Going into the girls’ basketball playoff game on Wednesday against South Allegheny at Fox Chapel, here is a brief pause to celebrate junior Hayden Robinson scoring 1,000 points. Hayden started playing in 7th grade, and despite not favoring the sport over track and field, she has had outstanding success. She credits teammates with good passing as…
Author: Caitlin Bellotti
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Shriver Beat 5/23
Mr. Shriver has been privileged to go on four trips with select students throughout his more recent years teaching at the high school, traveling to Puerto Rico twice, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands. He will add Iceland in the coming weeks, but this wasn’t a trip he had in mind for a while. “I hadn’t planned…
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Shriver Beat 5/17
Throughout your freshman year at Avonworth High School, whether you’re in honors or not, you share a common enemy that awaits you at the end of the year: your Biology Keystone Test. As the year begins to wind down, finals and keystone prep begin to flood the halls, nervous students telling their colleagues about their…
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Shriver Beat 5/16
Scott Shriver, Biology teacher, has been a part of the Avonworth team for 32 years is retiring by the end of this 2017 year. Although he bids Avonworth High School goodbye, in order to keep his time at our small high school alive, I have decided to make him the center of my beat for…
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Senior Switch Day 2017
After a scheduled 2-hour delay start, Senior Switch Day 2017 on Wednesday, May 10th spread the soon-to-be graduates throughout the high school and middle school as they took over in many classes. Below is the full roster assembled by Student Council Sponsor Mrs. Studt. Students had to submit requests prior to the day and teachers approved…
St. Patties Day Gallery, 2017
Students and teachers show their love for St. Patties Day through their attire on March 17th, 2017.
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Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser for the Milberts
Seniors Zac McDowell and Noah Donovan didn’t stick to the norm when trying to find a way to help a local family stricken with a tragic event. On March 9th, 2017, both students of Avonworth High School directed a Dodgeball Tournament, a fundraiser for the Milbert family, who recently lost their daughter and their home…
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WATER We Doing W/ This New Fountain?
A product that has been advertised for the past few weeks and shown across several posters spread among the school, the new water bottle fountain has recently been installed on January 17th, 2017. “I went to a sustainability workshop and started teaching my class about it,” says Elaine Tierney, the school staff member who lead the…
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District Sends Reminder About Delay and Cancellation Policy
The following was sent via Edline on Monday, December 12th, to district families regarding policy for Closings/Delays Due to Inclement Weather – The closing or delay of the start school due to inclement weather is an in-depth process that involves many factors to reach a decision that ensures the operation of school and also keeps…
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Winter Makes a Quick Visit
In a surprising turn of events, snow began to trickle down on Saturday, November 19th, only 5 days from Thanksgiving. And even still, as the temperature still drops, more snow begins to fall off and on. Here are a few glimpses around the grounds: