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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 […]

Medical Lockdown: What To Know Around 11 AM on Friday, February 10th, Dr. Dwulit announced a medical lockdown through the loudspeakers. Dwuilt spoke to Avonews reporters in 2019 […]

Luke's Look Ahead: This is What the Steelers Could Do in The Draft The 2022-2023 season has come to an end for the Steelers leaving them with a record of 9-8. After last year’s 1st round draft pick Kenny Pickett […]

Red Cross Club Totes for Hope Fundraiser Avonworth’s Red Cross Club is sponsoring a Totes for Hope donation drive through the end of February. Totes for Hope is a Red Cross project that c […]

Update: 2023 Book Releases I’m Looking Forward To 2022 was a big year for me and young adult fiction, marking many lovely book-to-screen adaptations and the release of several highly enjoyable books. […]

Busy January 2023 Around AHS Avonworth High School is having multiple events coming up and some starting now or have started! Currently there is a battle happening between […]

Eagles vs 49ers: An Underdog Story Cut Short Since the start of the new year, we have been given many surprising and entertaining sports matches from the NFL. Over this past weekend, we had the […]

The First Day of the 22-23 Second Semester: An Odd Juxtaposition of Emotions For many students, the start of the second semester means a switch in their daily schedule. It means changing lunch times, finally getting that open […]