Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders, while very popular with the young voter demographic, was unappealing to many moderate Democrats because of his Democratic-Socialist agenda. Martin O’Malley did not make much headway during the primaries because he could not compete against the revolutionary qualities of the other two candidates. Hillary gained support from past Obama supporters, particularly following…
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PSAT Testing For Half The School
On October 19th, 2016, over 200 Avonworth students in grades 10-11 took a mandatory standardized test during 1st through 4th period–the PSAT. This test provides students with practice that is similar in formatting and question types of the SAT, which students take during Junior and Senior year. Class schedules were altered and over 20 staff…
New Signs Posted Outside High School
Recently, the Ohio Township Fire Marshall visited the school and explained that Avonworth HS/MS was out of compliance with our local Fire Lane laws. Usually, cars are parked in the lane outside the High School entrance, and this makes it impossible for fire trucks to respond quickly should there ever be an incident at the…
Spirit Week 2016
As Homecoming nears, so does Avonworth’s annual Homecoming Celebration, or spirit week. Monday: College Day Tuesday: Twin Day, pictured below from left to right. Wednesday: Sports Day Thursday: PJ’s Day Friday: Avonworth Day On Thursday, students wore PJS if they donated $1.00 towards the Blessings in a Backpack Program. Donations will be…
Summer Stays Around On Campus
While fall officially began around the end of 4th period today, it didn’t look like leaves were turning and hoodies were going over top t-shirts around campus today if students were headed outside. The US National Weather service in Pittsburgh reported “unseasonably warm temperatures will continue through Friday”, with today’s weather “like a summer day…
5 New Staff Members Introduced at Welcome Back Assembly for 16-17
The flurry of new staff, hampered slightly from a lack of working tech, and their formal introduction to the school highlighted the 2016-17 Welcome Back Assembly held in the auditorium on Friday, August 26th. As the band played “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with cheerleaders alongside, about 400 students met up in place of 8th period for this…
Comments and Corrections – 4th Issue of Avonews
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St Baldrick’s Fundraisers Continue Through 15-16 year
From The Battle of the Bands to Mr. Tuffiash’s Cookie Time event, high school students continued to raise funds for St. Baldrick’s Fund for childhood cancer research, marking a shift from traditional donations to the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund through the student council-run auction in December. Mr. Tuffiash offered his “Cookie Time” event as…
Palm Oil Production Harming Environment and People – Guest Editorial by Sarah Schaffner
Palm oil is derived from a type of palm tree that is from an area in the Congo Rainforest. It is a cluster-fruiting tree that require a tropical climate; making any tropical rainforest the perfect place for these trees. This leads to the destruction of rainforests mainly in Indonesia due to the similar climate. Over…
Comments and Corrections for Spring 2016 Issue
Please leave your comments or corrections below. Thank you for reading the avonews. If you would like to participate, please e-mail Mr. Tuffiash, the advisor, at stuffiash@avonworth.k12.pa.us and he will forward messages onto the staff.