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  • African Diaspora Hosts 11th Annual Black History Month Program

    Elshadai Aberra | Social Media Editor On Thursday, Feb. 28, the African Diaspora club hosted their 11th annual Black History Month event. The program’s title was “My Black Is…” and the aspect of the event was to explore the black culture of different black students and faculty members at Avon High School.  The program consisted of singing, spoken Read more

  • Elliot Cooper Breaks Record in Comeback Season

    Savannah Abshire | Reporter Senior Elliot Cooper’s life was changed in many ways last summer when he was told he would need surgery to correct the 45 degree and 55 degree in his spine. Cooper, a swimmer of 10 years, was devastated by the news. “It felt terrible. I felt like there would be no Read more

  • Sophomore Alex Marcum Turns Passion to Profit with Shoes

    Joseph Souza | Reporter There’s sneakerheads, hypebeasts, and then there’s sophomore Alex Marcum. Air Jordans, NMDs, Yeezys, you name it, he’s sold it. What started out as his passion project that operated under a deficit has recently been reformed into a lucrative business that boasts a six-figure profit margin: OSM Kicks. “Most people would’ve quit Read more

  • Meet Special Ed Teachers Mr. McGrath and Mr. Wheatley

    Brayden Cox | Reporter Applied English teacher Mr. Kevin McGrath got his start here at Avon High School three years ago as an English teacher. That, however, was just a way to get his foot in the door. “To put it simply, a special education job opened up last minute before I started,” said McGrath. Read more

  • What Black History Month Means to Students at AHS

    https://youtu.be/u8tOToH4dpg By Elshadai Aberra | Social Media Editor As we reach the end of February, also known as Black History Month, the Echo decided to ask a multitude of African American students what Black History Month means to them. Read more

  • Rise of the Finsta

    Tara Martin | Web Editor-in-Chief “You go to your spam; you’re falling apart or you’re making jokes and being ridiculous and sharing memes, but you really just go to your spam to fall apart,” junior Summer Matthews said. Instagram has two dominant types of accounts among AHS students; main accounts and spams or finstas. Every Read more

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