In the midst of pandemic life, an old favorite has come back to enchant the days and nights of AHS students again. Minecraft is on the flat screens and PC’s and in the hearts of many in 2021, whether dedicated gamers or just casual players. Game Reviewer Alec Kreutzer share a few screen shots of…
Category: School Life
Cookies, Bingo, Candy and More: Fundraising Continues During COVID
“We wanted to do a social distancing fundraiser where anybody could send a cookie to a student”, said sophomore class officer Brayden Wisniewski. Just in time for Valentines Day, it was announced February 4-6th that the Sophomore class would be selling Good L’Oven Cookie Grams to be delivered to someone special. To order these cookies…
Avonworth/Northgate Swim Team Dominates Match Against Riverside
After a slow start to the season due to coronavirus, the Northgate/Avonworth swim team has finally started competing. On Saturday, February 6th, the team went to Riverside Highschool for a non-section swim meet. This was originally unscheduled, but after a vote among the swimmers about whether or not they wanted to swim on a Saturday,…
Facial Recognition, But For Bears? Noninvasive Technologies Identify and Monitor Bears To Keep Them Safe
Bears can be very frightening when you see one wandering around in your backyard or in a local park, but does giving a bear a name and face ID make it seem less intimidating and more cute, like this bear? Well… that’s not the purpose of this project. While using “Noninvasive technologies to identify and…
Potential New Computer-Brain Interface Technology: Students Weigh In
Last week, video game industry mainstay Gabe Newell spoke to New Zealand’s 1News at length about his company’s endeavors with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, and what he believes is their place in the future. Newell is the head of Valve, a major PC gaming company behind the digital distribution platform Steam, as well as…
Alec’s Game Reviews: Spider Man Miles Morales
A few looks at a favorite game of Alec’s – Spider Man Miles Morales The core of the game is built around “The Great Responsibility Suit”, which is an outfit that is a whole body suit. It is a dull red. It is very comfortable. Miles promises to protect the city because Peter is going…
Co Editor Keyaira Cameron Leads Avonews Staff In COVID-Changed PSPA Competition
Best wishes to our co editor-in-chief Keyaira Cameron as she submits her best five photos to the PA School Press Association 2020-2021 Journalism competition. Normally held in November at Point Park, the COVID pandemic forced PSPA to ask schools to proctor write off prompts and collect portfolio work at their individual sites. Here at Avonworth,…
New Semester And A Return to Hybrid Schooling
For some students, 8 AM on Monday morning, January 25th, wasn’t very different compared to Monday’s in December and much of November. But for Group A students, it was the return into the high school for the first in-person day of schooling since Friday, November 12th. Here is a glimpse of the first day back,…
Mixed Reactions to Snow Day Live Classes Instead of FID
Whether through a text from a friend, a coach on a Google Meet, or a Good Morning from a parent, AHS students found out that the snowstorm on Sunday Jan 31st would mean another remote day of schooling. . Monday, February 1st wasn’t very different then Monday, January 3rd or even Monday, December 7th, 2020….
Steelers Offseason Choices
Fans should be happy, 11-5 is by no means a bad season, just injuries and poor play calling cut the season shorter than most would have liked. Players like TJ Watt and Minkah reminded the league that they are elite, both named first team all pro, and players like Mike Hilton and Chase Claypool burst…