Over the loud speaker, Assistant Principal Mrs. Remensky detailed a significant change in the daily routine of seniors, juniors, and sophomores who drive to school. Starting Monday, January 3rd, all student parking will now be exclusively in the new parking lot across from the front entrance of the high school. No more Juniors parking up…
PASS Survey Administered, Students Interested In District’s Future Mental Health Focus
On December 7th, 2021, for 15 minutes, allocated during MOD C/D, all Avonworth High School students participated in something called the PASS survey. The PASS survey is an online resource that school districts purchase. The survey’s goal is to identify fragile learners and what they are held back by. This move seems to be right…
The Year in Spotify, 2021 – Still Popular But With Some Competition For Best Way To Stream Music
Spotify is one of the top music streaming services of 2021. From playlists made just for you to Spotify Wrapped 2021, Spotify goes above and beyond to create each user’s homepage specific to their music tastes. The majority of Avonworth High School students agree, including freshmen Cassidy Johncour, saying she likes Spotify “better than other…
2021 Ends With Student Council Hosting a Holiday Spirit Week
Holiday styles, flannel shirts, and PJ’s were the spirit day themes to end the 2021 calendar year at Avonworth High School. Student Council added a new experience, holiday movies screening in the auditorium, running from the start of LEAD at 8 AM until the end of Lunch 3 on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021. Fundraising…
Wild NFL Season Leaves No Clear Contender
The 2021 NFL season is an interesting season, to say the least. The Patriots are at the front of the pack once again in the AFC, with the Lions at the bottom in the NFC. It looks a lot like 2017. Yet the Lions, despite being 1-10-1, are not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. And…
Steelers In 2022- Start An Experienced QB But Not Big Ben
If you are a Steelers fan, an NFL fan or even if you just live in Pittsburgh, then you know who Ben Roethlisberger is and his success. On December 4th, the Steelers 39-year-old quarterback had a retirement rumor get out to the public. Any Steelers fan will see this as a very bad issue. The…
2021 Box Office Results: Are They Well-Deserved?
The 2021 Box Office stats have been recorded, but are the movies represented actually deserving of top Box Office honors? The top-grossing movie of the year right now is Marvel Studio’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, followed by Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Black Widow. According to boxofficemojo.com, Shang-Chi’s total gross stands…
Put That Pineapple On Your Pizza! In Defense of Pineapple As A Pizza Topping
Are pineapples on pizza really that bad? Pizza is a very popular food that many people can enjoy. Although, the enjoyment of this food has come with some strong opinions on what toppings do not belong on it. One of these toppings is pineapple. Pineapple pizza is traditionally known and Hawaiian pizza. It often…
A Year of Bones or No Bones? 2021’s Social Media Recap
2021 was a year for social media to thrive – so many people started on January 1 pretty much stuck inside their home because of the ongoing COVID pandemic, so you had the perfect setting to spend hours and hours enjoying great content and maybe even making some of your own. Instagram Instagram, and social…
A Year With Netflix – 2021
Ah yes, the savior of quarantine, boredom, and social interaction, Netflix. I have yet to meet someone who has never had an interaction with Netflix or any of its wide library of Netflix-created movies, short films, and television shows. The nearly 28-year-old company has been getting significant attention from the world, especially since 2019, …