I’ve watched Friends for years, watching it every night with my mom in the living room. I picked up the book Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Things, written by Matthew Perry, because I was interested in another point of view that occurred during the long filming of the show. It showed some hardships like addiction,…
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School Stops Classes Mods A-D For 1st Ever Computerized PSAT And Special Programming
This year’s schoolwide Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, more commonly known as the PSAT, was administered on Tuesday, October 17th between MODS A through D. Grades 10 and 11 were assigned new testing rooms while the Freshmen attended a “Future Ready” programming in the auditorium and throughout rooms in the new hallway, and the Seniors were…
J1 Eats – Fall 2023
Celebrating another successful round of 100%’s on Core News Values, students in Journalism 1 held their Core News Values Party on Thursday, September 28th. This edition featured a variety of drinks and even an international dessert. See below for comments and reviews from some of the Avonews Online staff in the class. What the Fanta…
September Heat Wave Sweeps Over Pittsburgh: Should Schools Have Switch To Virtual?
This past Tuesday and Wednesday, a heat wave brushed over the Pittsburgh area — making some very sweaty students even sweatier. For early September, the temperatures were in the 90’s! According to Accuweather, “Pittsburgh‘s streak of not reaching 90 degrees in September dates back to 2019. On Monday and Tuesday however, the city reached 91,…
New Entrance and Exit Traffic Pattern On Campus Closes Out 2023-2024 School Year
Please see the video below to view the new traffic pattern. Major changes? Everyone enters through a side door, not the main entrance. The road into the student parking lot is now One Way…so leaving school will be much slower for students. If you drive, you’ll be leaving after the busses, and through the old…
Avonews Staff Earns First Place Awards For 22-23 Issues from American Scholastic Press Association
On the last day of school for the seniors on the 22-23 Avonews staff, the timing could not have been more special. Co editors Laurel and Matthew Purcell led their staff to a First Place with Special Merit award and Best High School Digital Newspaper [500-1000 students] award from the American Scholastic Press Association. Editorial…
J1 Eats: Unusual Flavors From Big Brands At Giant Eagle
On Friday, May 26th, 2023, students in the Journalism 1 elective sampled a variety of foods you might see, but probably not buy, at Giant Eagle just down Camp Horne Road. As the Avonews Online staff worked on captions for the Awards Assembly, they experienced the good, the bad, and the odd of unique Pop…
Boys Baseball Wraps Up Section Championship
Boys baseball finished section play with 9 wins and 1 loss, including a 17-1 victory, a non-section win over Morgantown, WV on WVU’s field, and a no-hitter by Senior Colin Crawford. This is the second section championship for the team since 2020, which graduates 9 seniors including Crawford and Mason Horwat, who will…
Spring Musical Earns Six Nominations in 2023 Gene Kelly Awards
If you missed the announcements, you might not have seen Avonworth Drama’s high number of nominations for the major high school theatre arts competition in Western PA: The Gene Kelly Awards. The AHS spring musical production of Grand Hotel has earned six Gene Kelly Awards nominations. “Sweeney Todd,” Avonworth’s 2012 musical, was the last production…
Slap Fighting: Too Dumb To Watch Or Just Dumb Fun?
Slap fighting started in Russia around 2017 and it really hasn’t got popular in the US until now, with Dana White crossing over from MMA into the Power Slap event held in Las Vegas. What do AHS students think of it? Kennan Terry said “I think its really funny to watch, but it kinda gets…