Last year the Avonworth High School Concert Band went to their first-ever adjudication where they were judged on two of their pieces for the year and one sight read song. They came home at the end of the day with a “Superior” rating from all four of the judges. This year they did it again….
Category: Arts
From Under the Sea to Onto the Stage
You may have seen a poster floating around with Flounder and Ariel requesting your help to collect certain recyclables. But what many are wondering is ‘What do they plan to do with thousands of plastic bags and fake holiday trees?’ Well, Flounder is here to answer all of your questions. This year the director of…
Avonworth’s Fall Play: “Clue: On Stage” opens rehearsal after ticket sell-out
As a great detective, and a butler named Wadsworth once said, “The game’s afoot!” Avonworth High School’s 2018 Fall Play is Clue. It is a play filled to the brim with comedy and suspense! It is a show I personally recommend everyone go and check out. From the costumes, to the props, it is a…
Spotify dominates student poll about music platforms
An avonews poll was sent out in late September and early October to all of the students grades 9-12 asking “What Platform You Use To Listen To Music”. The answers gave us a great push in the right direction. Here were the leaders: Spotify: 54.5% Youtube: 21.2% Apple Music: 9.1% As you can see, Spotify,…
Start With Daredevil If You Want to Watch Marvel’s Netflix Shows
2018 has been a massive year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the biggest star being Avengers: Infinity War. Infinity War gathered the MCU’s most popular characters, but the only crossover characters were the heroes with the most widely known stories. Netflix has become a much larger contender to the big and small screen, but some…
Blue Slide Park Tribute for Mac Miller
Mac Miller, a well-known rapper with Pittsburgh roots, was reported dead on September 7th, 2018 after an apparent drug overdose. His death affected some students and faculty at Avonworth, especially rap fans. Ryan Paszkiewicz was quoted saying, “It makes me upset knowing another young, talented Pittsburgh rapper died.” The other Pittsburgh rapper that Paszkiewicz mentioned…
Win $25 For Your Art Or Writing
Without doing a job or any extraneous work, students could win 25 dollars. This opportunity comes from a Literary Magazine sponsored contest running now in the high school. Contest details are advertised on the announcements, on the fragments billboard and Instagram account (@avonworthfragments), on mini posters on lockers, and via teachers in the English classrooms….
G-Eazy: The Beautiful and Damned Album Review
Its been about 2 years since the California Bay-Area rapper G-Eazy released “When Its Dark Out”, an album with only a few tracks being worthy of a second listen and arguably, a disappointment. In those 2 years, G-Eazy has lived an eventful life negatively and positively, and he successfully shows his rise and fall in…
Pittsburgh Concerts of 2018
///Additional Reporting Done by Haley Reilly/// 2018 is just around the corner. While 2017 was filled with things from new clothing trends to national tragedies, it was also filled with concerts from artists who made their way to Pittsburgh. This upcoming year is no different as there is an extensive list of artists set to…
The Announcement of the 2017 Spring Musical Has Piqued the Interest of Both Students and Faculty
|| Additional reporting by Katelyn Eng, Maya Berardi, and Carolyn Abramowich || 1776, more than just a year, is the award-winning Broadway musical that has been thrust to the center of attention after the announcement that it will be this year’s spring musical. 1776 takes the audience back to the past, as the musical itself…