On November 13, 2013 the annual Powder puff game began under the lights at Lenzner Field. With high winds and temperatures below freezing, the girls never gave up and still kept going on to the final minute. Each team played their best efforts but, unfortunately there can only be one winner. While the score remained…
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The Pumpkin or the Home
Rumors have been spreading all around the Avonworth community, rumors about whether or not Riley’s Summer Seat Farm is being sold or not. On September 24th 2013 that question was answered by Mr. Riley himself. For the community it would mean more children in the school, more traffic on the roads, and a rise in…
Horsing Around in Speech Class
Olivia Alexander, for her Demonstration Speech project in Mr. Pastore’s speech class, brought in her horse, Satin, of 11 years. “We had to pick a topic that we know a lot about and present all about it. I thought it was interesting to have the horse right in front of us, for everyone to see”,…
New Phrases are just as harmful as old ones
In the hallways at Avonworth, you’ve probably heard students saying “that’s gay” to insult someone or something. Or the inverse: a girl might say to another girl, “no homo”, before telling them they like her clothing or haircut. It is among one of the most common sayings at Avonworth and a phrase that’s shown up…
Recycling Rumors
Trees might be growing in Avonworth dumpsters. Not literally- however, paper is made from trees, and paper that could be recycled might be lounging in the dumpsters. Rumors have been swirling around Avonworth that the green program isn’t always truly green. In fact, some students speculate the papers that are supposed to be recycled…
The Newest Trick in the Book
Hannah holds Bryce Volk’s project because hers is still missing. She described the moment when she discovered the project she had started was gone. “When I came in, Mrs. V was like why don’t you look for your books and…mine was gone…I was pretty upset.” Maria Foster holds Justin Gross’s book because her project…