Once the buses have left the school, you kind of just forget that people have lives outside of the classroom. Teachers don’t actually live at school, though it may seem like it. Students mainly come alive outside of the building too. You may know what your friends are doing. You may know who is going…
Category: School Life
The Fad That Means Nothing
Why do people do behavioral fads? Do people do it to send a message? Do people do a behavior just to follow the crowd? ”Because it is new and exciting”, said Olivia London, a senior in Avonworth. Whatever the reason it is, behavior of students in Avonworth High School continues to change. In the 2012…
Nerd Command: Who are the Guardians of the Galaxy?
[photo credit: whatculture.com] A new Marvel film trailer just came out for a movie called Guardians of the Galaxy, a cult comic series that started in the 1970s. The original cast of heroes existed in a totally separate Marvel universe from the rest of their comic series: the 31st century. One of these characters is…
A Long Week
Right now, everything seems to be falling apart. The internet is down, so I am using it next door at the other living quarters. Our hot water broke, so we have to shower here too. An alarm keeps going off every second because of the water situation. I also lost my phone on a run,…
Redefining the Nerd
A Google search result (yes, on Wikipedia) for nerd defines it as “a descriptive term indicating that a person is overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy.” And a…
“Wicked” Review: Wicked Cool
Wicked, “the untold story of the witches of Oz,” has come to Pittsburgh and is sure to leave a “handprint on [the] heart” of its audience. As a first time spectator, the show itself is overwhelmingly impressive. It is now glaringly obvious why people travel miles and miles to behold such a spectacle. Before the…
College Fairs : Useful?
Every year there is a college fair. Students from different schools gather in one place and they go around to different tables and they visit different colleges to get information. It would just be easier to actually go to a college and visit them instead of having the college fair. For one it is always…
Target Security Breach: Calm down America
Photo taken by Mallory Manz at a SuperTarget in Florida. Target is the ultimate destination for just about anything, and millions upon millions of people shop there daily. But around Christmas time, the earthquake of destruction struck the Target Corporation. If any of you shopped at Target between November 27, 2013 to December 15,…
Bon Appétit
I have realized that about half of my life now revolves around food. I have never cooked entirely for myself and now I have to. I also have to cook for the kids a few days a week, which is just an added challenge because kids seem to hate everything. Then there are additional events…
The Truth Behind Weather Cancellations and Delays
Avonworth gets a fair amount of delays and cancellations during the school year, but every now and then we are always the school to have a delay but a school nearby will have a cancellation. What is the reasoning behind this? Well, Superintendent Ralston follows the Allegheny Health Department guidelines which includes “If the temperature…