practice for the SATs. They added a new feature of the digital test.

SAT test to use new format

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
November 2, 2023
Students work in the closed cafeteria on Oct. 25 during class coverage time. Amy Martin and Audrey Cromell report each day during seventh period to make sure all students without teachers are supervised.

[Photo] Administration improves teacher coverage

Brandon Auker, Reporter
October 25, 2023
AAAAAAAAH! Scare your friends with a boo pop. A ghost lollipop for only a dollar!

Boo pops sale starts Oct. 23 through Oct 27.

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
October 18, 2023
Practice makes perfect! The PSAT testing is taking place at 8:00 am on Wed, Oct. 11. Students will take the test on the Blue Book app.

PSAT to take place

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
October 11, 2023
Sweet opening! Sweet Desire opens for the Steve Miller band. Pine Knob Music Theatre was packed full of people.

A desire to play

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
September 26, 2023
Living it up in Nice! Students spent the evening catching a glimpse of the sunset along the French Riviera. (Courtesy of Veronica Skomra)

Bonjour France au revoir Altoona

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
September 13, 2023
Winners. Students who participated in the PJAS competition pose for a picture. Students stayed the night at Penn State on May 14.

PJAS members compete at States

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
May 24, 2023
Mug Bob is helping a student make a handle for her mug. Bob showed the other students how to make a handle for their mugs or cups.

Professional potter visits Hoover’s ceramics classes

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
May 22, 2023
Videos. Dodson gives students instructions for a worksheet based on a video. Dodson teaches American Studies and civics.

Teachers to retire at end of school year

Charlie Kephart and Abigail Rudy
April 26, 2023
TV. In the B-building on the 2nd floor a picture is being displayed about Sexual Assault Awareness.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
April 14, 2023
Subscribe!! Patrick Kirby shows off his YouTube channel. His first video was posted on Feb. 17.

Patrick Kirby makes YouTube videos

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
April 5, 2023
BLOCKED! When students try to get on the chess game it comes up as a blocked page. Blocked pages have popped up when students try to get on different games.

Students blocked from playing games

Abigail Rudy and Charlie Kephart
March 24, 2023
Shocked! Skylar Rutherford wins first place at the talent show. She played the piano and sang her original song.

Skylar Rutherford wins talent show

Abigail Rudy and Charlie Kephart
March 22, 2023
Time to leave. Students line up at the front desk to pay their checks and get back to school.

[Photo] FLC travels to Allegheny Creamery and Crepes

Lincoln Frank, Reporter
March 9, 2023
Butterfly. Junior Ashley Carini displays her painting of a butterfly. Like most other students, Carini ate popcorn while painting.

Newspaper staff participates in fun day

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
March 2, 2023
Focused. Junior Ryan Longstreth creates his version of modern art. Longstreth spent the whole period working on his painting.

Friendship. Makenzie Closson and Cassidy Klock pose for a picture. Closson and Klock painted Minecraft characters.

Shocked! Junior Makenzie Closson looks at the camera, surprised. She was so focused on painting, she didn't notice the camera.

Painting! Freshmen Miley Naugle, Melissa Krainer and Madison Aboud taking part in the fun day. This fun day consisted of popcorn and painting.

Finding Nemo. Sophomore Stayley Drenning poses with her half-finished painting of Nemo. Drenning finished her painting over the next few days.

Display. Students leave their painintgs on the shelf to dry overnight. The class kept working on their paintings the next day.

Sunset. Freshman Miley Naugle holds up her sunset-themed painting. Naugle enjoyed participating in January's fun day.

Pose. Junior Kirstyn Hood painted a flower. Hood spent the whole period working hard on her flower.

Popcorn! Mountain Echo kids in New I participate in a painting day for fun day. Junior Ryan Longstreth spilled a cup of popcorn when trying to get his supplies for painting.

Dress code. Andie Kephart speaks to the school board about changes she feels is necessary to the dress code. Kephart worked with several other students that felt the dress code needed updated. (Courtesy of Andie Kephart)

Students present dress code changes to school board

Charlie Kephart and Abigail Rudy
March 1, 2023
Crepes! This year FLC is going back to Allegheny Creamery for a field trip. The previous group of FLC students also went there for a field trip last year.

FLC plans trip to Allegheny Creamery and Crepes

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
February 22, 2023
Working. Fifth period Intro to Pub class working hard on their assignments. The students have already done many assignments dealing with writing and yearbook topics.

Intro to Pub students share experiences

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
February 16, 2023
Out of order. The men's bathroom is not being used by anyone right now. The bathroom is now open on the second floor of the b-building. "The thermostat wires were torn out. There were exposed wires. It was closed for a safety reason," Dibert said.

21 custodians keep building running

Abigail Rudy, Reporter
February 10, 2023
Class In Session. First year AAHS teacher, Robert Wynn, discusses topics with his Period 7 English class.

Wynn assigns memoirs

Abigail Rudy and Roniyah Kincherlow
January 30, 2023
Cookie shapes. As the cookies are baking, the baker sets another batch of cookies on a pan. The batch of cookies were put into the oven to bake.

Mountain Echo Christmas Cookie Competition

Abigail Rudy and Ryan Longstreth
January 6, 2023
Candy canes! Candy cane shape sugar cookies are being made. The dough was rolled out with flour on it so it wasn't sticky when making the shape with a cookie cutter.

Joy. Getting ready to decorate and make the cookies. The cookies are decorated and baked they will sit out to let dry.

Icing! The cookie icing for the sugar cookies is being made, The icing was made with different colors of food dye so each cookie will have different colors added to them.

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