Yesterday, April 22nd, 2021, it snowed. This weather is extremely out of the ordinary for the middle of April and can likely be attributed to climate change. I asked four Avonworth students about their views on climate change and how they think it might impact their lives. This is a picture taken Wednesday morning ,April…
Category: School Life
Impacting the Environment – Do AHS Student Need To Do More?
Earth Day 2021 brings our focus to what the state of our environment is in. With Global warming, a global pandemic, and many other conflicts in our daily lives, Earth Day has to be the last thought on your mind. Some people may participate in Earth day, but it shouldn’t just be today. The environment…
Earth Day 2021 Editorial – Easiest Fix Is To Just Stop Littering
I have been attending school virtually since March 13th 2020. It has given me time to sit back and contemplate some things many other kids most likely had not even been giving a second thought to. When going on daily walks or jogs, there has been one thing in particular that I had seen repeatedly…
Return to AHS Beneficial But Not With In-Class Wednesdays – Guest Editorial by Jordan Kolenda
After a tiresome first three quarters of the school year, the district decided to send all grades back to school, five days a week. Though this can be risky because of all the people throughout the school, this will be the most beneficial quarter of the year in my opinion. Learning in-person is on a…
A Wild Year – Guest Editorial by Ciera Jimenez
As a sophomore when this pandemic hit I felt lucky since I got my first year of high school in and I have more time to hopefully get a normal school year again. With everyone coming back full-time or a majority of people my mindset has changed. I have gotten so used to the hybrid…
Wednesday Worked And Should Not Have Been Taken Away – A Senior Editorial
I’ve been to most of the board meetings since January. I’ve listened to arguments until midnight, with members of the board debating learning models, vaccination plans, and such topics in hopes of doing their best for our community. In every meeting, at some point, someone says it: “These kids are so resilient. These kids…
The Last Quarter of Senior Year
After almost a full year of doing school half online and half in person, for the homestretch of my high school experience during a worldwide pandemic, we are going back to five days of fully in-person learning or fully virtual. When we are so close to being done, this instead places more stress on families…
Original Lopes Lounge Staff Member Glad to Return To In-Person Schooling
Senior Alec Kreutzer started his return to the traditional 5 day in-person school week a few days early on Thursday, April 8th. He wrapped up his first full day of being back in the high school with his Journalism 2 class during Mod H and shared some of his thoughts about Monday, April 12th, when…
A Virtual Return-How Senior Year Looks at Home
Senior year has recently won the prize for the most adaptations in my school history. As we enter the fourth nine weeks, although it feels like September still, my entire routine has shifted. I began my final year on the two-day hybrid module, and plan to finish laying in bed with numerous blankets. So how…
First Four Day Week For Seniors A Positive Leading Into Spring Break
With a drone buzzing overhead, about 60 members of the class of 2021 gathered around in a large circle on Lenzer Field to pose for a class photo. T The morning chill means 2021 white hoodies were the apparel choice for students no longer in Group A or B, but instead now able to attend…