After the utter disappointments that were Assassins Creed Syndicate and unity, Ubisoft had a lot of work to do to continue the brilliant franchise of Assassins Creed. By far one of the best games in the franchise so far and one of if not the best game of the year, Assassins Creed Origins takes you…
Category: School Life
Basketball Season 2017
//Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest// As the weather gets colder and the snow starts to fall we know we are entering boys and girls basketball season! We asked students what they expect from this years season. Nicole Costa, a senior who is on the girls basketball team, says that she expects a great season….
5 Things We’ll Miss From 2017
||Additional reporting by Katelyn Eng, Maya Berardi, and Carolyn Abramowich|| 1. Fidget Spinners- There is a lot of variation within these seemingly simple objects: some light up, some play music, some have multiple prongs, and much more, and beyond, their aesthetic appeal and the fun they brought, fidget spinners were a useful, yet simple, way…
Ugly Sweater Day 2017
Friday, December 15th, 2017 wasn’t just the opening day for Star Wars – The Last Jedi. Staff and students celebrated the holiday season with Ugly Sweater Day by showing up at school with a variety of festive garb. Here are a few of the wardrobe sights around school:
Call of Duty WWII: The Call of Duty We’ve Been Asking For?
I grew up with the best Call of Duty games. I vividly remember my brother and I begging my mom to let us go to the midnight release at GameStop when COD: Modern Warfare 2 was the hottest game to get. I remember staying up late summer nights and battling waves upon waves of zombies with…
Radium Girls: Opening Night
The fall play, this year being “Radium Girls”, is in full swing. The cast has already put on two shows. Wednesday, the 15th was opening night. For starters, let us get into a little background about the show. “Radium Girls” was written D.W. Gregory. The setting is the 1920’s in a factory. The factory is…
The First Thanksgiving Was Brought to 2017 by Juniors This Year
The actual first Thanksgiving happened in 1621, but with the First Thanksgiving Project, AP United States’s History (APUSH) and AP English Language are bringing it to Avonworth in 2017 with a twist. This is the first year this feast will be happening, as it was just suggested by junior Isabel Thompson a few weeks…
Stand Down Pittsburgh District Fundraiser
//Additional reporting done by Bailey Tempest// As an English project for the freshman grade, fundraisers for the organization “Stand Down” have been spiraling the school. “Stand Down” is an organization to raise money for homeless veterans or veterans in need. The assignment was to come up with a fundraiser that could raise enough money…
Avonworth Contributes to Stand Down Pittsburgh.
Homeless veterans often fight at wars or help out overseas, but some come back home and lose almost everything. Although they are the ones fighting for our freedoms and lives, they are the ones who tend to struggle afterward. This is the reason multiple causes, such as the Geofilter contest, are doing their best to…