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  • SmartPass Brings New Safety Measure for Hall Passes

    SmartPass Brings New Safety Measure for Hall Passes

    By Jackson Zeunik // Co-Editor-in-Chief Avon High School unveiled a new hall pass system that operates electronically; the system tracks the amount of time students take and which rooms they leave and arrive at. The system was rolled out starting after winter break.  Assistant Principal Jim Graham addresses concerns around SmartPass and why the administration rolled out this new system. Dr. Graham said the main… Read more

  • A Teacher’s Guide to Choosing a Major

    A Teacher’s Guide to Choosing a Major

    By Nikola Meissner // Reporter • Illustration By Nikola Meissner In her senior year of high school, it was time for Statistics teacher Amanda Leahy to make an important decision. Between juggling schoolwork and making a decision that would impact the rest of her life, she was also tutoring her peers. “I was regularly tutoring… Read more

  • Unified Flag Football: Everything You Need to Know

    Unified Flag Football: Everything You Need to Know

    By Amelia Humphrey // Reporter • Illustration By Amelia Humphrey Most students don’t know about the Avon High School sport that is one year in the making. Unified flag football is a variation of the classic American sport that we all know and love. In this sport, general education students work with special needs students… Read more

  • The Reality of Junior Year

    The Reality of Junior Year

    By Jerica Bernfield // Reporter • Illustration By Jerica Bernfield As you go through high school, many students hear something like this: These are the most important years of your lives. One of the biggest years that comes to your attention. Scheduling is called down all the same. The same transcript. The same blue paper.… Read more

  • Calm in the Chaos: How Our Secretaries Keep the School Moving

    Calm in the Chaos: How Our Secretaries Keep the School Moving

    By Aliyah Surakat // Reporter On a typical school morning, students rush through the front doors with questions, concerns, and schedules already full. Phones ring constantly, parents stop by unexpectedly, and emotions often run high. In the middle of it all sits the front office, where secretaries quietly manage the chaos that keeps the school… Read more

  • Senioritis Is Plaguing the Halls of Avon High School

    Senioritis Is Plaguing the Halls of Avon High School

    By Idowu Adeleke // Reporter • Illustration By Idowu Adeleke For the past four years, the class of 2026 has endured the ups and downs of high school life. With their diploma just out of reach, many seniors are calling it quits on academics. As Urban Dictionary defines, “senioritis” is the well-known term for when… Read more

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