While technology becomes more and more prevalent in our world, many schools are still reliant on outdated textbooks to convey information to students every day. Replacing these textbooks with tablets, or similar personalized technology, benefits the students of the classroom by giving them access to a huge amount of current information to enhance their learning…
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Social Media Can Start Cyber Bullying and Hatred of Groups – Guest Editorial by Tony Grillo
Social media, a way that people can use to communicate without even being in the same room at the same time. While social media can be a way of talking with those far away, in the wrong hands can be as dangerous as a loaded gun. Most people in high school have a Facebook account…
How Illegal Immigrants Are Destroying Our Country – Guest Editorial by Coco Casey
Illegal is illegal. America is a place for everyone, no matter where you’re from. However, entry, status, length of stay, work visa, green card (and the list goes on) are all important. The Illegals are costing hard working Americans millions of dollars, not paying taxes, driving illegally uninsured vehicles, all without any consequences. If we…
Swim Team Parade Celebrates Successful Season by Sophia Brandt
The past two years have had their share of parades in the high school, celebrating WPIAL births for varsity football and track. Today, on a chilly March afternoon, the school celebrated an undefeated season for both boys and girls teams by having the band and Avonettes parade through the halls around 2 PM. For the second…
Lopes Basketball WPIAL playoffs
The Lady Lopes play Friday vs. Greensburg Central Catholic at 6:30 at Baldwin High School. The boys’ play Wednesday vs. Neshannock at 8 PM at CW North Catholic. Both teams return to the playoffs for the second straight year. The Lady Lopes completed a season including a 60 to 1 defeat of Northgate on Thursday,…
Comments and Corrections for Winter 2016 Print Edition
If you have any comments or corrections for the avonews print staff about the Winter 2016 issue, please leave them here.
Can You Guess What These Are?
Each picture is of something you might see every day at Avonworth…let us know in the comments
Fall Play Guest Reviews: Carrie Haney, Abigail Busse, Riley Galvis Praise Performances from The Crucible
Carrie Haney’s Guest Review: Last Friday, I viewed Avonworth’s fall production of The Crucible. This play was written by playwright Arthur Miller and is about the infamous Salem witch trials during the late 1600s. A cohort of girls led by Abigail Williams (played by senior Angelica Tozzi) are accused of witchcraft after her cousin, Betty…
PowderPuff Photos
Photos taken by Welcome Tjelmeland for the game held on Thursday, November 12th at Lenzer Field. The two teams, 12th and 10th vs 11th and 9th, competed with over twelve girls on each team, coached by a mix of Varsity Boys football players. In the end, 11th and 9th shut out 12th and 10th on…
Comments and Corrections for Fall ’15 Issue
Corrections for sports coverage: Junior Spencer Haver offered the following corrections about the soccer program: “The boys played Sewickley Academy in the semi-finals, not quarter-finals, and won 2-1, not 1-0. Bishop Canevin was a quarter-final game, not semi-final. The girls team did not go to Highmark Stadium for a playoff game.” Further correction for Thai…