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2023 March Madness: Broken Brackets Everywhere The first week of March Madness has gone by, and it was a crazy weekend. For pretty much every student who made a bracket, they entered school on […]

Girls' Swimming 2023 Wrap Up Despite losing several strong seniors last year, the Avonworth/Northgate Girls’ swim team continues a tradition of excellence. “I think they d […]

The Steelers 2023 Free Agency: B+ from Jack The 2023-2024 free agency as started as a hit, as we saw many signings for Pittsburgh Steelers during the legal tampering period and start of free […]

2023 March Madness: Journalism Classes Pick Brackets Members of Journalism 1, pictured above and below, and Journalism 2 picked their NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tournament Brackets leading up to the […]

Emma's Book Reviews: The Bookish Results of Two Long Car Trips When a long car trip calls, I respond by packing a backpack full of reading material. On the weekends of February 11th and March 4th, I made the trips […]

PA/Ohio Border Train Accident – Is the Response Enough? On February 3 of 2023, there was a train carrying harmful chemicals, it was passing by a small Ohio city called East Palestine. The train derailed […]

2023 March Madness: Pitt V Penn State Rivalry On the Bubble   For Penn State and Pitt fans, they have one more chance to clash it out on social media. Which team will be playing in the March Madness […]

Recent Shootings On High School and College Campuses Highlights Student Desire For More Gun Control After school on Valentine’s Day, many students at Westinghouse high school ran, cried, screamed, and kept themselves safe instead of driving home or […]

2023 March Madness: PSU Upsets #21 Maryland Before Big 10 Tourney Any Penn State fan that is in high school right now has not had a chance to watch PSU in the NCAA tournament ever,  since the team last appeared in […]

Freshman Wrestler Among 2 On Team To Reach Regionals Freshman Auston Kosenovich joined junior Luke Hollywood at Altoona High School in March to compete in the PIAA regionals for wrestling.  Auston […]

Guest Chefs Teach The Art Of Fresh Pasta Making Tidy old-fashioned paper caps were a surprise fashion around AHS on Thursday, February 23rd. Why? Guest chefs from Pasta By Yvonne brought special […]

Should Presidents Have to Take a Test? Launching her bit for the presidency, Nikki Haley suggested candidates over the age of 75 should have to complete a mental competency test.  Do […]

Would You Work More Hours If Child Labor Laws Changed? Students Share Perspectives After Other States Propose Changes Several states—including neighboring Ohio, along with Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin—are currently considering adjusting their child labor laws. Alt […]

SHOUT Club Highlights International Women's Day – Alumni Helping Haitians At the end of the morning announcements on a 2-hour delay day, and a student spirit PJ day as well, new HS secretary Mrs. Robinson read an […]

SHOUT Club Keeps Black History In Sight At AHS In 2023 February is Black History Month, a month-long celebration of Black people’s achievements in American history. Several students worked to make the […]

Some Students and Staff Stand With Ukraine On 1 Year Anniversary Of War With Russia It’s been over a year. The war in between Russia and Ukraine is still going on. I interviewed the choir teacher, Ms. Martin, and this is what she […]

The Best Gas Station Might Not Be Sheetz or Wawa Sheetz and Wawa have been competing with each-other for years on end on who is the better gas station, but the situation is to divided to tell which […]

Hallmark Holiday or Honest Happiness – Opinions on Valentine's Day Avonews Online staff asked teachers and staff on Valentine’s Day about the holiday itself. Here’s a few opinions…Mr. Steiner, substitute teacher, […]

Sophomore Class Cookie Fundraiser 2023: Surprise Success Valentine’s Day at AHS seemed to be nothing more than a typical school day in 2023. Some students sported red and pink outfits or brought in candy […]