With efforts to “inspire and empower high school students to embrace their creativity through art and design”, the popular shoe manufacturing company Vans hosted their High School Custom Culture Contest which has run since 2010, though this is the first time AHS students participated. Four students from Avonworth High school competed including Junior Brayden Wisniewski,…
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Students Start Third Full Week Back In Person with Mixed Reactions
A sunny, slightly warmer Monday greeted students as they started week three of being in the high school for daily classes. Journalism 1 reporters headed out for some “people in the halls” reporting to hear what was on the minds of students who were adjusting after many months of hybrid and/or virtual schooling. Students seem…
Guide to LGBTQIA+ Pride 2021
Today, April 23rd, 2021 marks GLSEN’s Day of Silence. This is a day in which LGBTQIA+ people and allies attempt to stay silent as a way of protesting bullying against their community. To mark this occasion I decided to make a guide to many of the pride flags and what community they each represent. The…
Seniors Staying Virtual To Graduate Are Content With Their Choice
The Avonworth School Board sent two options to its students for the 2020-2021 school year back in August, fully virtual/asynchronous and hybrid/synchronous learning. Few seniors took the initial virtual route, yet more have chosen to enter the virtual setting as the year progresses. Virtual senior Will Lucas made the decision back in the fall for…
A Quiet Earth Day 2021 For Avonworth
Today is April 22 and today the world is celebrating Earth Day! Normally on previous Earth Days people, communities, and schools would all do something to help the environment. But today at Avonworth, it’s a different story. As we wandered the empty halls during lunch period 1 looking for signs of Earth Day spirit, we…
Day-to-day On Earth – How Much Do AHS Students Pay Attention To The Planet?
For earth day I wanted to see if the students of Avonworth do anything on a day-to-day basis to preserve or take care of the earth. I presented that question to a variety of different grade levels to see what the overall consensus was in the community. Most responses were that they did not do…
Social Media is Being Quiet About Earth Day
Scrolling through social media there really wasn’t much about Earth Day. I looked at Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram. While I was looking at the most used social media platforms had found a few ads on TikTok about Earth Day and Earth Month, there is also a trending hashtag that has 3.8B views. While…
Student Have Mixed Thoughts on Earth Day 2021
While walking through the school, we tried to gather the student’s outlook on Earth Day. We began asking the general questions, “Do you do anything for Earth Day” and “What are your thoughts on Earth Day”. As we predicted, we received a varied response from students. Some, like sophomore Sophie Guest and freshman Aidan Tinker,…
Winter Weather In Late April Brings Climate Change Questions
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…
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…