Site-Wide Activity

The Journalism 1 class had a first listen to Ray Goren’s EP Songs For You:

Here are their quick reaction to the first track, Those Days.

Michela: Sounds like it would be in a commercial for swiffer. Really […]

Bonus points – how many should be given out, should they be offered at all, how fairly are they given, and can they be abused? Every student knows that more than once they have needed a bonus point here or there. […]

Maintenance staff member William Bauer was kind enough to visit Mr. Tuffiash’s journalism 1 class on Thursday, November 5, 2015 to share his stories as a veteran. His visit sparked the realization that many y […]

‘Yikes’ is what all Steelers fans should be thinking right about now. Either that or just ‘oh well.’ As soon as we get Big Ben in the lineup he gets injured yet again. This time with a sprain in the foot which h […]

“We are taking the bikes and trying to put as much weight on them as possibly to try and mimic the North Vietnamese soldiers that rode bikes down the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War.  They would put am […]

It’s Thursday afternoon, and Steelers Nation should be excited about tonight’s anticipated game against the Baltimore Ravens. This game is going to let the fans see what the rest of the season is going to look l […]

Most students view the blood drive as an opportunity to get out of class. Whether it’s that AP Calc test or notes you don’t want to sit through, the blood drive will help you get out of class…if that is your goa […]

Walking through the Stage AE gates, Lauren and I prepared ourselves for the connotative stigma attached to Mac Miller that we would experience in the next couple of hours. Rap concerts, in general, have a […]

Alessia Cara released her debut EP on August 28, 2015. Cara narrates five different scenarios of teenaged life in her EP, Four Pink Walls. Each track is entirely unique and is an accurate portrayal of the life of […]

Beginning on Tuesday morning, September 16th, a little after 9 am, the video conference room packed with journalism students, Key Club members, administration, teachers, and their honored guests, professional […]

Maddie and Tae are two young country music singers whose goals were to revolutionize the face of country music as most kids know it today with their new single “Girl in a Country Song”. It reached number one as […]

Dave Grohl, the old powerhouse drummer for Nirvana, and now the frontman the alt rock band Foo Fighters, visited Pittsburgh on the night of Tuesday, August 25th. Bringing in a crowd of more than 17,000, the […]

Several classes clumped under emergency lights in the hallways, while others left the building and conducted class outside or in the courtyard after the Avonworth High and Middle School building experienced a […]

Journalist Jill Cueni-Cohen visited the video conference room in the collaboration center on Friday, September 18th, during 8th period to share her perspective on freelance writing, ghostwriting, and her recently […]

“G.A.T.E. meant that we always had an ally in the building, someone who would fight for your choices and help you understand life,” said senior Ryan Johnston, voicing an opinion quite popular among his fellow G.A. […]

The Junior class elections were held on Wednesday, September 16th, during 8th period. Whitney Brown and Megan Williams ran unopposed for secretary and treasurer, respectively. Both girls kept their speeches short […]

The movie “Unfriended” has been talked about since the beginning of 2015. But, was it worth all the hype? “Unfriended” came out on April 18 2015, no longer keeping the hype. The plot was decent, bringing a new […]

Avonews Staff Sports Two State Champions at PSPA Competition Senior Ryan Johnston and Junior David Clark won first place prizes for Editorial Writing and Editorial Cartooning, accordingly, at the Pennsylvania […]

Hello everyone and welcome to the Perfect Distractions, where I find out what is distracting the people of Avonworth while in their classes. Sadly this is the last one I will be doing for now, and I may start […]

“I am 100% done. Also, 100% concussed, though it’s not official,” says sophomore Anna Joyce. The varsity basketball player, sixteen, has had a long, arduous week.

Her basketball career, though going well, seems […]