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The Red Cross Club embraced the spirit of giving by organizing a heartfelt holiday card-making event. Students gathered to craft beautiful, handmade cards for local veterans as part of the annual Holiday Mail for Heroes initiative.

Get ready for an exciting opportunity to be part of the Spring Musical production. There's something for everyone!

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Marshall McCall for filming and producing this video about grief awareness at Avonworth. Click here to watch it. 

Avonworth Chorus members chosen for Pennsylvania Music Educators Association honors!

The Avonworth School District is excited to announce that we are the recipient of the 2024 Child Hunger Hero award from Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

The November newsletter is here! Click to read it. 

Middle schoolers learned about a very special and inspiring Scottish percussionist.

Congratulations to Mr. Ronnie Ziccardi for receiving the PARSS Grant to help improve students' musical journeys.

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Jase Klatzkin for filming and producing this video about the Avonworth football team. Click here to watch it. 

Let's Go, 'Lopes! 

Civics students spent the day honoring our nation's veterans by attending the annual Veterans Day Experience Workshop at the Heinz History Center. 

"Becky Marszalek, a paraprofessional at Avonworth Elementary School in Pittsburgh, is the Pennsylvania State Education Association’s (PSEA) Dolores McCracken Education Support Professional of the Year for the 2024-25 school year.

The announcement came during American Education Week and as schools across the commonwealth prepare to celebrate Education Support Professionals Day on Nov. 20, a day to recognize the hardworking support staff who help meet students’ needs and make our schools run smoothly."

Read more from PSEA.org.

Avonworth High School, in partnership with the North Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and KeyBank, is coordinating a Career Fair/Future Ready Showcase.

We would like to invite Avonworth parents, care givers and community members to participate! If you would like to be a part of the Career Fair, please click here to complete the sign up form.  

The Avonworth High School/Middle School cafeteria staff prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving meal for students.

The 'Lopes are headed to the 2024 WPIAL Football Championship! 

Saturday, November 23, 2024
Acrisure Stadium
5:00 PM

With Thanksgiving approaching, we enter a time of year when weather could impact our school schedule. As we prepare for the possibility of weather-related delays and closings, we want to make sure families are as prepared as possible.  

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Lucy Jacob for filming and producing this video about fall play.

Click here to watch it. 

A special visitor teaches students about a healthy liver.

Avonworth Primary Center students and staff celebrated our veterans at their "Thank You" ceremony. Representative Vanket joined us as a guest speaker, expressing gratitude to our veterans before the parade began. Leading the way, our talented high school drummers set the pace for the procession, as students lined up waving American flags with pride.

Prosecuting Attorney Mike Sullivan, Esq., visited the fall play cast and crew of Twelve Angry Jurors to discuss the finer points of jury trials and the role of the juror in criminal cases.

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Dylan Lope for filming and producing this video about Avonworth Aviation. Click here to watch it. 

The Avonworth School District is embarking on a Strategic Planning Process, and we are seeking parents/caregivers to participate in this critical process. This strategic plan aims to define a collective vision of success and set goals in priority areas.

Middle School Social Studies teachers recently observed Hispanic Heritage Month in their classrooms. Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual observance intended to celebrate the achievements, histories, traditions, diversity, and vibrant culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans.

The Avonworth Food Service Department’s Cultural Connections meal celebrated Hindu Heritage in October.

The October Newsletter is here. Click here to read it. 

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Lucy Jacobs for filming and producing this video about the Avonworth Marching Band. Click here to watch it.

Thank you to Avonworth High School student Dylan Lope for filming and producing this video about AES Fall Fest.

Click here to watch it.

Congratulations to the students who placed in the PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) Honors and District Band!

Avonworth 8th Grade Civics students are now likely some of the best-informed citizens in Pennsylvania when it comes to the 2024 General Election, even if they aren't yet old enough to vote.  

Girl Scout Troop 16842 was invited to a special celebratory lunch in the Primary Center lunch room to use brand new reusable lunch trays. Thanks to the troop, single-use plastic trays have been replaced with these reusables to reduce waste.

Primary students have an exciting and valuable learning opportunity with the implementation of RIASEC, a framework that allows students to identify the best career path. 

Avonworth Research Media Specialist Emily Hickman joined 8th Grade Civics classes during Digital Citizenship Week for a timely discussion about "Deep Fakes and Our Democracy".  8th Grade Civics students are currently studying the 2024 Election and how candidates get their message out to potential voters.  

Catch the Avonworth Lopes in action this Friday, October 18th, as they take on the North Catholic Trojans in the Steeler High School Showcase Game of the Week! Tune in live on KDKA+ at 7 PM. Don’t miss it!

Watch here: https://youtu.be/KnIFst_yePY

The Avonworth School District is proud to announce that Mr. Scott Tuffiash, a high school English teacher, won the 2024 Innovative Teacher Award. Mr. Tuffiash, who has been a dedicated educator since 2007, is also the leader of the English department’s curriculum development team.

Thank you to Avonworth High School students Marshall McCall and Jase Klatzkin for filming and producing this video about the ninth grade's visit to Camp Guyasuta.

Click here to watch it.

After a productive summer of construction on the secondary campus, we were thrilled to welcome our students and staff back into the building for the start of the school year. Our students and staff returned to a transformed environment, with new flooring, lighting, ceilings in the high school corridors, a renovated commons/cafeteria, and exterior site improvements. The work is progressing well, with most of the final work being completed in the auditorium and two-story middle school addition. 

Avonworth’s strategic plan outlines the areas of focus, strategies, and actions that will ensure that our students gain the learning experiences that will enable them to continue to grow academically, socially, and emotionally so that they become innovative thinkers and creative contributors to our world.

The September 2024 newsletter is here. Click to read it. 

Our first “Cultural Connections” lunch was offered on September 30th in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Marching Band plays the classic video game hits at a local band festival.

We're celebrating 10 incredible years since Avonworth Primary School officially opened its doors! 

Greg Wolfe, high school physics teacher, is serving in the AIU Chief Science Officer (CSO) Program.

We'd like to share a few important updates from our food service team at Avonworth. 

The Avonworth School District aims to provide an education that is customized to meet the needs of each learner. Part of this process includes creating a comprehensive assessment system to determine if we are accomplishing this goal. Most of the assessments occur in grades K-8 in order to ensure students are developing skills at the right pace in order to be ready for high school and life beyond high school.

Tickets for athletic events can be purchased in the athletic office Monday-Friday from 9am-1pm. The cost for tickets purchased in the athletic office is $2 for students and $3 for adults.  

Season passes are also available and can be purchased online. Click here to purchase season passes.  

The Avonworth School District is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable environment at all our athletic and extracurricular events. As a reminder, the following policies will be enforced to ensure all spectators at high school football games have a safe and enjoyable experience.

A test of our rapid alert system was sent via email and phone call on Wednesday, August 18 at 1 pm. If you received both the email and the test phone call, then no further action is needed. If you only received one or the other, please update your contact information in Alma.

Safety will always be a top priority for the Avonworth School District. Each summer, we examine our emergency operations plan for the coming year. The district has trained threat assessment teams and a strong working relationship with Ohio Township police and emergency responders. In addition, we practice and refine emergency procedures throughout the year. We share this message to proactively allow families to discuss school safety before the school year.

We hope you’ve had the chance to log into Alma to update your contact information. Parent/caregiver contact information must be up-to-date in Alma to ensure you receive emergency communications from the school district through our rapid response system, School Messenger. As in the past, the district will send email and phone messages for emergency notifications, including weather-related delays/ cancellations and late bus updates, using School Messenger. We will also be adding the ability to receive an SMS (text) message. More information will be sent once this feature is available.

We look forward to welcoming our students back to school soon!

First Day of School

September 3 - First day of school for grades 1-12

September 4 - First day of school for kindergarten

Please review this information prior to attending ASD home football games this year. Thank you for your support. Go 'Lopes!

We are excited to welcome several new administrators to Avonworth School District! 

Sixth grade teacher, Melissa Costantino-Poruben, was selected as one of 50 delegates of the National Education Association to participate in the 10^th International World Congress of Teachers, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"When administrators from four Pittsburgh-area school systems learned about a California school district’s career-focused curriculum that was exposing students as young as 5 years old to a variety of professions and skill sets, they knew they wanted to bring that model to the East Coast."

Read more. 

"Whenever Principal Mike Hall began a new school year, he’d ask the students at Avonworth Middle School one question: Who in this building is your go-to adult?"

Read more in Kidsburgh. 

Avonworth Middle School had a fun "Schools To Watch" celebration at the end of the school year. All 7th and 8th grade students had the opportunity attend. The event was followed by a pep rally to celebrate this impressive accomplishment.

Congratulations to AMS! 

Avonworth students, staff and families celebrated the work they did to create their own Wisdom Corridors throughout the district in June. This special event was held at Heinz History Center. It included activities, food and drinks, and recognition of all the wisdom corridor feature schools, including Avonworth Primary Center, Avonworth Elementary School and Avonworth High School.

View photos from the event on Facebook. 

Check out the Pittsburgh Wisdom Corridor feature book.

Health and free meals are available for children at a site near you. This program is open to all youth ages 18 and under. No cost or sign-up is required. 

View the flyer. 

In June of 2023, the District broke ground on a construction and renovation project on our secondary campus. The project is scheduled for completion in mid-December of 2024. We are excited to see this project come together as the new space will offer our staff and students an incredible space for instruction and learning.

FAQ document

Thank you to Avonworth junior Lucy Jacobs for filming and producing this video about our art students' Little Amal field trip. Click here to watch the video. 

Avonworth Primary Center celebrated National Food Bank Day by creating birthday cake boxes for the Mt. Nebo Church Food Bank. It's part of the #bethekindkid kindness campaign at school.

Students in classrooms worked together to create the kit which had ingredients to make a birthday cake and party items.