Month: May 2019

For today’s LEAD Beat, many people are anticipating the girl’s softball team’s WPIAL Championship game. The team played Keystone Oaks in the championship game yesterday, May 29th, but a thunderstorm cancelled the game. The game got to the 5th inning with Avonworth leading 8-0 before it got delayed to today, May 30th, at 10:30 AM…

Today I got to talk to Mrs. Hickman more during mod F/G. She reports that she is happy to be back and is considering herself something of a “harbinger of summer” because she is returning so close to the end of the school year. Although she is returning very late she says that she is…

Calvin’s day, in general, was pretty good. He took his Calculus final, which he actually thinks he did pretty well on, with the exception of the last question, where he just gave up:  “I said I don’t know anything, and I just said ‘okay, I’m done,’ and I just left it there. It was basically…

Today was Mrs. Hickman’s first day back in the library after being gone for six weeks on maternity leave. She was teaching a class when I was in the library during mod H, but the assistant librarians report that her newest family member, a little baby boy named Oliver, is happy and healthy. More from…

This year we were entered into a new world at Avonworth. With a new block schedule format for classes kids got more opportunities while building their day. For instance some kids come in late or leave for the day early. Another thing kids have started to do is schedule open mods or something like a…

Calvin spends the last period of his day in Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM), at least that is what he thinks the name of the class is. He explains, “I have the memory of a goldfish. I forget everything. If my head was not attached to my body, I would lose it.” Calvin’s current project in…

With the school year coming to a close, many students are utilizing their LEAD time to study for upcoming finals. Consequently, the library, Lopes Lounge, and cafeterias are packed with students. With the recent Senior Project presentations going on last week, the library and the Lopes Lounge were closed many days, causing students to flood…