The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern I’ve tried to read Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea a few times, and never quite managed to make it through. But I heard such glowing reviews of her novels that I had to keep trying, so I switched to The Night Circus. This book definitely worked for me. It moves…
Author: Emma Noss
Avonews Editor-in-Chief 2024-2025.
Volume 83, Issue 1 Out Now!
The first edition of the Avonews usually comes out at the beginning of November, right around the quarter change. It is now the end of November, and the delay can hopefully be best explained by the wisdom I receive when I take a new quiz in calc: “The first time’s the worst time.” Before the…
Emma’s Book Reviews: Little Woman Is the Highlight of Junior Year In Books (So Far)
As my junior year has long since begun with a bang and most adults have suddenly decided that I should be able to give a concrete and definite answer as to where I want to go to college, reading for pleasure has taken quite a backseat, often to the dreaded American Pageant. Amidst the chaos, I…
Emma’s Book Reviews: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains” – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies I have never witnessed so strange of a crossover between genres as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Really, it shouldn’t work. Combining the light and comical social comedy…
Awards Assembly Returns To The Auditorium For The First Time Since 2019
Students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade joined community members for the first Awards Assembly in the auditorium since 2019. Among the new challenges in the past four years is seating capacity. Administration decided to livestream the assembly into 9th grade teacher’s classrooms instead of testing that the total attendance would exceed the total seats….
Students Attend Short Assembly for AP Classes in 2023-2024
Rising juniors and seniors attended a meeting during the last-ever morning LEAD about AP classes and summer work. Dr. Dwulit gave a brief address before allowing the teachers to talk about their classes and what students would need for summer work. Several of the current sophomores seemed to think that the meeting was unhelpful. “It…
Spring Musical Earns Six Nominations in 2023 Gene Kelly Awards
If you missed the announcements, you might not have seen Avonworth Drama’s high number of nominations for the major high school theatre arts competition in Western PA: The Gene Kelly Awards. The AHS spring musical production of Grand Hotel has earned six Gene Kelly Awards nominations. “Sweeney Todd,” Avonworth’s 2012 musical, was the last production…
AP Tests Kick Off May for Upperclassmen
To kick off the hectic month of May in true fashion, many juniors and seniors at Avonworth take AP tests. Every AP class has been working toward the day of its test since August. Students in multiple APs have been working towards several of the days in the next two weeks, with all of the…
Red Cross Club Brings Hands Free CPR Training To Students
On Monday, April 24th, the newly formed Red Cross Club offered hands-only CPR training to its members. Participants stayed in the LGI after school until 4 pm to learn. Hands-only CPR is a type of CPR that is just chest compressions without rescue breaths. According to the American Heart Association, hands-only CPR is just as…
Spring Break Book Reviews
With the lack of schoolwork over spring break, I was finally able to read again! I finished 7 books in the course of the week. I was a little disappointed in some of them, so I only ended up with one 5-star review, but I still enjoyed myself nonetheless. Tiny Dancer by Siena Cherson…