Berkheiser named assistant principal at AGHS

Matthew Berkheiser On March 21, the Avon Grove School District (AGSD) board of directors approved the appointment of a new assistant principal at Avon Grove High School (AGHS). Matthew Berkheiser will be filling the vacancy left by Gary Benasutti, who is retiring at the end of this school year after serving as assistant principal for the past 24 years. Berkheiser has served in various positions...

9 Avon Grove students named National Merit Scholars

Avon Grove High School students who were recognized as Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program (top row from left to right: Jacob Akana, Tejvir Gill, Leah Gray and Russell Dunlap; bottom row from left to right Madison Butler, Elisabeth Roberts, Abigail L. Keller and Adelaide Etshman). Avon Grove High School (AGHS) administrators recently announced that nine students have...

Avon Grove HS students named National Merit Semifinalists

Avon Grove High School seniors Tyler Dalton and Sindhuja Kanamarlapudi have been selected as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Avon Grove High School (AGHS) seniors Tyler Dalton and Sindhuja Kanamarlapudi have been named semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. The program recognizes students whose academic strengths are amongst the best in the country and provides...

Avon Grove HS drone tems wins awards at competition

The Avon Grove High school drone team. The Avon Grove High School (AGHS) aerial drone team competed at the 2023 Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation Aerial Drones Competition Dragonfly Championship in Fairmont, West Virginia, May 19-20, receiving the Excellence and Programming awards. The awards were given at the event following two days of intensely competitive and highly successful...

Avon Grove’s Langhorne named as Citadel Heart of Learning winner

Avon Grove School District Citadel Heart of Learning Award Grand Prize finalist William Langhorne with family, students and colleagues. For the past 22 years, Citadel Credit Union has recognized local, hard-working teachers who are dedicated to their role and classroom by honoring them with the Citadel Heart of Learning Award. The award is open to any public, private or charter school teacher and...

Avon Grove HS to perform teen edition of Chicago

Girls, glitz and glamour hit the new Avon Grove High School stage for the first spring musical in their brand-new auditorium on April 20th, 21st and 22nd with the teen edition of the musical Chicago! Set in the windy city during the roaring 20s, Chicago tells the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses who are locked up together in Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma is serving time for...

Avon Grove HS students win state journalism awards

Robert Gregory, AGHS English teacher and Devil’s Herald newspaper advisor, and Jackson Morris, 12th grade student and Devil’s Herald senior editor. The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association recently honored two Avon Grove High School (AGHS) students for their work in the school newspaper, The Devil’s Herald. The students were each recognized with a 2023 Student Keystone Media Award for the...

Officials: AGHS project debt service $19M below estimates, on schedule for fall opening

Avon Grove School District administrators gather for a photo in front of the new Avon Grove High School. On April 12, Avon Grove School District (AGSD) announced that the district’s debt service for its Comprehensive Facilities Plan is $19 million below original estimates. The Facilities Plan includes construction of a new Avon Grove High School (AGHS), slated to open for students this fall,...

LCH celebrates Avon Grove grads who used Escalera program

WEST GROVE – LCH Health and Community Services recently celebrated the graduation of ten Avon Grove High School seniors who participated in LCH’s Escalera program, a program championed by national Latino advocacy organization UnidosUS.  This free after school program, targeted to high school juniors and seniors, provides sessions that focus on college preparation, exploration of career and...

Avon Grove staff, admin celebrate AGHS seniors with parade

A school board member distributes lawn signs for the senior car parade. WEST GROVE – On Saturday, May 16, more than 70 Avon Grove School District (AGSD) staff members, board members and administrators decorated their vehicles and drove through District neighborhoods in a “car parade” to celebrate the class of 2020. Groups gathered in the parking lot of Avon Grove High School (AGHS) at 9:00...