Photos by Kelly Kashaba – copy by AvonewsOnline editors For students used to gathering in the library during LEAD, May 2022 is not the end-of-the-year as usual. Seating, shelving, and books have been taken down, removed, and are headed for the school district’s storage space. How the space looked on Prom day, Friday, May 13th…
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Frequent Wet Weather Continues Through Spring of 2022
A Tornado Watch on Tuesday afternoon and evening started May off the same way April ended – unusually wet. In fact, April 2022 was both cold and wet for a large majority of the month, delaying and cancelling a number of spring sports games and practices. IMG_2458[1]
Record Snow and Cold Temperatures End March 2022
Friday, April 1st, 2022 had mother nature playing a cruel joke on AHS students ready for warmer weather. Rain, hail, and cold temperatures hung around, just as they dominated March 2022. See the video below for one of a number of snow bursts on campus, as well as more extensive coverage of the snow records…
FID Day Challenges from Winter Storm Landon
On Thursday, February 3, Avonworth high school went forward with an FID day due to winter story conditions. The winter storm, unofficially named winter storm Landon by the Weather Channel, has spread across the United States, bringing snow, sleet, and ice to a large chunk of the country. This potentially brings ice over the already…
FID Day Usage Raises Questions
For myself, and many other students, our first two official Flexible-Instruction-Days (FID) weren’t very different from a normal day in school. All of my classes were able to continue with what we had already been doing in-person earlier this week — taking notes, working on problem sets, etc. — and didn’t have to change much…
Halloween 2020 VS Halloween 2021
Covid-19 has led to many conflicts and problems during the holiday season these past few years. Whether it was Christmas, Thanksgiving, or New years it just wasn’t the same. However, one holiday remained, and due to Covid restrictions, a hurtful decision was made. Halloween 2020 ended up being canceled across the US and this left…
Statewide Mask Mandate Starts Today
Reporting by Eleanor Boggess Today Governor Wolf had revealed his plans for the new mask mandate for schools, and daycares. Although this day of school might have been a regular day for the Avonworth district, the new mask mandate from Governor Wolf has affected many different schools and daycares. Order of the Acting…
Avonworth High School Still Requiring Masks Mandate After CDC Relaxes Indoor Masking Requirements
The Covid- 19 pandemic has been around since the early months of 2020, but now we have a CDC-approved vaccine rolled out for 12-15-year-olds! This vaccine will not require wearing masks in some places and will open up the world more so we can be rid of these masks. However, some private businesses and locations…
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…
Washington D.C., January 6th: An Explainer
The January 6th events at the Capitol were a shocking finale to a national election campaign like none other in modern history. This is an attempt (just one student journalist here) to give context to the day’s events, a day that ended with four deaths as a result of the activities on the grounds of…