The first Monday back after winter break I expected to come back to classrooms full of exhausted students who all messed up their sleep schedules the past week. Instead, I came back to nearly a quarter of the students in my classes out of school due to being in quarantine – while the ones that…
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The Year in Pittsburgh Pro Sports 2021 – Pirates Plunge, Penguins Persist, Steelers Succeed and Struggle
Pirates reporting from Jacob Hanny, Penguins Reporting by Tyler Woodfill, additional reporting on Steelers by both writers The Pirates have always been the most disappointing team to watch in Pittsburgh and, truthfully, the most difficult team to follow. The Pirates have had such little success over the past decade, where they have lost so many…
First Winter Snowfall Comes In January, Marking Much Milder Winter Start in 2021-2022
This winter, many people in the Pittsburgh area, including our own Avonworth students and community members, were left surprised over the lack of cold weather and snow during the entire month of December 2021. Not only were AHS students disappointed in the absence of snow this year, but they were also concerned about this…
2021-22 Winter Sports Catch-Up
Things are looking up for Avonworth winter sports. Despite this, some new conflict has been rising alongside the spike in COVID cases due to the contagious Omicron variant. Girls Basketball is one of a few sports impacted by COVID. They had a regular season matchup cancelled due to too many players out with COVID. As…
New Omicron variant worries schools on removing mask policy
Over the past two years of Covid and the Delta variant, we have found a variant that is silent, quick, and efficient. The new Omicron variant had reported its first case on November 26th, 2021, and now is said to be the reason why the US reports over a million new COVID cases daily…
Big Ben’s Final Home Game Appreciated By Wild Heinz Field Crowd
On Sunday, January 3rd 68,000 Steelers fans filled Heinz Field to watch a historic game against the Cleveland Browns. In 2004, the Steelers used their 11th overall pick in the NFL Draft on a highly touted quarterback from Miami University of Ohio. After 18 winning seasons, 2 Super Bowls, 6 Pro Bowls, an Offensive Rookie…
End of 1st Semester 2021 Includes Students Back In Person
The first semester of the 2021-2022 school year is drawing to a close with the grading period ending on January 12. This means that students have a limited amount of time to either maintain or bring up their 2nd quarter grades, semester classes are putting out their final tests/projects, and some core classes are moving…
Raising Canes Food Review – You Should Try It…Even If It’s An Hour Away
If you have lived in Pittsburgh for your entire life,Then you are missing out on a phonomenal food experience.For example,Raising Canes. Canes is a restaurant that is in only 23 states and new multiple food locations under construction.I have lived in Kentucky my whole life until may and moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and found out…
New Year New Parking Lot
In 2022 the new Avonworth parking lot is being put to use. As it is now used for All student drivers to park in. Many believe this is a great thing that all the students are parking in the same lot instead of two separate lots. For Juniors this may not be a big deal,…
Niomi’s Notes: Take It into 2022 or Leave It in 2021
Below are a few things I would like to take with me into the New Year or leave in 2021! Also, check out our TikTok @Official_Avonews for a video where I discussed these topics. Leave behind in 2021: The amount of unnecessary pressure we put on ourselves as high school students Procrastinating: This is thankfully…