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Student Life
Happy Socktober
November 29, 2018
Alivia Roberts
Helping Hands NHS Senior Coy Akers, standing with the Harmony House sponsor, shows off a box full of socks donated by Ava Elementary students.
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A Drop of Blood
October 21, 2016
Rebecca Harris
On October 11, 2016, members of the Ava community flocked to the Ava High School to donate their blood to those in need. This event was organized by the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, also known as CBCO, who work to provide blood to many of the hospitals in our area. Though Ava’s Blood Drive...
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Receiving the Awards
October 5, 2016
Rebecca Harris
In life, we have to reflect on the past in order to move forward and better ourselves. We have to look back in order to be reborn. At Ava High School, we demonstrate this very thing with our quarterly ceremony called the Renaissance Assembly, where Renaissance means “rebirth”. This ceremony is solely...
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Student Life
College Mania
September 12, 2016
Rebecca Harris
It’s here again, the scary time where seniors face the pressures of colleges, tuitions, and scholarships. Oh my! With so much stress over high school, how can anyone even think about college without dissolving into a mess of tears? Luckily our great staff at Ava High School had a solution to our problems....
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Ava Schools Team Up with Crosslines
September 12, 2016
Hunter Watson
On Tuesday, August 30th, NHS and StuCo volunteers left school thirty minutes early to serve at the Crosslines Food Drive in the Life Church back parking lot. There were eighteen people working the food drive, including three Crosslines workers. The student volunteers helped set up tables, then started...
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Hunter Watson, Online Content Editor

May 7, 2018 • No Comments

For the first time ever, the drama department’s Mrs. Wolfskill will be directing a second performance this year. She has selected the one act “Check Please!,” but it’s not just her directing it. A few choice actors...

P.E. is Tanking

Hunter Watson, Online Content Editor

May 7, 2018 • No Comments

On April 20th, Mr. Davidson introduced his P.E. students to a new game: Tank. It’s based off the video game called Tank, which I have found on the Wii, and involves some pretty interesting stuff. The game starts with...

Senior Reminders

Hunter Watson, Online Content Editor

May 7, 2018 • No Comments

Seniors, the end of school is three weeks away, but that doesn’t mean you can start clearing your calendars just yet! Here are some last minute events and reminders you’ll want to keep in mind. Senior Week...

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Music

Jazz Contest

Lizzy Linder, Reporter

January 22, 2018 • No Comments

Here at Ava High school, we have a performance ensemble called The Ava Jazz Band. The only practices that the Jazz Band has are Monday through Thursday from 7:15 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Although this group has a limited amount...

Thanksgiving in NYC

December 4, 2017

AHS Tri-M

October 6, 2017

Meet the Marching Band

September 12, 2017

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Student Life

COVID Adjustments

Layla Giorgianni

September 28, 2020 • No Comments

In the spring of 2020, schools all across the country were getting canceled. This mass cancellation included our very own Ava R-1 School District. This decision was not an easy one, but it was the right...

The Final Curtain Call

May 7, 2018

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November 29, 2018

Ava High School Daily Announcements Friday, August 30, 2019 Important News & Events: Attention...

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There will be a NHS meeting today during 8th hour. It is important for all sophomores and juniors to...

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

May 10, 2018

Seniors: bring your cap and gowns tomorrow. All library books were due yesterday!! Please get them...

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P.E. is Tanking
May 7, 2018
Hunter Watson, Online Content Editor
On April 20th, Mr. Davidson introduced his P.E. students to a new game: Tank. It’s based off the video game called Tank, which I have found on the Wii, and involves some...
Start Here, Run Anywhere!
April 16, 2018
Angel Stevens, Reporter
Congratulations to Ava High School Senior Collin Jenkins! Southwest Baptist University welcomes Collin to join their college campus starting in the Fall of 2018! On Thursday...
The Lady Bears First Game
December 7, 2017
Trevor Sartin, Reporter
Here come your Lady Bears basketball team. The Bears started this season off playing the Hollister Tigers on Tuesday November 21, 2017. The Ava Bears beat the Tigers with...
Homecoming Game
October 6, 2017
Trevor Sartin, Reporter
Ava High School had a whole week of dressing up and showing our school spirit before the big game on Friday, September 15, 2017, against the Salem Tigers. The Bears had an...
PeeWee Basketball Tournament
March 15, 2017
Hunter Watson
On Tuesday the 28th, the Intramural, or PeeWee, Basketball Tournament began! It was held in the middle school on February 28th at 5:30, 6:05, 6:40, and 7:15. There were also...
The Rim Reapers
January 24, 2017
Dakota Hathcock
The assault begins, the Bears charge down the court. The ball bouncing against the floor establishing the heartbeat of the game. The ball passes from Bear to Bear around the...
Silvey Stampede
September 30, 2016
Hunter Watson
On Friday the 9th, the Silvey Stampede had its annual race up at the C.E. Harlan Field at Silvey Stadium. Tons of people showed up to compete in the races, though most of...
Homecoming Showdown 2016
September 13, 2016
Kaitlyn Rowe
AHS Pep Club has announced this year's Homecoming Theme for 2016. Homecoming Showdown will be full of fun and contrast as each day's spirit theme will focus on two opposites....
Ava Bears Take the BlueJays
September 12, 2016
Kaitlyn Rowe
Friday the 19th, the Bears played the BlueJays for their first game of the season. The fans and players were fired up even before the game began. Kaleb Sizemore...
Raising the Bar
April 14, 2016
Jimilynn Raybould
Many have heard the clangs of the metal, experienced the strain of the weight, been in the weight room and lifted till you were groaning to get that last rep in. But, no one...