Articles in Pittsburgh Youth Radio Corps
Clairton CASTLE 2015: Round Table Story Telling – Haunted Birthday Party, Pt. 2
Students at Clairton continued with their round table story telling project: “The Haunted Birthday Party,” with each child adding their own personal twist to the already wild and expansive tale.
Pittsburgh Montessori Youth Gallery
Young artists and families of Pittsburgh Montessori gathered in the theatre of the Children’s Museum to celebrate their work. The “One School: Many Faces, Many Places” exhibit featured self-portraits, mud-paintings, and collage work. We welcomed these young artists into our studios to talk about their experience and share their artistic philosophies as well as their creative methods.
Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Who was John A. Brashear?
Students knew that Brashear’s namesake was John A. Brashear but they didn’t know much else about the astronomer, inventor, and Western Pennsylvania native.
Pittsburgh King After School: Last Day of Summer
With the weather being as cold as it’s been, we asked King students to imagine that tomorrow will be a beautiful summer day – for the last time ever. How would they spend one final day of sunshine before Pittsburgh fell into some kind of eternal winter?
Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Listening Back
After not having Brashear students for a few weeks due to the bitter cold temperatures, Radio Club members were finally able to listen to their finished alumni interview project. We also discussed some of the advice and takeaways students had following the interview, then mapped out some things students would like to do with audio moving forward. There should be some exciting work to share this spring!
Wilkinsburg After School: Three Things About Me
Students wrote and recorded three things about them and recorded a quick story about what would they do if they got left at the shopping mall all alone.
The 9th Annual Father Daughter Dinner Dance
Alongside an evening of dinner and dance, fathers and their daughters joined us here at The Saturday Light Brigade to share memories of their fondest moments together.
Clairton CASTLE 2015: Round Table Discussion – Cell Phones & Technology
7th and 5th graders at Clairton Middle School braved the frosty, Hoth-like weather to discuss cell phones and the effects technology have on their everyday lives.
Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Alumni Interview
Brashear’s interview project is complete! After School students interviewed alumni Adam Sullivan – who hadn’t set foot in the school since he graduated in 2005. Sullivan offered perspective, advice, and shared anecdotes about his high school experience.
Pittsburgh King After School: Haikus
After Schoolers used that form to get creative with haiku poems of their own. Some King students used their works to commemorate sporting events, while others celebrated their friends.
