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The Altona Spring Musical has returned!  You won’t want to miss Dorothy’s survival from the cyclone and her landing in Muchkinland.  Follow as she makes her way to The Emerald City to meet the great and powerful Oz; and the many adventures she encounters along the way. Tickets are available in the office starting today.  They […]

Students participating in our Washington D.C. class saluted local veterans today.  Veterans from Longmont’s Honor Guard met with these students in small groups to answer questions and share stories from their time serving in the U.S. Military.   Following these small round table conversations, the members were escorted into our Rattler Den to a standing […]

All current 6th and 7th grade students will be requesting their elective courses for next year starting on Thursday, March 2nd.  The window to select their courses will remain open on Infinite Campus until the end of the day on Monday, March 6th.  Below you will find a link to the Elective Course description catalog […]

Do you have a 5th grade student headed to Altona for the 2017-18 school year?  If so, we’d like to invite you to our upcoming middle-school transition events: Tuesday, February 28, from 1:45 – 3:00:  we’re inviting all Rookie Rattlers (students only) to visit Altona.  Mr. Lacrosse, our Principal, will give a welcome, the students will […]

Altona’s CyberPatriot teams wrapped up a successful season on Saturday as seven teams competed in the semifinal round. Congratulations to the Oswalds, the top team for this round. Members include from the left, Megan Lister, Paige Massey, Ashley Kim, Hannah Pierson, and Mae Ferry.  

Below is the link to sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences on February 13th and 15th, 2017.  Conferences will be 4:00 – 8:30 pm on both nights and teachers will have a dinner break from 6:00 – 6:30 on both nights.  If you are unable to schedule a conference with a teacher because their schedule is […]

Engaging, cross-curricular learning in the IDEALab.  Read more…

What is CyberPatriot?  CyberPatriot is the a national education program that teaches secondary students about cyber ethics and cyber security..  At the center of CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. Acting as newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company, students work in teams of five on a […]

We asked our students a couple of questions about homework and this is what they told us.

Parents, We sent out a survey earlier this week asking students “what time do you go to bed during the week?”  We received 382 responses (survey results are below) and wanted to share this data with you, as well as some facts and resources around pre-teen/teenage brain development and sleep.  Here are a couple of […]