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Altoona Area High School
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Altoona, PA 16602
  • March 14Happy Pi Day!
  • March 14Breakfast 03/14/25 - Pancakes with Bacon
  • March 14Lunch 03/14/25 - Cheesy Breadsticks with Sauce
  • March 14Announcements for 03/14/25
  • March 13Breakfast 03/13/25 - Egg and Cheese Croissant
  • March 13Lunch 03/13/25 - Pulled Pork Nachos
  • March 13Announcements for 03/13/25
The Student News Site of Altoona Area High School

Mountain Echo
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The food at the fair is set up in a buffet style so that faculty and staff can pick an choose. FLC is expecting around 25 different dishes.

[Photo] Foreign language club to host cultural food fair

Sonia Yost
February 4, 2020
Last year's MLTV crew gets ready to start morning announcements. This year's staff hopes to be up and running soon with a new format that allows A building classrooms to use their ViewSonic boards and a private Youtube channel to broadcast the program.

[Photo] MLTV hopes to debut next week

Zakary Hicks, Reporter
September 11, 2019
Bracelets are handed out to students who sign the prom promise

Senior class committee prepares for prom

Corey Minton, reporter
May 28, 2019
The photo used for the front cover of the 2019 yearbook

Staff gears up for yearbook distribution

Corey Minton, Reporter
May 28, 2019
Scorekeeper at Penn State Altoona tennis courts

Senior tennis players bid farewell

Corey Minton, Reporter
May 10, 2019
Senior Casey Rispoli Congratulates Senior Jonah Brandt on a scoring serve

Seniors Rispoli, Brandt compete at tennis district finals

Corey Minton, Reporter
May 2, 2019
Senior Tyler Robinson and Junior Colby Bickel first bump after winning a doubles set against Hollidaysburg .

Tennis team takes on Hollidaysburg

Corey Minton, Reporter
April 30, 2019
And that's all folks! The show is wrapped up with elephants and performers final segment.

[Photo] Hometown tradition kicked up a notch for sixtieth anniversary

Jocelyn Fetter, Reporter
May 2, 2019
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“Combat Obscura” sheds light on the war in Afghanistan

Corey Minton, Reporter
March 20, 2019
The Lady Lions coach re adjust the offense to better suit Norwins play style

Lady Lions eliminated in first round of playoffs

Corey Minton, Reporter
March 20, 2019
Team DeShong! Students and faculty members were aloud to wear a t-shirt in honor of supporting teacher Robin DeShong. DeShong is on the road to recovery from her diagnosis to colon cancer. The students and faculty wore the shirts on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

[Photo] School community comes together in support of Deshong

McKenzie Quirin, Reporter
March 15, 2019
And one! Paul Charles, Junior shoots a free throw at a home game against State College.

Boy’s basketball last scheduled home game canceled

Corey Minton, Reporter
February 13, 2019
Sweet pride! Standing are the winning competitors that will advance to the state competition in early April.

[Photo] FBLA prepares for end-of-year activities

Marissa Kessler, Reporter
January 29, 2019
"I hope it makes the future clearer for me, it's really cloudy right now," senior Daniel Porter said.

What do you hope 2019 brings you?

Nina Cipriani and Corey Minton
January 28, 2019
Coach Nick Felus was in charge of the Mountain Lion football team for the last three years. During the 2019 "BandoRama" event Felus was a guest conducter.

Changes coming for football team coaching staff

Corey Minton, Reporter
January 11, 2019
The bigs and littles went out for ice cream and a day of fun!

Big Brothers and Big Sisters group shapes youth

Corey Minton, Reporter
January 4, 2019
Elves mysteriously disappear

Elves mysteriously disappear

Corey Minton, Reporter
December 10, 2018
The bigs and littles went out for ice cream and a day of fun!

Big brothers, big sisters needed

Corey Minton, Reporter
December 7, 2018
"I want iced coffee in the vending machines, Starbucks mocha iced coffee. We need that and an ice machine." senior Stephanie Ansman said.

What drinks would you like in the vending machines?

Nina Cipriani, Kaly Ansman, and Corey Minton
December 5, 2018
"Chocolate Milk," junior Laurelee Savino said.

"Monster Energy," junior Tage Schilling said.

"Arizona Sweet Tea," senior Madison Sarver said.

"Naked Juice," senior Matthew Furrer said.

" I don't think they should add anything else," senior Olivia Hudson said.

Jeff Edgel and Christian Morris rock the high school. they work extremely well with the rest of the bad and have an amazing chemistry

Attaboy makes school rock

Corey Minton, Reporter
November 18, 2018
Billboard with kind words near Marshall county high school after the 2018 shooting

Preparation and precaution needed, not thoughts and prayers

Corey Minton, Reporter
November 7, 2018
Grades compete to raise money for Thanksgiving turkeys

Grades compete to raise money for Thanksgiving turkeys

Corey Minton, Reporter
October 25, 2018
Golf transforms students to gentleman

Golf transforms students to gentleman

Corey Minton, Reporter
October 25, 2018
With the recent addition of water bottles, what other changes would you like to see around the school?

With the recent addition of water bottles, what other changes would you like to see around the school?

Sydney Wilfong, Caden McMaster, Corey Minton, Kaly Ansman, Miranda Wertz, and Sonia Yost
October 16, 2018
This rocks! The bulldozer is moving rocks to give a more solid foundational structure for the new school. The foundation has been a very complicated procedure due to its former conditions.

[Photo] JC Orr and Sons construction aims to keep new building on schedule

Jocelyn Fetter, Associative Editor
October 11, 2018
The man, The myth, The legend Assistant Principal Dave Bufalini enters the Homecoming assembly with the skills and determination to win. He wore a stylish flannel shirt to remind the students of the themes for Homecoming week of 2018

Dear junior class..

Corey Minton, Reporter
September 29, 2018
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