Editor’s Note: This post is the first publication for a new blog within Avonews Online, currently titled “The 11%”. Current Avonews staff falling within the district’s statistics for minority population are invited to add perspectives, reflections, and commentary in a platform centered within a minority viewpoint. Gbemi Odebode, class of 2025: I recently had the…
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Fall 2023 Photo Gallery – October through early November
October 2023 saw the new front entrance start to rise, the return to playoffs for fall sports, the lead up to the fall play, and the end of the 1st 9 weeks for students. Here are a few glimpses of social media posts and photos by Avonews staff for various views and events throughout the…
Guest Editorial by Abby Brooks: Remember Matthew Perry for his Humor and Honesty
I’ve watched Friends for years, watching it every night with my mom in the living room. I picked up the book Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Things, written by Matthew Perry, because I was interested in another point of view that occurred during the long filming of the show. It showed some hardships like addiction,…
School Stops Classes Mods A-D For 1st Ever Computerized PSAT And Special Programming
This year’s schoolwide Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, more commonly known as the PSAT, was administered on Tuesday, October 17th between MODS A through D. Grades 10 and 11 were assigned new testing rooms while the Freshmen attended a “Future Ready” programming in the auditorium and throughout rooms in the new hallway, and the Seniors were…
Fall 2023 Photo Gallery
After a string of unseasonably warm 80+ degree days to start the month, October 2023 settled into more seasonable temperature and the remaining trees around campus started to show the more traditional reds, yellows, and oranges. Photos below taken (in order of appearance) by Pedro Moreira, Ella Piacenti, Nate Kline, and Brandon Cavanah during Journalism…
Double Alarms Disrupt Mod J
A scheduled nationwide FEMA alert and the year’s first fire drill both happened around 2:20 this afternoon. Here’s a look at the experience around the school. Mr. Pastore obliged our photographers with the photo at the top of the article, which he said was his “panic at the disco” pose.
J1 Eats – Fall 2023
Celebrating another successful round of 100%’s on Core News Values, students in Journalism 1 held their Core News Values Party on Thursday, September 28th. This edition featured a variety of drinks and even an international dessert. See below for comments and reviews from some of the Avonews Online staff in the class. What the Fanta…
Club Fair Fits Into Temporary Gym Hallway in 23-24
As class sizes reached into the 150s and 160s, the club fair shifted into the gym during LEAD. For the 23-24 school year, due to construction, the regular space is now also the temporary hallway for the first semester until January’s expected opening date for the regular main entrance. Take a look at the photos…
One Month Into 23-24 at AHS: A Photo Gallery
Below are different scenes from a variety of events and moments through the first month of this year of construction, new bell schedule, LEAD setup, and new classrooms. A number of the photos below will be temporary locations for half a semester or through the year. In the temporary office, which used to be Ms….
Football Reaches 2-0 After “Lopesided” win at Sto Rox
On Friday September 8th, Avonworth Football crushed Sto Rox on the road at Sto Rox High School. Avonworth walked into this game confident that they could get another win, coming off of their close win against Central Valley. Sophomore Carson Bellinger threw a dime to senior Andrew Kuban, pictured below from his Hudl highlight page,…