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A Valley of Neighbors: 5️⃣1️⃣🏡 Fall break is here — and with it comes a little break from the weight room, our daily posts, and our weekly podcast. Episode 1️⃣1️⃣ focuses on max effort. It isn’t a skill or anything. It’s just a choice you get to make each day about how you go about relationships, handle your responsibilities, and attack workouts — or don’t. Consistently giving great effort isn’t easy, but there is a payout down the line for those who stay the course. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 5️⃣0️⃣🏡 We call this week Max Week. But if you waited until this week to give maximum effort, there is no payout for you — none worth mentioning anyway. Saw personal bests. Saw some goals affirmed. Saw some surprises. But mostly, max week brings merit to this old line: You reap what you sow. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣9️⃣🏡 Faces of Avon | Week 1️⃣: New quarter. New segment. Every Wednesday during Q2. A lot of faces in the Valley — a whole lot of characters, too. Might as well get to know them. Our photography skills are well-documented. Wednesdays will give us a chance to showcase them and the students we are lucky enough to serve. *All photos can and should be used for the 2026-2027 yearbook. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣8️⃣🏡 Tell-Me Tuesday #10: You’re in the MLB Playoffs. What’s your walk-up song? Coach Ray: “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” by Jim Croce Coach Stevenson: “Born to Boogie” by Hank Williams Jr. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣7️⃣🏡 Some people decorate for Halloween. The rest of us launch a full-scale inflatable invasion. A few 🎃 or full-scale blowup palooza? Which person are you? One of the cool things about the high school experience: every day, the choices you make help shape the person you’re becoming. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣6️⃣🏡 Episode 🔟 down. Maybe our most important podcast so far. Scroll back through our 1250+ posts. You’ll find the occasion blurb about fast times and big lifts. But mostly you’ll find posts that showcase the school we represent and the experiences that make it a place we should be proud of. School spirit is mixed in there somewhere, sure. But it’s really school pride. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣5️⃣🏡 October 1. Coaches are going to dust off their pink polos. 24-hour horror movie marathons will be on until Halloween. Parents prepare to pick from their kid’s trick-or-treat spoils. And “Monster Mash” will find its way to the radio waves and Spotify playlists across the world. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣4️⃣🏡 “Neighbor” Spotlight | Week 9️⃣: Nick Hodge, Current Avon Student We have 3 expectations in our class. Not be strong — even though you can get stronger. Not be fast — even though you can get faster, too. Our expectations are more controllable than how strong or fast you are — and unless you’ve been out to lunch since you’ve been in our class, you should know them verbatim. Work hard. Be kind. Do right. Nick Hodge does all 3. He works hard. He is kind to others. And you can trust him to do the right thing. No better student to cap off this Oriole Spotlight segment. When asked what makes Nick Hodge a neighbor you’d want to have, these are the qualities that were used to describe him: Friendly. Trustworthy. Outgoing. Funny. Reliable. Honest. Nick Hodge is the Valley! #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣3️⃣🏡 Tell-Me Tuesday #9: What’s something people pretend to enjoy more than they actually do? Coach Ray: little kid’s birthday parties 🎂 Coach Stevenson: your haircut💈 #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣2️⃣🏡 Coaches talk about consistency all the time. Our program is consistently inconsistent. What we’re chasing doesn’t change. How we go about chasing it does. Week to week, we throw out figurative curveballs — a different challenge, a different movement, a different finisher. It keeps things fresh. Keeps you on your toes. Keeps us engaged, too. Same standard. New ways to meet it. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣1️⃣🏡 The little things are where the big things begin. Not sure what the little things are? Working hard. Being kind. Doing right. None of those sounds flashy. But practiced every day, they become who we are. That’s how you build something that lasts. open.spotify.com/episode/141… podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️

A Valley of Neighbors: 4️⃣0️⃣🏡 We do not remember the 21st night of September. Probably won’t remember this week. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a good one. A lot of the best things that end up happening to you take root during weeks where nothing big actually happens. #TPW | #DBS | #RTF 🔨 Defend the Valley! #DTV 🏴‍☠️