Like the last day of school in 2023, a few members of the Junior class brought their barber skills into the building…except this time, the location shifted to one of the new rooms from construction: The Drop Zone. The scale of…supporters…grew from 2023, as well as the attention the buzz cut drew from students…
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Your Thoughts Here – Senior Edition and Anything Else from Avonews 2024-2025
Copies of the Senior Edition were distributed during LEAD on Tuesday, June 10th by the new editorial staff for The Avonews. Caroline Boothby, co-editor in chief for 25-26, lead the way through the remaining LEAD sections across the school. Seniors graduated last Friday, and with the last summer of campus construction pushing the start of…
Baseball Update 2025
Boys baseball finished with a tough 1 run loss to Quaker Valley, leaving the class of 2026 with a focus on a third straight trip into playoffs next season. 18-4 and a section win are the lasting highlights for the Lopes – coverage of the game from the Trib’s Don Rebel: https://tribhssn.triblive.com/in-a-tale-of-2-wild-pitches-quaker-valley-upends-avonworth-in-3a-quarterfinals/
Class of 2025 Switches Up Bell Sounds For Last Week of School
Visitors to AHS sometimes notice the Taco Bell sound that rings to mark the start and end of classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqA5IMx_2I On Wed, May 28 through Friday, March 30th the class of 2025 switched it up a bit, with a prank on Wed and a different style on Thursday before the sound of strikes at a…
Senior J.D. Engel Published on National Student Journalism Website
If you’re visiting after reading the 2025 Senior Edition, here’s a link to JD Engel’s SUNN Post publication – https://www.sunnpost.com/a-history-of-political-campaigning-in-video-games/ If not, you’re looking at an Avonews staff member who published first here and then on Vanderbilt’s new initiative for student journalism.
2024-2025 Awards Assembly – Award Winners List
Despite two days of cancelled school due to high wind damage from storms, the 2025 Awards Assembly continued as scheduled on Thursday evening, May 1st, in the newly renovated auditorium. Here is a comprehensive list of award winners. Hannah’s Heart………………………………………….Veronica Garcia, Reese Theobald, Greta O’Brien, Elizabeth Sweeney National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist 2025………………………………….Emma Noss National Merit…
Storm Damage Days – What Did You Do April 30 and May 1?
AHS students found themselves at home to end April and start May in 2025. Not virtual days, not a pandemic – completely closed. An intense storm brought wind damage, downing trees, disrupting power for over 140,000 at one point after Tuesday afternoon’s storm. Here are a few reflections from students, in summaries and in direct…
2025 NFL Draft: Steelers Earn B+ For Additions Without Annoyances – Guest Writer Luke Janicki
The 2025 draft saw one of the biggest draft slides I think we’ll see in our entire life with Shaddeaur Sanders dropping to #144 to the Cleveland Browns. It also saw improvement for many teams. One of those teams is the Steelers. Round 1 Pick 21 – Derrick Harmon, Defensive Tackle, OregonDraft Grade- A-Great pick…
Seniors Recognized at Duquesne University for Award Winning Essays on AI
Seniors Brandon Smidl, Lucy Studebaker, Lexi Mannion, and Sydney Savatt (pictured below, left to right) enjoyed a special lunch, private tour, and small awards ceremony at Duquesne University on Friday, April 25th, to recognize their winning submissions in the inaugural Youth Ethicist Essay Competition. Sponsored by the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics at Duquesne,…
Avonews Sends 5 To PSPA State Finals At Penn State
Editor in Chief Emma Noss returned to Penn State Main Campus to compete in the PSPA State Journalism Championship on Tuesday, April 1st, two years after she joined another Avonews EIC Zion Shenck at the same event. But in 2025, Emma brought the second largest field of Avonews staff along with her to aim for…