On Thursday, November 21, the school is celebrating Grief Awareness Day. There are numerous activities that will be happening on this day, from sales of Good L’oven Cookies and Blue Raspberry Lemonade in the Lopes Lounge, and students wearing blue. All of the money raised gets donated to the Caring Place! Children’s Grief Awareness Day…
Who Has the Spirit? Fall Play Spirit Week Concludes
Fall Play Spirit Week Participants! Day 1- Winter Hats, scarves, gloves, and boots Day 2- Flannels! Wednesday- Blue and white day Facebook0GooglePinterest0EmailPrintReddit0Tumblr0Twitter
“Ok, boomer”: an epidemic among our society’s youth
“Ok, boomer”: a mocking clap-back directed towards the stereotype surrounding Baby Boomers The “Ok, boomer” epidemic as infected younger generations as it appears innocent enough. It’s just a meme, right? It is just a Tik Tok challenge, right? Although “Ok, boomer,” seems innocent enough due to its presence in social media, this statement is more…
Pitt Women’s College Volleyball Ranked Second in Nation, Highest in Program History
The Pitt Women’s Volleyball team has roared to their most successful season in program history. They have earned an astounding 25-1 record and are ranked second in the entire nation. Senior Jessie Mellon (pictured above), a volleyball enthusiast, exclaimed, “They [Pitt Women’s Volleyball] are ranked number two in the Division I college rankings. They are…
Fall Play Update- What Will Avonworth’s Winter Hold?
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…