Site-Wide Activity

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 […]

Is there ever really a time where fans should be sending death threats to any athlete? Brandon Jacobs, a running back for the New York Giants, was sidelined the Giants opening game this season with a hamstring […]

The story of New Yorker Eric Garner has not ceased to make headway in the media since the events took place on July 17th, 2014.  Garner, 43, was in the process of being arrested by several New York Police […]

The action of jumping next to a person near a locker and then hitting the locker with your hand is called “Locker Dunking”. It is a very loud and rowdy action that may be annoying to others in the hal […]

Album: Because the Internet

Childish Gambino’s new album Because the Internet is another knock out album that will see the top of the charts just like Childish Gambino’s first album Camp. Although the new alb […]

Why do people do behavioral fads? Do people do it to send a message? Do people do a behavior just to follow the crowd? ”Because it is new and exciting”, said Olivia London, a senior in Avonworth.

Whatever the […]

Annual Powderpuff game is a major success! On November 13, 2013 the annual Powder puff game began under the lights at Lenzner Field. With high winds and temperatures below freezing, the girls never […]