While fall officially began around the end of 4th period today, it didn’t look like leaves were turning and hoodies were going over top t-shirts around campus today if students were headed outside. The US National Weather service in Pittsburgh reported “unseasonably warm temperatures will continue through Friday”, with today’s weather “like a summer day…
Category: School Life
Close to 50 Seniors and Juniors attend Penn State University College Visit On Campus
Most adults today think that millennials are all about tech, but when it comes to their future after high school, they want to find out more about it face to face. “I think it is better to hear directly from someone that’s from that college and knows about it” said Dakota Fritts, one of almost…
Hands-On Practice For Environmental Studies Class On Campus
Photos and Reporting by Caitlin Bellotti and Olivia Lejonthun As the summer months go by, not a single student walks through, stares at, or spends any time with the courtyard in the high school. So how does it go from overgrown to tidy at the start of the school year? The upgrades come through Mr….
5 New Staff Members Introduced at Welcome Back Assembly for 16-17
The flurry of new staff, hampered slightly from a lack of working tech, and their formal introduction to the school highlighted the 2016-17 Welcome Back Assembly held in the auditorium on Friday, August 26th. As the band played “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with cheerleaders alongside, about 400 students met up in place of 8th period for this…
Comments and Corrections – 4th Issue of Avonews
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2016 Awards Assembly Coverage – By Anna Wagner, Isabel Thompson, and Jessica Peters
A noticeable theme throughout this year’s awards assembly was the success students in the high school are having while the school grows in size. At key times through the two hour long assembly, guest presenters commented about the challenges in selecting award winners because of the depth of qualified applicants. Below is a list of…
Getting Beyond Dabbing and Vining – A Senior Editorial by Alexey Stern
Being part of this school community since Kindergarten, I have passed through each grade and I have come to multiple understandings about this school. Firstly, due to how small and homogeneous the student body is, we have an established caste system for all students. No matter what growth or changes you undergo, you’re stuck with…
The Kennywood Adventure – Alexey Stern Reports on the Kennywood Field Trip
As all the Physics kids crowded into the buses after first period on that cloudy Wednesday morning, May 18th, the excitement in the air was palpable. As we journeyed to Kennywood I would hear different groups discuss strategy for how they would tackle their assignments. Some would gung-ho the assignment, tackling it all at once…
Avonworth Holds First Senior Walk for Class of 2016
Wednesday, June 1, saw the beginning of a new tradition at Avonworth; the Senior Walk. Before their graduation practice, the Class of 2016 walked the halls of Avonworth for one of the last times. All photos below by Jordan Cassidy.
St Baldrick’s Fundraisers Continue Through 15-16 year
From The Battle of the Bands to Mr. Tuffiash’s Cookie Time event, high school students continued to raise funds for St. Baldrick’s Fund for childhood cancer research, marking a shift from traditional donations to the Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund through the student council-run auction in December. Mr. Tuffiash offered his “Cookie Time” event as…