On Friday, January 21, Avonworth high school had its first indoor pep rally since 2019 in the high school gym to celebrate the winter sports season and increase school spirit.
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2021 Spirit Week Brings Students, Microwaves, and Decades Stylings Back To School
2021 Spirit Week gave students the option to participate in daily themes, with one day at home (like Group A or B was for 2020 Spirit Week) and the rest in person. Monday featured pajama day. Although the students at Avonworth had Monday off due to Columbus Day, students could still participate by sending in…
Live Graduation Rehearsal Returns After Pandemic – June 2021
The class of 2021 gathered at Lenzer Field starting around 8:30 AM on Wednesday, June 2nd, returning a tradition for seniors that was interrupted by the all virtual format during the spring of 2020. Seniors will be the only members of the AHS community on the field for the ceremony, as teachers will sit in…
Guide to LGBTQIA+ Pride 2021
Today, April 23rd, 2021 marks GLSEN’s Day of Silence. This is a day in which LGBTQIA+ people and allies attempt to stay silent as a way of protesting bullying against their community. To mark this occasion I decided to make a guide to many of the pride flags and what community they each represent. The…
Co Editor Keyaira Cameron Leads Avonews Staff In COVID-Changed PSPA Competition
Best wishes to our co editor-in-chief Keyaira Cameron as she submits her best five photos to the PA School Press Association 2020-2021 Journalism competition. Normally held in November at Point Park, the COVID pandemic forced PSPA to ask schools to proctor write off prompts and collect portfolio work at their individual sites. Here at Avonworth,…
Boys Basketball Beats #4 AA Carlynton
Photography from Keyaira Cameron. Caption writing by members of Journalism 1 – Jon Bellotti, Mason Donovan, Sofia Galati, Luc Gilchrist, Luke Hilyard, Nathaniel Hardiman, Leah Logan, Maryn Ronk, Steele Selders, and Dylan Teale
Senior Halloween Parade Goes On Through The Rain
Due to COVID restrictions, the class of 2021 joined the marching band on a loop outside the school on a soggy, chilly Friday morning, October 30th for the annual halloween parade. The parade route shifted from the usual loop around the H hallway to a long route starting by the middle school entrance and circling…
Halloween 2020 Staff Photo Gallery
Mrs White (left) and Ms Wickert (right) as Batman and Robin. With COVID regulations, a number of staff included the mask as part of the costume or within the color scheme. Ms Wahl is the WWII pilot to Mrs Negron’s Rosie the Riveter Mrs. Li shows some American Halloween spirit – she also…
Fall Foliage Around AHS Campus
A few new spots of Avonworth property acquired this past Spring as part of an eventual expansion provide a different fall look along with the classic color tones on trees around the high school entrance. Here a few photos from editor Matthew Purcell and members of the Journalism 1 class. …
Homecoming Pep Rally Held At Lenzner Field Due To COVID
In another noticeable change from tradition due to COVID restrictions, the homecoming pep rally normally held in the auditorium was instead limited to seniors in person on Friday, October 8th, at Lenzner Field. 9th through 11th grade instead headed to their regular mod H classes and had the option to watch a live stream operated…