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With two playoff games in different locations on Friday, November 19th as a key factor, the high school stopped a recent tradition of sending a fan bus to Hershey and adjusting the school schedule for a day 0 to […]

Thursday, November 11th, 2021 marked the first Veterans Day for every student at AHS where the US Military was not at war.  For most students without family serving active duty, the day seemed routine. For […]

Over these last five chilly early November days, the talk of the hallways has been the recent success of our girls’ volleyball, soccer, and cross country teams. Typically we talk about football games, or d […]

Now, if you’re a baseball fan, or have more than 5 brain cells, you should be rooting for the Braves to close out the series. Everyone remembers the Astros stolen championship in 2017, as after they won the W […]

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October 2021-VOl 80 Issue 1

Reporting by Eleanor Boggess

“It’s been a fun journey, ” said Athletic Director Andrea Patton about the girls soccer season, “and they are just looking to build each other up, like mentally through the season a […]

We’ve been back now, day 1 after day 2, for over a month of school. With only one literal clog sending us virtual for a day, it seems like long stretches of forced virtual schooling might just be a part of our p […]

Avonworth girls volleyball varsity team has a promising remainder of their season. After tying for 3rd place in the WPIAL class 2A Volleyball Championship last year, the girls feel confident they will win it all […]

After a year-and-a-half long unexpected hiatus, the Student Council will be returning in full force this year.

“I hope to continue to foster a sense of school pride and community through our organization led a […]

Reporting by Jacob Hanny, Ben Barnes, and Tyler Woodfill

With no Hurricane currently threatening rainouts in Pittsburgh, we asked soccer players how hurricane Ida has affected the practices and prep for the […]

Reporting by Jayla Jones, Willow Wright, Kayla Geouque

Photography by Hannah Palmer

The fan section returned to the Lenzer field bleachers for the first full Friday Night Lights experience since the run […]

Reporting and photography by Clayton and Haley Dexter

After two years of extended shutdowns due to COVID 19, the Lopes Lounge has finally reopened for students following the start of the 2021 school year. […]

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

 
Q: Who is your campaign team?
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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 […]