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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 […]

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 […]