With efforts to “inspire and empower high school students to embrace their creativity through art and design”, the popular shoe manufacturing company Vans hosted their High School Custom Culture Contest which has run since 2010, though this is the first time AHS students participated. Four students from Avonworth High school competed including Junior Brayden Wisniewski,…
Author: Madison Perry
Students Start Third Full Week Back In Person with Mixed Reactions
A sunny, slightly warmer Monday greeted students as they started week three of being in the high school for daily classes. Journalism 1 reporters headed out for some “people in the halls” reporting to hear what was on the minds of students who were adjusting after many months of hybrid and/or virtual schooling. Students seem…
The Last Quarter of Senior Year
After almost a full year of doing school half online and half in person, for the homestretch of my high school experience during a worldwide pandemic, we are going back to five days of fully in-person learning or fully virtual. When we are so close to being done, this instead places more stress on families…
Senior Sweatshirt Distribution Marks One Year Anniversary of COVID Pandemic
One year after the COVID pandemic closed the doors of Avonworth High School for the 2019-2020 school year, the graduating class of 2021 received their senior sweatshirts. While we all thought that the pandemic would never last this long, here we are a year later, and a third of the way into the 2020-2021…
Pittsburgh Black Journalism History – Get to Know Martin Delany and Jackie Ormes
The next time you’re in Market Square downtown, look for the Martin Delany historical marker. Along with Jackie Ormes, they are two great figures in a number of distinguished African -American journalists throughout Pittsburgh history. Delany was primarily a doctor, but also started his own newspaper, The Mystery, and welcomed contributions from a variety of…
Cookies, Bingo, Candy and More: Fundraising Continues During COVID
“We wanted to do a social distancing fundraiser where anybody could send a cookie to a student”, said sophomore class officer Brayden Wisniewski. Just in time for Valentines Day, it was announced February 4-6th that the Sophomore class would be selling Good L’Oven Cookie Grams to be delivered to someone special. To order these cookies…
Facial Recognition, But For Bears? Noninvasive Technologies Identify and Monitor Bears To Keep Them Safe
Bears can be very frightening when you see one wandering around in your backyard or in a local park, but does giving a bear a name and face ID make it seem less intimidating and more cute, like this bear? Well… that’s not the purpose of this project. While using “Noninvasive technologies to identify and…
New York, Norwin, or A Midwinter Night’s Dream?
As a very exciting weekend for Avonworth approaches, some find it to be conflicting. With the fall play running through the weekend, the WPIAL Championship game for football on Saturday at Norwin high school at 12:00 noon, and the annual New York trip for everyone in the high school leaving Friday night, some students had…
H-Crastination: Juniors and Seniors Struggle To Make End of Day Open MOD Productive
While a number of seniors and juniors have early release and are able to leave for mod H, there are still over 80 upperclassmen still in the building for mod H. You might think an open mod at the end of the day would be perfect for getting a good jump on homework. This does…
Girls Volleyball Team WPIAL Playoff Run Update
After a very competitive season, the Girls Volleyball teams’ record overall (excluding playoffs) is 13 wins and 4 losses (13-4). Their first round of WPIAL playoffs was October 24, 2019, against the Waynesburg Central Raiders. It was a very intense and back and forth game with Avonworth coming out on top winning 3 out of…