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:
Category: School Life
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…
Top 5 Unique YouTube Recommendations
From 2015 on, sources like The Huffington Post have reported on YouTube crushing cable. Cord-cutters are rapidly expanding…so what should you watch on YouTube? The different varieties of YouTube channels of people like the subscribers help YouTube out a lot with ratings. YouTube has so many channels to pick from but here are my favorites….
Class Rings: a Thing of the Past?
Additional Reporting by Riley North and Meghan Osekowski On Friday of last week, the Avonworth sophomore class was introduced to the idea of a class ring. The Josten’s Company representative talked the entire grade with a presentation about the many options given when choosing class jewelry. With a detailed presentation, many sophomores left well informed,…
The Annual Powderpuff Football Game is Almost Here
///Additional Reporting Done by Haley Reilly//// Once a year, here at Avonworth, there is an opportunity for girls to play a competitive football game against each other. This year is no different as the annual powder puff football game is being held on November 30th and is being run by Mrs. Reilsono and her student…