Grace Horigan, pictured above with Director Mrs. Frauenholz, accepted the Best Costume Award at the Benedum Center in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, May 28th, on behalf of the students and community members who collaborated on costume design for The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Horigan emphasized that a number of the community members are from her…
Category: School Life
Top 7 Ways You Played Wordle In 2022
Launched by a Brooklyn based software engineer in October 2021, Wordle grew from 90 players in November 21 to 300,000 in January of 22, before reaching millions in the winter and spring of 2022, according to an article on TechCrunch. Here at Avonworth, you could find devoted students not only playing the classic, but a…
Last Day 1 for 21-22: A Photo College
Around the school, seniors said goodbye, juniors soaked in that soon enough they’ll be the ones who graduate, and sophomores and freshman absorbed a far less pandemic changed end of the school year. Here’s a few moments: Junior Zoe Trexel adds onto her pub lab mural, The Lopes Lounge closes down for the summer, the…
Editorial: Construction Suspension/Cancellation Is For The Best
The construction in the middle and high school has been suspended. This may be for the best. Many of the changes that were planned (and began) caused some controversy among students. The most noticeable change is the removal of some lockers. The school had planned to remove all lockers for next school year to provide…
Second Annual Junior Class Carnival Major Success
After being rescheduled a few times throughout the Spring, the Junior Class Carnival ran in the senior class parking lot on Thursday, May 26th. And despite a bit of drizzling rain, the community turnout was impressive — at its peak, nearly the entire section of the parking lot was stocked with people playing games, buying…
Spring Sports Recap – 2022 Continues Playoff Runs
From Softball through ESports, spring sports followed the high standards of fall and winter ‘Lopes with playoffs for every team. Here’s a small recap for all the teams. SOFTBALL After a first-round bye earned from a 10-0 regular season, Avonworth won their second-round game 5-3 on May 19th. Mrs. Cahill, attendance and athletics secretary (who…
LGI Hosts CHS Finals For Seniors, Juniors
After two years of pandemic-adjusted courses, the 2021-2022 school year ended with a more traditional large-group final for two CHS classes. Mr. Johncour’s CHS Stats class and Mr Aguiar’s CHS American Politics class both held the final over multiple MODS in the LGI – similar to a college final. Mr. Johncour’s e-mail to staff detailed…
Keystone Tests Run For 10th, 9th During Last Full Week of School
Throughout the week of Monday, May 23, students in Algebra I, Honors Algebra I, Biology 9 and 10, and all sophomores for Literature geared up to take the Keystone exams, combining with the first full finals week since 2019. In cohorts with finals week, the Keystones are commencing uninterrupted by virtual or hybrid learning…
Lockers in Limbo?
After the school board’s announcement to suspend construction in the summer of 2022, the timeline for locker removal throughout the high school is unclear. Regardless of upcoming changes, there’s time for reflecting on a quiet but steady tradition in recent years: shared food lockers. Ever feel hungry during a class? Or forget to bring snacks?…
Editorial: High Schools Need To Stop Pushing The College Agenda
As we approach the end of the school year, juniors and seniors are once again bombarded with questions interrogating them about their future. One word pops up again and again: “college.” Teachers want to know what colleges you’re touring and applying to, your family is pushing you anxiously towards beginning the process and making a…