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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
Eli Peteuil

Eli Peteuil, Reporter

Hello! I’m Eli Peteuil, I’m a junior at the AAHS, and I’m a reporter for the Mountain Echo staff. I enjoy hanging out with friends and playing video games. I’ve always enjoyed creative writing, but it wasn’t until I joined the Mountain Echo intro to pub class that I realized I also enjoyed reporting and story writing. I’ve done a few stories on our Mountain Echo website as a guest reporter, but this is my first year actually being on the news writing team. I’m looking forward to this task!

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After 33 years, History teacher James Lowe is retiring. Thank you, for all you have done for the school!

History teacher James Lowe to retire

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
May 13, 2022
Hooray! Altoona baseball players and the crowd cheering. Everyone was cheating because Altoona scored three points in a row.

[Photo] Curve Classic to begin April 18-20

April 18, 2024
Focus. Player number two, Adian Steinbugl, gets ready to bat. Steinbugl hit the ball to the outfield and made it to first base.

Dive! Junior Connor Weyandt dives for the ball to stop the opposing player to be safe on second. Weyandt failed to get the ball and the opposing player made it to second safe.

Cheers! Get any of these handcrafted mugs for $10. Go to B 229 to purchase one of these mugs.

Mug sales benefit Art Honor Society

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
May 6, 2022
Wait for the bell. These halls are empty at the moment but once the bell rings, they are packed full of students.

Never enough time

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
April 26, 2022
She hears all. Savathun is the hive god of lies and cunning. She is the main antagonist of the Witch Queen campaign.

Destiny 2 Witch Queen compares to Destiny 1

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
April 12, 2022
Its time for TikTok. Sophmore Nicholas Pruznak enjoys watching TikTok on his morning bus ride. "TikTok can be kind of cringy sometimes, I enjoy some of the videos though," Pruznak said.

TikTok taking over

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
March 31, 2022
Check this out! These cards are used to play the game Magic the Gathering. Members of the TCG get together to play games like Magic the Gathering, Pokemon and other card games.

Trading card game club

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
March 18, 2022
Carrying the banner. Drama students rehearsed the act 'carrying the banner'. They all worked hard to perfect their dancing.

Drama Rehearsal

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
March 17, 2022
Fragile, handle with care! These pieces of pottery are made by Eric Hoover's ceramics classes and displayed for all the school to see. The pieces rotate around when Hoover's students create new pieces.

Hoover art display brighten students’ days

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
March 16, 2022
Don't forget! The way students schedule has changed. Students went down to the science commons where they scheduled their classes with the guidance counselors.

Scheduling procedures change for the coming years

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
March 1, 2022
Boot up the computers. Altoona's first fid day on Feb. 3 2022. The FID day was held due to bad weather on that day.

Students opinions on snow days and FID days

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
February 15, 2022
Rainbow Six extraction has launched and players are ready! Extraction launched on Jan. 20 2022 and has already gotten over three million players.

Rainbow Six Extraction review and overview

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
February 1, 2022
Getting ready for the day. Some students plan out their outfits every day!

Teens talk about how their outfits affect their days

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
January 21, 2022
Check the score board. Students from all gym periods had an opportunity to go bowling at Pleasant Valley for a nice break before the holidays. Students enjoyed their relaxing bowling trip.

Pleasant Valley Bowl field trip

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
January 13, 2022
Open it up. Sophomore Leiya Resig opens her locker to get ready for the day. She opened her locker and grabbed her chrome book for first period.

Differences between lockers spark debate among students

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
January 7, 2022
Workin’ together. Juniors Ethan Dennis (left), Julia McCauley (right) and Owen Smithmyer (middle) work on their English work together. The students worked throughout sixth period making sure their work was perfect for the teacher.

Group projects enhance education, provide real world experience

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
December 8, 2021
Workin’ together. Juniors Ethan Dennis (left), Julia McCauley (right) and Owen Smithmyer (middle) work on their English work together. The students worked throughout sixth period making sure their work was perfect for the teacher.

Are group projects beneficial for students?

Eli Peteuil and Olivia McMinn
December 8, 2021
Check the classroom Senior Daltyn Horton checks his Google classroom during the first period for any assignments for the day. He checked his Google classroom everyday during the virtual learning portion of the 2020-2021 school year.

Virtual learning eliminated from 2021 return to school

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
November 9, 2021
Ann Rowles

Ann Rowles

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
October 27, 2021
Sophomore Olivia McMinn applies mascara. McMinn got ready for the day ahead by applying makeup.

Students discuss pressures of unrealistic beauty standards

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
October 26, 2021
Wave the flag Showing pride for many countries, the FLC hangs flags in celebration of other countries around the world.

Foreign Language Club October meeting

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
October 25, 2021
Sign up for the celebration of Asia field trip before it's too late. Email Veronica Skomra at vskomra@altoonasd.com for more information or questions pertaining to the trip.

FLC to hold celebration of Asia field trip

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
October 19, 2021
Lunch time Cafeteria worker Joanne Defrancesco types on her monitor during lunch. She rung up students as they passed through.

Vegetarian/vegan students want more lunch options

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
October 12, 2021
Walking the day away Junior Abby Milliron walks out of school sporting a clear backpack. She gathered her belongings and headed home.

Students, staff discuss opinions on clear backpacks

Eli Peteuil, Reporter
September 28, 2021
Water options limited for thirsty students

Water options limited for thirsty students

Eli Peteuil, Guest Reporter
May 12, 2021
Rainbow Six Siege players lose track of time

Rainbow Six Siege players lose track of time

Eli Peteuil, Guest Reporter
April 23, 2021
Students enter the AAHS last November for the start of a hybrid school day. The students entered the school and headed to their first period classes. Now that it's February, students make plans to return. “Scheduling will start in the coming weeks,” Rogan said.

School makes changes to scheduling process

Eli Peteuil, Guest Writer
February 5, 2021
Ugly sweater day set for Dec. 22

Ugly sweater day set for Dec. 22

Eli Peteuil, Guest Writer
December 18, 2020

Sophmore reporter Hamid shares thoughts before moving to New Jersey

Eli Peteuil, Guest Writer
November 18, 2020
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