Author: ford_aaron

Mark you calendars!  On Wednesday, May 4th, Altona will be hosting their annual “4 Months Until You’re A Rattler” day.  This event is for all of our incoming 5th grade students and parents.  Please see the flyer below for more information. Four Months Until you’re a Rattler Flyer 2016.pdf

For the fifth year in a row, Altona’s MATHCOUNTS team will be representing the Boulder Chapter at the State competition in March.  These students out-performed fourteen other middle school teams in the Boulder area in solving complex, non-routine math and logic problems to advance to the state level where they will face the other top competitors in […]

It was officially announced today that our students won Best in Nation for the Verizon App Challenge for their app, “Diction Defender.”  There are a total of four middle school national winners across the country, one for each region.  Our region includes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Our winning […]

Parent/Teacher conferences for this semester will be on Tuesday, February 9th and Wednesday February 10th (invite ONLY night, no sign ups) from 4-8:30 pm.  You may sign up for a 10 minute time slot with each of your student’s teachers by clicking on the link below.  Sign ups for Tuesday are first come, first served. […]

A team of 7th and 8th graders (see below) from Altona Middle School just won $5,000 in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge for creating the best app concept of all middle schools in the state of Colorado! Check out their concept video here: https://vimeo.com/146573406 Now help Team Altona win the nationwide App Challenge Fan Favorite Award […]

In November, our teachers were asked to spend time in each other’s classrooms to observe and learn.  Each teacher observed multiple teachers from like and unlike disciplines.  Some of our teachers even chose to go outside of Altona and learn from educators from other schools.  Our staff reflected together and had some amazing takeaways from […]

Attention all 6th graders!! Your wonderful WEB leaders will be hosting a holiday movie night on Thursday, December 17th, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in the Rattler’s Den. For just $1, you can watch the movie Elf on the big screen, and your WEB leaders will serve you hot cocoa and a candy cane for no extra […]

I’ve been reading a book by George Couros called “The Innovator’s Mindset.”  It has really helped stimulate and challenge my thinking on how to move forward with shaping a shared vision for Altona. He discusses 8 Characteristics of the Innovator’s Mindset.   The first characteristic he discusses is empathy.  As educators, we strive to provide […]

Nine FCCLA students were accompanied by advisor Linda Dageenakis on a field trip on Monday, Oct. 26th to the FCCLA Northern Conference held in Greeley.  Students heard a presentation by a Colorado author and attended workshops on a variety of FACS related topics.  Students pictured from left to right: Isabella Mendoza, Beyonce Vigil-Lopez, Ruby Scott, Amber Nusser, Shea Cunningham, Diana Grigore, Cynthia DeLuna, […]

Altona will be hosting our annual fall social, themed “Science Fiction Universe,” on Friday, November 13th, 2015 from 4-6 pm.  Cost for the dance is $5 and 20% of all proceeds will be donated to the Community Food Share.  Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there!