Site-Wide Activity

Over the past week, a divisive argument has spread its roots through AHS: are there more wheels or more doors in the world? After a week of strong debates in the halls, however, the results seem to be […]

On Monday, March 9th, 2020, probably no student woke up thinking this will be the last week I go to Avonworth High School and not have to wear a mask. That Monday seemed normal, everyone just going about their […]

Here’s a list of WPIAL events, live-stream options, and links for tickets for swimming, boys basketball, and wrestling.
Bocce and bowling will also have championship […]

On Friday, February 25, Special Olympics sponsored a Polar Plunge fundraiser at Avonworth high school.

The Polar Plunge’s goal was to raise money for Special Olympics Pennsylvania. This was a state-wide event, […]

The Sophomore class has an annual fundraiser for valentines day. This year we decided to open the orders to parents and middle schoolers which ended up being a huge hit. The underclassmen and teachers were very […]

On Monday, March 7th, the Avonworth School Board will meet to discuss if masks will become optional for students and staff throughout the district. Below is a screenshot of the district communication through […]

Over the past two years, we have gotten used to seeing our peers’ eyes only. In our day-to-day life, when interacting with people, the new norm had become judging an expression from how squinted their eyes were, […]

Instead of completing or opting out of the ASVAB test like 10th or 11th grade, or visiting Beattie for the first time like 9th grade, seniors on Thursday, February 10th had a day focused on a tradition for seniors […]

The announcement came on the loudspeaker at 10:53, normally the end of Mod C/D.  “AP Calculus and AP Literature are holding class and {seniors} should report to class, 10th and 11th-grade students who opted out […]

AHS students and teachers welcomed back the 9th-grade A. W. Beattie field trip, making its first rerun since 2019.

A. W. Beattie is a college and earlier career exploration program that serves the nine schools […]

On Thursday, February 3, Avonworth high school went forward with an FID day due to winter story conditions.The winter storm, unofficially named winter storm Landon by the Weather Channel, has spread across the […]

For myself, and many other students, our first two official Flexible-Instruction-Days (FID) weren’t very different from a normal day in school. All of my classes were able to continue with what we had already been […]

The most core memory I have of a ‘snow day’ would be all the way back to 2011 when Pittsburgh was covered in nearly a foot of snow. The night before school, my mom got the phone call from the school that we wou […]

Editors Note: Originally published on the now-defunct my.hsj.org/avonews website, this article is 5 years old. Republished as the 2022 Journalism 2 class begins the same interview project.
 

Senior Jackson […]

On Friday, January 21, Avonworth high school had its first indoor pep rally since 2019 in the high school gym to celebrate the winter sports season and increase school spirit.
 

January ended with 2 consecutive 2 hour delays for Avonworth High School. Students were generally happy with the delays, but some were mad that it wasn’t called off earlier.

Thursday, January 27th, was […]

On January 21, all high school students flowed into the gymnasium for the first ‘normal’ pep rally since COVID. The stands cheered as students and faculty played tug of war, and the winter sports got their rec […]