La La Land, the record setting, award winning musical rom com starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, is truly the movie to see this season. Being nominated for seven awards in the Golden globes and winning all of them, La La Land set the record for most awards won and received for any one movie….
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Water Bottle Fountain Updates
After the addition of the new water bottle filler in the high school hallway, many students have noticed the continued development of the “Make Your Mark” mural behind the fountain. A recent announcement notified the school that the final step that the wall needs is the student body’s touch. Literally. If anyone buys an aluminum water bottle…
Ryan’s Metal Reviews: Avenged Sevenfold Starts Thrashin’ Against Politics
Avenged Sevenfold is releasing their fourth song off of their seventh studio album, The Stage, as their second promotional single for that said album. Primarily written by guitarist Zacky Vengeance, this upcoming single is one of their most thrash metal influenced songs of this record and it is entitled “God Damn”. It is set to…
Ask The Grass Cutter 12’s #3: Lettuce Go Boys!
Jagmeet Singh is the proud champion of the Grass Cutter 12’s, a pair of athletic shoes forged 3000 years ago on the planet of Malkior 7 by the ancient Malkior blood tribes using their secret blood rituals. Jagmeet claims they are “nigh indestructible and “they can also control the fabric of the universe itself.” Jagmeet…
What to Expect from the Spring Sports Programs
The start of Spring also brings a return to the diamond for boys baseball and girls softball. Additionally, Avonworth Track and Field returns with high expectations. First off, the baseball team is looking to build on a playoff appearance last season with a core of starters coming back for the 2017 season. One of the…
Dodgeball Tournament Fundraiser for the Milberts
Seniors Zac McDowell and Noah Donovan didn’t stick to the norm when trying to find a way to help a local family stricken with a tragic event. On March 9th, 2017, both students of Avonworth High School directed a Dodgeball Tournament, a fundraiser for the Milbert family, who recently lost their daughter and their home…
Holocaust Survivor Tells New Generation Her Story
Returning after almost ten years since her last visit, Marion Lazan, who survived over a year in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War 2, spoke to a filled auditorium of attentive students from 8th through 12th grade about her story of survival. The hour long assembly remained captivating for the large majority…
New Assistant Principal Is Familiar Face For Class of 2017
Mr. Dave Thomas was announced as the new assistant principal for both the middle school and the high school according to press release from the district on Monday, February 6th. As for the graduating class of 2017, many affectionately recall Thomas first coming to Avonworth as their 4th grade math and science teacher in 2008….
Movie Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter: “So many limbs were cut off it was insane”
Living in the shadow of its more popular video game, virtual reality compatible counterpart, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter was very underwhelming. Lacking the backbone of already established characters from the videogames to carry it through its playtime, this spineless monstrosity flopped with fans more than a lickers tounge. One good thing about this ideration…
Quick Power Outages Interrupt 8th Period
Two power outages occurred during 8th period on Wednesday, February 15th. Both were short outages, the first happening close to 2 PM and lasting close to five minutes. Power gradually returned, but the second and final outage occurred around 2:05 and lasted for at most two minutes. Duquesne Light’s website did not show large reports of…