Over these last five chilly early November days, the talk of the hallways has been the recent success of our girls’ volleyball, soccer, and cross country teams. Typically we talk about football games, or depending what grade you’re in, your tests coming up this week. However, just about every day this week has featured a…
Author: Niomi Ellis
Niomi’s Notes: Enjoy HoCo 2021 For A Few Reasons
Back in 2018 around this time of year, I remember anxiously waiting for homecoming week. Entering high school itself, I finally got to go to high school dances. Now, as I approach my last ever Homecoming dance, I can’t help but reflect on the difference of experiences I had in the past. Freshman year, my…
Niomi’s Notes: After Virtual School Since March 2020, It’s Been Different In A Good Way To Be Back Every Day
We’ve been back now, day 1 after day 2, for over a month of school. With only one literal clog sending us virtual for a day, it seems like long stretches of forced virtual schooling might just be a part of our past. So this week, my focus is on the story many of you…
Niomi’s Notes: Every Grade Has Its Own Return-From-Virtual School Story
Welcome to my editorial column as editor-in-chief for The Avonews. I’ll be covering a wide variety of topics from my perspective as a member of the graduating class of 2022, but if there is something you’d like me to specifically comment on, leave a reply under this post and I’ll look into it. For the…
Earth Day 2021 Editorial – Easiest Fix Is To Just Stop Littering
I have been attending school virtually since March 13th 2020. It has given me time to sit back and contemplate some things many other kids most likely had not even been giving a second thought to. When going on daily walks or jogs, there has been one thing in particular that I had seen repeatedly…
Winter Sports Starts Up Again in 2021
Winter Sports in the middle of the pandemic has been as much a story about stopping and starting the season as it is any one swim meet, wrestling or bowling match, or basketball game. Luckily, however, after a two month shutdown, sports have been able to get back to business, and in particular…
A Day in the Life of a Sophomore: Quarantine Edition
As you could imagine, there is not much of anything to do during these odd times of quarantine. I haven’t been doing much of anything myself as a sophomore, however I have been trying to keep myself productive so I dont become anymore of a couch potato that I already am. This morning I had…
Running During COVID-19
During these odd times, many people are looking for things to do without the human contact. An idea I, and many others, have had is going on runs. It seems that even going on runs has changed. There is always that constant paranoia that those people you happen to pass may have contracted the coronavirus…
Studying Science During VID Days Bringing Mixed Experiences For Students
Without labs and formulas, many students have been intensely engaged in learning science during the past few days. But instead of Mr Wolfe, Mr. Haskins or Mr. Tena, Mrs. Livesay or Mrs. Tracey as the teacher, it was Dr. Anthony Fauci, The CDC, or even a variety of newscasters and people posting on social media….
Sports Impacted by COVID-19 Virus
Coronavirus is affecting many things, both big and small. With the virus being so widespread and worrying many, many schools are being forced to take more precautions or even having to close. With the school, a threat of being closed, many school sports are now put into danger. An example present within our school, followed…