The following is a contribution from EF Exchange student Olivia Lejonthun, who is visiting from Sweden to study at Avonworth. Whether you like it or not, if you’re in Sweden on the 13th of December, there is a 100% certainty that you’re going to find yourself in a dark room watching a group of people holding…
Author: Olivia Lejonthun
Bethany Adamiak Returns To District Chorus
On Wednesday, November 25th, senior Bethany Adamiak got the news that she was accepted into the District Chorus after auditioning on Monday, November 23rd along with four other Avonworth students. This will be Bethany’s second year in the District Chorus and just like last year she auditioned for Alto 1. She tells that about 80…
America: For the People, By the People?
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln stated that a government “of the people, by the people, for the people” is essential for a unified America. But is America really “for the people, by the people?” The America we know today is unique in the way that it was founded 300 years ago rather than developed…
Homecoming Queen for 2016 Appreciates The Recognition
As the rain was pouring down on the Avonworth Football Field on Friday, October 7th, senior Miriam Kluitenberg was crowned this year’s Homecoming Queen. Miriam says that she was “very surprised” about winning and that she used to think of it as “one of those things that would be really cool if it happened but…