As the 2021 school year comes to an end, many questions arise about the possible changes in the upcoming school year. Will we still wear masks? Who will be the new superintendent? Will things finally go back to normal? Nothing could possibly be set in stone this early for 2021-22 policies about COVID restrictions, and…
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Guest Editorial from Ciera Jimenez – A New Environment
As we approach the end of the 2020-2021 school year things have changed. Our superintendent has resigned recently. He will now be going to Pitt and focusing on his family. With this change means a new superintendent next year for my senior year. I believe everything has gone well and has been great this…
Avonworth High School Still Requiring Masks Mandate After CDC Relaxes Indoor Masking Requirements
The Covid- 19 pandemic has been around since the early months of 2020, but now we have a CDC-approved vaccine rolled out for 12-15-year-olds! This vaccine will not require wearing masks in some places and will open up the world more so we can be rid of these masks. However, some private businesses and locations…
Steele Selders Recaps Avonworth JV Championship
This year was a great year for Avonworth hockey, JV won the championship as well as the middle school team. At the beginning of the year, we had a few new kids and it took a while to get used to them. Our first game was not good… We didn’t get a shot on net…
Avonworth Portfolio Students Participate in High School Vans Custom Culture Contest
With efforts to “inspire and empower high school students to embrace their creativity through art and design”, the popular shoe manufacturing company Vans hosted their High School Custom Culture Contest which has run since 2010, though this is the first time AHS students participated. Four students from Avonworth High school competed including Junior Brayden Wisniewski,…
Social Media is Being Quiet About Earth Day
Scrolling through social media there really wasn’t much about Earth Day. I looked at Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram. While I was looking at the most used social media platforms had found a few ads on TikTok about Earth Day and Earth Month, there is also a trending hashtag that has 3.8B views. While…
Winter Weather In Late April Brings Climate Change Questions
Yesterday, April 22nd, 2021, it snowed. This weather is extremely out of the ordinary for the middle of April and can likely be attributed to climate change. I asked four Avonworth students about their views on climate change and how they think it might impact their lives. This is a picture taken Wednesday morning ,April…
Impacting the Environment – Do AHS Student Need To Do More?
Earth Day 2021 brings our focus to what the state of our environment is in. With Global warming, a global pandemic, and many other conflicts in our daily lives, Earth Day has to be the last thought on your mind. Some people may participate in Earth day, but it shouldn’t just be today. The environment…
Earth Day 2021 Editorial – Easiest Fix Is To Just Stop Littering
I have been attending school virtually since March 13th 2020. It has given me time to sit back and contemplate some things many other kids most likely had not even been giving a second thought to. When going on daily walks or jogs, there has been one thing in particular that I had seen repeatedly…
Return to AHS Beneficial But Not With In-Class Wednesdays – Guest Editorial by Jordan Kolenda
After a tiresome first three quarters of the school year, the district decided to send all grades back to school, five days a week. Though this can be risky because of all the people throughout the school, this will be the most beneficial quarter of the year in my opinion. Learning in-person is on a…