June 3rd, 2022 featured the first ever SHOUT event “Last Day of School Thon”, which raised over $70 for Feeding America. Movies, Esports and Board Games, and a Trench Warfare simulation were the options across rooms throughout the high school. Mod H featured a Knockout game of select staff versus students to end the school…
Category: Photo Gallery
Last Day 1 for 21-22: A Photo College
Around the school, seniors said goodbye, juniors soaked in that soon enough they’ll be the ones who graduate, and sophomores and freshman absorbed a far less pandemic changed end of the school year. Here’s a few moments: Junior Zoe Trexel adds onto her pub lab mural, The Lopes Lounge closes down for the summer, the…
2022 Prom @ PPG Aquarium
Students enjoyed the 2022 Prom at PPG Aquarium on Friday, March 13th. Tickets were above $65. 6 years after the last AHS prom at this location, attendees enjoyed sophomore Zayla Zimmerly joining for a while as DJ for the music of the night. A Mac and Cheese bar, salad, Chinese noodles/pastas were available and labeled…
9th Grade Bids For Mr. Wells New Beard Design
9th grade English and Integrated teacher Mr. Wells is going to have a big transformation to his beard style. In a fundraiser for the freshman class, Mr. Wells is going to shave his beard on Friday, April 8th, the last day before spring break. Mr. Wells used to shave his beard every year just…
Winter 2022 Pep Rally Photo Gallery
On Friday, January 21, Avonworth high school had its first indoor pep rally since 2019 in the high school gym to celebrate the winter sports season and increase school spirit.
2021 Spirit Week Brings Students, Microwaves, and Decades Stylings Back To School
2021 Spirit Week gave students the option to participate in daily themes, with one day at home (like Group A or B was for 2020 Spirit Week) and the rest in person. Monday featured pajama day. Although the students at Avonworth had Monday off due to Columbus Day, students could still participate by sending in…
Live Graduation Rehearsal Returns After Pandemic – June 2021
The class of 2021 gathered at Lenzer Field starting around 8:30 AM on Wednesday, June 2nd, returning a tradition for seniors that was interrupted by the all virtual format during the spring of 2020. Seniors will be the only members of the AHS community on the field for the ceremony, as teachers will sit in…
Guide to LGBTQIA+ Pride 2021
Today, April 23rd, 2021 marks GLSEN’s Day of Silence. This is a day in which LGBTQIA+ people and allies attempt to stay silent as a way of protesting bullying against their community. To mark this occasion I decided to make a guide to many of the pride flags and what community they each represent. The…
Co Editor Keyaira Cameron Leads Avonews Staff In COVID-Changed PSPA Competition
Best wishes to our co editor-in-chief Keyaira Cameron as she submits her best five photos to the PA School Press Association 2020-2021 Journalism competition. Normally held in November at Point Park, the COVID pandemic forced PSPA to ask schools to proctor write off prompts and collect portfolio work at their individual sites. Here at Avonworth,…
Boys Basketball Beats #4 AA Carlynton
Photography from Keyaira Cameron. Caption writing by members of Journalism 1 – Jon Bellotti, Mason Donovan, Sofia Galati, Luc Gilchrist, Luke Hilyard, Nathaniel Hardiman, Leah Logan, Maryn Ronk, Steele Selders, and Dylan Teale