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Reporting by Eleanor Boggess
 

 
Today Governor Wolf had revealed his plans for the new mask mandate for schools, and daycares.Although this day of school might have been a regular day for the Avonworth d […]

Reporting by Jameson Cook, Marshall McCall, Jack Salsbury

The hurricane-based forecast has had a large impact on Avonworth and our community over the past few weeks. Whether it was affecting sports or […]

After Hurricane Ida made landfall down south, her effects were definitely being felt here at Avonworth. Drenching rains led to  many school sports cancellations as a result, including cross country. Tuesday’s me […]

Around 3 PM on Wednesday, excessive amounts of water that had poured into the area  created a plumbing nightmare. After the school suffered a sewage issue, in-person school was called off and turned all virtual […]

The following is a transcript of an interview conduted through the Journalism 1 class by Kelly Kashaba and Maya Nusskern

 
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The 2021-2022 school year reveals many new challenges, including what is the new normal for students at Avonworth High School? The past two years included months in a row of all virtual school as society adjusted […]

As the school year comes to a close, it is clear Avonworth has changed in many ways during our 180 days of time. One of the newest additions to the walls is the murals completed by Mrs. James’ Galleries Group.  […]

I expect this summer to be more eventful than summer 2020. With everyone getting vaccinated I feel like a lot of mandates are going to be lifted. Already, as of May and early June, businesses are lifting their […]

Tuesday, June 8th, was the last Day 1 for the 2020-2021 school year — a year that featured four different schooling formats between August and June.

The 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students of Journalism 1 […]

On the last week for seniors in the 2020-2021 school year, Seniors Ben Nalavenko and Eli King joined juniors Killian Horigan and Peyton Bauer to sing “The Longest Time” by Billy Joel during the Journalism 2 […]

Playing a sport in the years 2020-2021 has been the weirdest experience, and I think I can speak for any sports player on this. There have been so many changes to the traditions that people have been doing for as […]

The class of 2021 gathered at Lenzer Field starting around 8:30 AM on Wednesday, June 2nd, returning a tradition for seniors that was interrupted by the all virtual format  during the spring of 2020.

Seniors […]

I would tell my pre-pandemic self many things. I would first tell myself to start working on the things I love so much, sooner. I would tell myself to start working out, if I had been going to the gym for over a […]

 I hope for next school year that most things stay the same. I quite enjoy the current school environment, hallways aren’t too crowded, teachers have been very kind and are doing a great job of teaching ma […]

The end of the 2020-2021 school year is approaching and we will soon have to say goodbye to the seniors and our superintendent. To Dr. Ralston and the 2021 seniors, I wish you all luck beginning a new chapter in […]

I would tell my pre-pandemic self to prepare for the worst. The pandemic hit out of nowhere and showed no mercy. I remember sitting in STEM chemistry and my mother texted me saying that all schools in Allegheny […]

Congrats to the graduating class of 2021!

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One more major change due to the COVID 19 pandemic was new teachers just jumping right into Meets, the Virtual Academy, and synchronous instruction without students getting a chance to know them better.  For Ms. […]

The semi-finals on Tuesday, May 25th, will include Avonworth High School for the first time in many seasons. Junior Jordan Kolenda, who has contributed a few guest editorials for The Avonews recently, wrote a […]

The schedule for our school has been insane this year. Going from only having to attend school for two days a week, to going fully virtual, than shifting to hybrid for 4 days a week. Suddenly, out of nowhere, […]