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  • New Year, New Group: Introducing the New Members of State Champion Accents

    New Year, New Group: Introducing the New Members of State Champion Accents

    By Amelia Humphrey // Reporter After months of work, learning, repetition, sweat, tears, laughter, frustration, and overwhelming cheers, the Avon Accents rode on crowded buses back to Avon High School bearing their first state championship win in school history. The undefeated show “Let the Games Begin,” themed around the Olympics, had won five competitions en… Read more

  • Snow Days: The Balancing Act of Safety and Learning

    Snow Days: The Balancing Act of Safety and Learning

    By Grace Otey // Reporter • Illustration by Matthew Barton Warm hot chocolate, the bite of cold at your nose, piles upon piles of blankets. All while you watch movies with your family. Winter is a lot of things, a time to celebrate friends, a time to huddle by a fire, but it can also… Read more

  • Jumping into AHS’ Spirit Night

    Jumping into AHS’ Spirit Night

    By Idowu Adeleke // Reporter Football season is over, pep rallies are dead, and spirit week themes are seldom followed. Where is Avon’s school spirit? Well, it can be found at your local Urban Air. On Jan. 21, from 4-8 p.m., Avon High School will be holding a Spirit Night at the Plainfield Urban Air. 20… Read more

  • What Does it Take to be a Symphony Player as a Freshman?

    What Does it Take to be a Symphony Player as a Freshman?

    By Miryam Starr// Reporter Adam Larsen, a sophomore, has been playing cello for four years and currently plays in the Avon symphony orchestra, four-time state champions. Getting into this orchestra as a freshman required re-filming his audition thirty times. He played the scale repeatedly until no mistakes were made and every note was perfect. He… Read more

  • Do Students Know How Long Lunch Is? (And Is It Enough Time?)

    Do Students Know How Long Lunch Is? (And Is It Enough Time?)

    By Miryam Starr // Reporter Read more

  • Are You Smarter Than a Freshman?

    Are You Smarter Than a Freshman?

    By Corinne Bender // Reporter Read more