3 Juniors qualified for the 2022 PSPA State Journalism finals at Penn State Main Campus on Wednesday, March 30th. Matthew Purcell finished tied for fourth place in Editorial Writing, Laurel Purcell finished tied for 4th in Literary Magazine – Poetry, and Catrina Raich finished 3rd for Editorial Cartooning. Here are a few photos from the…
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Record Snow and Cold Temperatures End March 2022
Friday, April 1st, 2022 had mother nature playing a cruel joke on AHS students ready for warmer weather. Rain, hail, and cold temperatures hung around, just as they dominated March 2022. See the video below for one of a number of snow bursts on campus, as well as more extensive coverage of the snow records…
Mural Project Showcases Interests And Talents To Support Scholarship
For their graduation project, Izabella Johnson, Elle Theobald, and Alexa Nelson worked with administrators to find a place for and paint a mural. Struggling with the renovation plans and finding a permanent place for their project, the mural ultimately ended up being in front of the Foods Room, just right of room 117. …
Niomi’s Notes: It’s 2022, Disney World Style!
On March 13th-18th, I visited Disney World in Florida. Quite frankly, it was one of the best trips I have ever been on, and it seemed like a kick-start to a new travel life after 2020. With masks requirements being lifted all over the states, this trip had felt like any other normal traveling experience…
J2 Class Stumbles With Long Shot Bracket for March Madness 2022
President Joe Biden and the Journalism 2 class shared a common love for the Delaware Blue Hens, a 16 seed in the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball. After the first weekend of March Madness, the class’s bracket is at 2%, the bottom of the 7 Avonews brackets for this year. Delaware, a heavy underdog, lost. Since…
Field Trip To Vanka Murals Emphasizes Long Battle With European Fascism, Recent Warfare in Ukraine
About 30 students joined Mrs. Long on a field trip to visit the Maxo Vanka murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale. These paintings took on new and increased meaning as at the time they were painted, Maxo Vanka had fled eastern Europe in the hopes of escaping growing fascism and violence. At…
Latest Poll Reveals Avonworth Chooses Wheels Over Doors
Over the past week, a divisive argument has spread its roots through AHS: are there more wheels or more doors in the world? After a week of strong debates in the halls, however, the results seem to be in. On Thursday, March 10th, the Avonews Instagram account ran a poll on its story asking…
Avonworth Attacks Winter Sports WPIALS With 5 Teams
Here’s a list of WPIAL events, live-stream options, and links for tickets for swimming, boys basketball, and wrestling. Bocce and bowling will also have championship matches. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jR8UtW3TWQLWm0shScduW9knPsfF_3_Oi1Bzyt4-FmA/edit?usp=sharing Thanks for Athletics Secretary Alice Cahill and the Avonworth Baseball Boosters for organizing this information and passing it along to The Avonews.
FID Day Challenges from Winter Storm Landon
On Thursday, February 3, Avonworth high school went forward with an FID day due to winter story conditions. The winter storm, unofficially named winter storm Landon by the Weather Channel, has spread across the United States, bringing snow, sleet, and ice to a large chunk of the country. This potentially brings ice over the already…
FID Day Usage Raises Questions
For myself, and many other students, our first two official Flexible-Instruction-Days (FID) weren’t very different from a normal day in school. All of my classes were able to continue with what we had already been doing in-person earlier this week — taking notes, working on problem sets, etc. — and didn’t have to change much…