After a year of club meetings and work by editor-in-chief’s Lyra Klinedinst and Phoebe MacKillop, the 2026 Fragments Literary Magazine was published and distributed to a few key staff members across the building. Students in the Human Flourishing class had the opportunity to sit with the work and connect it up to any of their…
Category: Arts
Journalism 2 Interviews Professional Drummer After Playing Coachella
With the end of the year approaching rapidly, Avonworth students are beginning to purchase their summer concert tickets. This summer, Pittsburgh will welcome a wide array of guests, including Wiz Khalifa, Sombr, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Noah Kahan. Journalism 2 students are also beginning to feel the excitement, especially for the arrival of the last…
Movies with Maura: Priscilla, Wake Up Dead Man, Emma
Movies with Maura Issue #2:Priscilla (2023): If you’ve watched Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film, Elvis, featuring Austin Butler, you’re familiar with a version of the story that is vastly different from the one portrayed in Sophia Coppola’s 8th feature-length film. Taking inspiration from Priscilla Presley’s memoir, Elvis and Me, it’s an interesting portrayal of the manipulative,…
Lit with Lyra – Books for Whimsical, Light Spring Reads
As winter gives way to spring and the weather finally starts to warm up, I figured it would be a good time to give some spring book recommendations! I compiled a list of books from various genres that felt light or whimsical, or just gave off spring energy. Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter:…
Spring Musical 2026 – Phantom Of The Opera
As March begins and spring gets closer to arriving, the Avonworth spring musical production of Phantom of the Opera is amping up. Back in December, the drama department announced that it would be putting on a theatre classic, Phantom of the Opera, which the school had performed once before in 2013. This is a huge…
Playlists for Studying For Midterms – AHS in 2026
As Avonworth High School students prepare for their upcoming midterms, they share their favorite songs to listen to while they are studying. Some students listen to background music, while others like to sing along while completing their work. The songs are as follows: “Desert Dream” by Shuteen Erdenebaatar and Nils Kugelmann (Lily Stefanik, 12th)…
How to ruin your career 101- The KATSEYE way
(KATSEYE team) The global girl group KATSEYE has taken over the world in the last year. With a dedicated fan base and lots of eyes on them it seems that KATSEYE is set up for much success. However KATSEYE has been caught in a lot of controversy recently. It seems that these super talented girls…
TikTok Shop Top 5: Should We Be Buying This?
“Gen-X falling for Temu scams” meets Gen-Z trends: the TikTok Shop has many of us in a chokehold. There are hundreds of thousands of cool, funky, or downright strange items that you can spend your hard-earned $10/hr on. Do you need the newest, most popular fidget? Go ahead and search for it! A book on…
Best Books of 2025
2025 was a good year for book releases, with many popular, established authors releasing their newest works. Of all these books, here are our favorites: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab: It is no secret that I love more or less every book that V.E. Schwab has ever published. And when…
Best of PGH Concerts 2025
From old-school legends to new-generation icons, Pittsburgh was spoiled with great live music this year. Here’s our wrap-up: Lorde On October 3rd, the Petersen Event Center had the pleasure of hosting Lorde on her “Ultrasound World Tour.” This was a sold-out concert and her first Pittsburgh show; it received great reviews, and fans thoroughly enjoyed…