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Good Morning America ran a story called “48 Hour Screen Time Experiment: What Happens When Kids Have No Limits“.  This story does a nice job at showing the impact of too much screen time and why setting limits are important.   If you would like support on creating a Media Plan as a family please consider […]

The BolderBoulder (BB) Racers Early Bird Registration is available until March 23rd for $30.00, and after March 24th the price will go up to $35.00. The deadline to register with the BB racers is May 1st, 2018!  If you would like to join our team at a discounted rate, please contact Mrs. Trisha King or Mrs. Tina Mills. Follow this link for instructions how to […]

The Electives Course Request window (for current 6th & 7th grade students) will be open from Tuesday, February 20th until midnight on Thursday, February 22nd.  You should review the 7th/8th grade electives course description booklet, the 7th/8th grade electives course request worksheet (needed for signatures for most intermediate & advanced courses), the Elective Tutorial for how to register for courses in IC, and the course request screencast video.  All worksheets should be turned […]

Our final round of conferences for this year are on Tuesday and Thursday, January 30th and February 1st, from 4:00 – 8:30 pm.  You can click on this link (or copy and paste from below) to sign up to see your student’s teachers. The password is rattlers18 (all one word, all lowercase).  The link to sign […]

Three of Altona’s CyberPatriot teams scored in the top 10% nationwide in their last competition from Saturday, December 9th.  Team 1 – 24th Place (3.5%): Adithya Bhaskara, Zach Schulz, Agam Singh, Andrew Wheelock, Ben Xu Team 2 – 47th Place (6.9%): Mae Ferry, Ashley Kim, Megan Lister, Paige Massey, Hannah Piersol Team 3 – 65th […]

Congrats to the Cross Country Team on their efforts over the season. Every athlete improved on their finishing times, and worked hard for personal records. Last Friday at the Dawson Invite the girls team took first place, and the boys took second. The teams will be running in the middle school state championship race this Saturday at […]

The annual Altona Book Fair is October 5th – October 12th, 2017.  Please see the flyer below for more information, or click here to visit the book fair website. Book Fair Poster 2017.pdf

“Oh My Quad! The Cross Country team made a full sweep at the Twin Peaks Invitational on Tuesday September 19th. Both boys and girls teams took first place, and several placed in the top 10. Keep on Rocking Rattlers!”      photos credit: Erika Murray

Twice a year we invite parents to come in to have a conversation with your student’s teachers.  The first conferences for this year are on October 5, 10 and 11.  Conferences are scheduled via an on-line scheduler system on a first come, first served basis.  This system will be open for you to set up conferences starting […]