From Tuesday, November 2nd, through Thursday, November 4th, members of the Avonews participated in the Pennsylvania School Press Association’s regional journalism competition. PSPA’s mission is to promote excellence and responsibility in scholastic journalism through developing the journalism skills of all the students involved. This year’s participants from The Avonews were senior Niomi Ellis along with…
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No Crosby, No Malkin, No Problem: Penguins Surprising Start to the 2021-2022 Season
While the Pittsburgh Penguins’ chances of success are going downhill, the injuries of Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby for the start of the season are awful news. Penguins fans still hold lots of hope for this upcoming season even with our star players being injured. Penguins fan and Sophomore Silas Newhouse still hold high…
All Time Low Course Score At Shannopin Among Success Stories For 2021-2022 Golf Team
With the season winding down, it’s very safe to say that the Avonworth-Northgate golf team has been having an excellent season, thanks in part to a large number of students interested in the sport. The best part? The majority of them are sophomores. “Golf is actually a co-operative sport meaning that we share it…
Heavy Hurricane Season On The Way? Looking Ahead after Ida’s Impacts
Reporting by Jameson Cook, Marshall McCall, Jack Salsbury The hurricane-based forecast has had a large impact on Avonworth and our community over the past few weeks. Whether it was affecting sports or even everyday school life, people now feel relieved that the hurricane weather has since passed — or, at least, we hope so….
9th Grade Class President Campaign Interview -Vice President Candidate Gbemi Odebode
The following is a transcript of an interview conduted through the Journalism 1 class by Kelly Kashaba and Maya Nusskern Q: Who is your campaign team? Gbemi Odebode: Our entire campaign team is obviously the person running for President, Airah Shafiq, me, running for Vice President, and our campaign manager, Kacey LaVelle. …
Looking Forward to Summer 2021 – guest editorial by Cat Barie
I expect this summer to be more eventful than summer 2020. With everyone getting vaccinated I feel like a lot of mandates are going to be lifted. Already, as of May and early June, businesses are lifting their mask mandates, and earlier the CDC said that anyone who is fully vaccinated does not have to…
Students Looking Forward to Post-COVID Summer of 2021
Tuesday, June 8th, was the last Day 1 for the 2020-2021 school year — a year that featured four different schooling formats between August and June. The 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students of Journalism 1 headed out across the school to hear what students are excited to experience as Pennsylvania mask mandates end June…
Trans Alum Shares His Avonworth Experiences
June is Pride Month! This is a month in which members of the LGBTQIA+ community are put into the spotlight as they fight for equity, acceptance, and the right to be themselves. But Pride doesn’t go away after June. I talked to Avonworth Alum Patrouious (pronounced Pa-troo-us) Achatz about his experience as a trans student…
What Would I Tell My Pre-Pandemic Self? Guest editorial from Cat Berie
I would tell my pre-pandemic self to prepare for the worst. The pandemic hit out of nowhere and showed no mercy. I remember sitting in STEM chemistry and my mother texted me saying that all schools in Allegheny County were to be shut down for two weeks. Everyone was all happy because they thought that…
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