As fall quickly descends, winter has rapidly hit the Avonworth School District. From blankets and hoodies crammed into cluttered lockers to empty tissue boxes lining trash bins, we have felt the hit. Wintertime at Avonworth also holds great excitement. The Fall Play! (with an everpresent winter twist) This year’s fall play is “A Midwinter Night’s…
From sharp B to clash of clan theme – Students Change The Bell Sound
In the middle of Julia Marn’s senior project where she turned the library literally into a zoo, that is when the bell suddenly changed to a clash of clans theme song. According to students in the library, Mrs. Dwuilt went and asked the boys who were sitting at one table in the library about the…
Mike Tomlin’s Turnaround: Will it Continue?
Le’Veon Bell gone, Antonio Brown traded, Big Ben’s season over, and a 1-4 start, all placing Mike Tomlin on the coaching hot seat. The outlook of the Steeler’s 2019-2020 season could not have looked worse. Despite the noise, Mike Tomlin has pulled his team together, winning 4 straight games and leading the charge to a…
Service Learning Class Encourages Neighbors
The bulletin board in the orange and yellow hallway always has something on it that interests kids slowly getting to class, roaming for friends, or pacing the halls to avoid whatever they are supposed to do in class. Recently, post-it-notes have appeared on the board. Most of these notes have quotes on them from Mr….
Students Sound Off About New Bells
With changes to the bell schedule, open mods, start time, adding a coffee shop, LGI additions, and more over the past four years at Avonworth, you would not expect the most outrage to come from “BEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEeEEP.” On Tuesday, November 12th, 2019, students at the high school were surprised to hear a new bell tone to…
Slip Off Your Sweaters To Share the Warmth
Maybe you are one of the Avonworth kids with dozens of sweaters sitting on your shelf and jackets hanging in your closet that you haven’t worn since you were in middle school. Now, you can free up some shelf space and do some good all at once by gathering up all those old, neglected sweaters…
Key Club Posts Positivity Post-It Notes Around School
As part of Key Club Week, positive post-it notes were placed on student lockers throughout the high school. Here’s a look at a few Earlier in Key club week the club joined together to write the positive post-it notes in the lunchroom on Tuesday and blue and gold along with free face paint in…
H-Crastination: Juniors and Seniors Struggle To Make End of Day Open MOD Productive
While a number of seniors and juniors have early release and are able to leave for mod H, there are still over 80 upperclassmen still in the building for mod H. You might think an open mod at the end of the day would be perfect for getting a good jump on homework. This does…
Halloween 2019 – Open Mod Wanderings and More…
For the 2019 Teacher Halloween Costume, “Mr. Tuffiash won the contest by a landslide”, according to faculty sponsor Mrs. Studt. Tuffiash’s costume was an exaggerated version of “Open MOD”. “It’s basically a kid in sweats on his phone wandering around the school, probably some mix of tired and stressed. Definitely add in some procrastination, too,…
Boys High School Soccer Wrapup
The boys’ soccer team will compete in the first round of the WPIAL playoff this Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 PM vs OLSH AT Moon High School. Luke Wagner was injured during the first round of playoffs. Will Lucas had to step in as starting goalie. Greenburgh demonstrated great ball speed and control from the…