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Avonworth Contributes to Stand Down Pittsburgh.
Homeless veterans often fight at wars or help out overseas, but some come back home and lose almost everything. Although they are the ones fighting for our freedoms and lives, they are the ones who tend to struggle afterward. This is the reason multiple causes, such as the Geofilter contest, are doing their best to…
Top 5 Unique YouTube Recommendations
From 2015 on, sources like The Huffington Post have reported on YouTube crushing cable. Cord-cutters are rapidly expanding…so what should you watch on YouTube? The different varieties of YouTube channels of people like the subscribers help YouTube out a lot with ratings. YouTube has so many channels to pick from but here are my favorites….
The Annual Powderpuff Football Game is Almost Here
///Additional Reporting Done by Haley Reilly//// Once a year, here at Avonworth, there is an opportunity for girls to play a competitive football game against each other. This year is no different as the annual powder puff football game is being held on November 30th and is being run by Mrs. Reilsono and her student…
Veterans Day 2017
In the days leading up to Friday, November 10th, Principal Keera Dwulit e-mailed all high schools about the following: Students, This Friday we will be honoring Veterans Day by carrying the American flag all day from 7:30am until 3:00pm. It will start with a short opening ceremony at the flag pole at 8:05 am and then students will…
Avonworth Varsity Football Playoffs- ROUND 2
//Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest// After the 21-12 win against Charleroi, Avonworth proudly makes it to the next round where they are confident in beating Riverside. A question circling the school is, “are we going to make it to the next round?” With the fan bus full and overflowing onto other buses, there…
The Announcement of the 2017 Spring Musical Has Piqued the Interest of Both Students and Faculty
|| Additional reporting by Katelyn Eng, Maya Berardi, and Carolyn Abramowich || 1776, more than just a year, is the award-winning Broadway musical that has been thrust to the center of attention after the announcement that it will be this year’s spring musical. 1776 takes the audience back to the past, as the musical itself…
“Know your role and shut your hole” – Students and Faculty Disagree About Playing Time for Steelers Wide Reciever
As the Steelers approach the start to the second half of the season, we asked a variety of teachers and students if Pittsburgh Steelers WR Martavis Bryant should be a starter once again. The responses we received were very different depending on the age of the person we were pooling. We pooled Junior Owen North…
Alumni Returns from Merchant Marine Academy To Address 9th Grade Seminar
Midshipman Nathaniel Walko, US Merchant Marine Academy, returned to his alma mater on Tuesday, November 1st to speak to the 9th Grade Seminar Class 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th in Mr. Pastore’s room before finishing the day in the collaboration center. Walko provided insight into what his life is like at the Academy…
UFC 217 Review: Georges St-Pierre Completes His Comeback
Since the Mayweather vs McGregor fight, I’ve taken a serious interest in UFC and other combat sports. It is the most action-packed and entertaining sport today and is quickly growing. UFC 217 on November 4th was my first pay per view event for UFC, and it certainly impressed me and made me even more of…