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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
Peyton Daniel

Peyton Daniel, Reporter

Hello! Im Peyton Daniel. I’m a junior here at AAHS, and I enjoy being with my friends and family during my free time. I like working for this staff because I’m introduced to new concepts of writing, and it allows me to work on my interviewing skills. I never saw myself being a huge writer, but the more I’ve been involved with this team, I’ve realized how interesting it was. I look forward to being a part of the 2021-2022 staff!

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Teachers and other educators begin to receive grants from the AASD foundation with projects they have done. Deidra Dumm shared her grant money with Paige Matteson to help make ice cream with their students.

AASD Foundation supports teacher projects

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
May 26, 2022
Ready, Set, Study! Juniors prepare for the upcoming SAT's by studying books, papers, etc. Many students have taken the SAT's already, and will be taking the tests coming up.

[Photo] Student’s experiences with SAT’s

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
May 6, 2022
Playing with Passion Sophomore Blake Nicolini prepares for any fly ball that may come his way. Nicolini played right field and helped get many outs for the team.

JV baseball plays against Chambersburg

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
April 20, 2022
High Prices Gas prices start to rise due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Many students and teachers shared their experiences with this change.

[Photo] Gas prices affect everyone

April 8, 2022
Let's Roll Students in Jeremy Rupeka's physics class display their final presentations for their gravity car assignment. Many students cars performed well and traveled a far distance from the ramp.

Physics class constructs gravity cars

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
March 22, 2022
Play your heart out The AAHS Band performs one of their final songs of the Football season. They played many songs, and have attended many events as well with their music.

AAHS band participates in band bash

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
March 16, 2022
All Smiles The girls indoor silks team smileas they hold a previous trophy they just won. The girls had many performances this year, and did an amazing job

Indoor silks starts season undefeated

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
March 10, 2022
Can't Be Beat! Students rush to the student store as all prices were lowered to just 22 cents. In celebration of this rare date, students in all grades levels participated in the events the Student Council and Maniac members presented.

Students celebrate “TWOsday” with student discounts, giveaways

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
February 24, 2022
Eyes on the road Many students don't realize how important it is to pay attention to the road, instead of their cellphones.

Students debate whether texting and driving is just as dangerous as drunk driving

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
February 15, 2022
Best friends Junior Connor Smith shows appreciation towards his favorite teacher, Mrs. Haynal. Many students have their favorite teachers and have been impacted by them in many ways.

Students share favorite teacher memories

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
January 28, 2022
Hllidaysburg vs. Altoona girls' basketball game

Hllidaysburg vs. Altoona girls’ basketball game

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
January 13, 2022
Junior Kasey Reid feels stressed after working on her classwork. Reid is among many of the students who we have heard from this year, that have felt this way.

Seniors hope to beat senioritis

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
January 12, 2022
Winner Winner Special Education teacher Mary Shultz gets crowned queen for her amount of time covering rooms. This idea was created by Erin Dunkel and was found humorous by many teachers.

AASD works around substitute shortage

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
December 22, 2021
Keep the Ball Away Junior Quinn DeAntonio works as the goalie to keep the ball away from their goal. The girls worked together to defeat Mifflin County.

Girls soccer wins District 6 Championships

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
November 17, 2021
Student council members help raise awareness throughout the school. They sold many pins and helped recognize this cause.

Student council sells breast cancer awareness pins

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
November 2, 2021
Time to focus Students enter the club and begin working immediately. Many were ready to game or work on their computer skills during this club.

Computer and games club starts off year

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
October 25, 2021
The coffee cart is located in the student commons area on the second floor of the B building. Students are not permitted to be late to class when purchasing coffee.

Coffee cart continues in student commons

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
October 22, 2021
Earthkeepers club helps clean the environment around them.

[Photo] Earthkeepers club to attend Envirothon

November 1, 2021
ID Students are now required to wear their student ID's to the Friday night football games.

Students express feelings toward football entrance procedure

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
October 7, 2021
Getting Ready Megan Russler joins the faculty this year to teach French. She spent some time in France prior to teaching here.

Megan Russler

Peyton Daniel, Reporter
September 16, 2021
Strobel emphasizes communication in volleyball

Strobel emphasizes communication in volleyball

Peyton Daniel, Guest Writer
May 20, 2021
Bus students should be dismissed earlier

Bus students should be dismissed earlier

Peyton Daniel, Guest Reporter
April 21, 2021
"Five Feet Apart" evokes true emotions

“Five Feet Apart” evokes true emotions

Peyton Daniel, Guest Reporter
April 1, 2021
Cassidy Sullivan is student teaching for Art 1, Art 2, painting and adaptive art. Sullivan graduated from Penn State.

Student teachers continue in unusual circumstances

Peyton Daniel, Guest Writer
February 4, 2021
Working hard! As students work to complete their final assignments before winter break, sophomore Peyton Daniel works day and night to finish her English paper.

[Photo] Online school= no school student mentality

Cassidy Klock, Reporter
December 18, 2020

Amy Dean joins yearbook, news staff as only freshman reporter

Peyton Daniel, Guest Reporter
November 18, 2020
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