Site-Wide Activity

More photos from the 2015 Children’s Hospital Auction. The total raised between both schools for the  Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund was $15,690.05
Student Council sponsor Keera Dwulit wrote to the staff   […]

Photos by Alex Domencic from the Lopes close game against now 16-2 Quaker Valley, who won 62 to 55 on their home court Tuesday, Jan 26th. The first photo is from the JV game.

On Tuesday, January 26th, the Northgate/Avonworth swim team successfully faced off against North Catholic’s swim team. The final score was Northgate with 149 total points and North Catholic with 92 total points.   […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have made their way into the playoffs tonight in Ohio, with the wildcard game against the Bengals, who they had a close loss to and a strong win against. The Steelers are in […]

Each picture is of something you might see every day at Avonworth…let us know in the comments 

On Friday, December 4th, students of both AP English and the Drama class attended Carnegie Mellon University’s production of Lord of the Flies.  The show featured some of CMU’s drama students, the producer Cade […]

Caroline Schaper, 2011 Avonworth Graduate and former avonews editor-in-chief, visited Monday, November 30th, during 4th period to share how she not only landed a job as a writing intern for David Letterman on The […]

Cassadee Pope, the season 3 winner of The Voice, is making quite a name for herself.  Her new single, “I am Invincible”, clearly shows her capabilities as a rising female signer and, at the same time,  creates im […]

Concert experiences are guaranteed to differ based on a lot of different variables. There is the band’s energy, the band’s actual talent, but most importantly I believe a concert goer’s attitude as well a […]

The New England Patriots. A name that in Pittsburgh is met with criticism, disgust, and maybe even jealousy. After all the Patriots, along with the Carolina Panthers, are undefeated in the 2015 NFL season. There […]

The rest of the season for the Steelers is looking good if you are an optimist. Saying goodbye to Bell, with only 6 games left there are one or two challenges that lie ahead. Pittsburgh would be looking good […]

Sunday, November 22 2015 was the selected night of the infamous American Music Awards, better known as the AMAs.  Aside from the show, a very anticipated aspect of the night is the red carpet dress reveal.  The A […]

Carrie Haney’s Guest Review:

Last Friday, I viewed Avonworth’s fall production of The Crucible. This play was written by playwright Arthur Miller and is about the infamous Salem witch trials during the late 1 […]

Want more of the review Zac McDowell wrote about the AP Tour?

On October 24th, 2015, 4 bands traveled to Stage AE in downtown Pittsburgh on the AP Tour, presented by Alternative Press magazine and Hot Topic. […]

Photos taken by Welcome Tjelmeland for the game held on Thursday, November 12th at Lenzer Field.  The two teams, 12th and 10th vs 11th and 9th, competed with over twelve girls on each team, coached by a mix of […]

Written by Arthur Miller in 1953, The Crucible is a tale of persecution in the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts in the year 1692. Rumors of witchcraft fill Salem when a young girl falls in a coma-like […]

“When I first came here, having a winning season seemed to be the expectation.” said Athletic Director Tim Geil about the upcoming Winter Sports season, “Now the expectation is we are going to challenge for a sec […]

Corrections for sports coverage:
Junior Spencer Haver offered the following corrections about the soccer program: “The boys played Sewickley Academy in the semi-finals, not quarter-finals, and won 2-1, not 1-0. […]

In light of the news that homecoming would be held in the high school gym, the class officers thought of trying to make the unfortunate situation better by making the homecoming dance a “rave”. The “AvonRave” […]

“Should backpacks be allowed in classrooms despite it being against school policy?” Out of the 49 students interviewed, every student answered yes to this question.

Marley Jenkins (11th) – “Yes, backpacks sh […]