Pittsburgh Brashear After School: School Lunch

This week, Radio Club members discussed something that’s usually pretty unpopular – school lunches. In a round table setting, students gave some insight and opinions on the midday meal.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Social Media & 2 Hour Delays

We opened the floor to students at Brashear High School and they came up with two great topics for this week’s round table discussion; the pros and cons of social media and 2 hour delays. The perspective they shared may not be what you would expect, especially the consensus disapproval of a delayed start to the school day.

YES:Center for Young Musicians

From 12-20-14: Teen guitarists Ben Solomon (Pine-Richland), Manav Kathir (Ingomar), Nolan Jacob and Samuel Farls (both of Providence Heights Alpha), Allison Spear (Seneca Valley) from Center for Young Musicians performing holiday songs.

Brashear Students Build Free Mini Libraries

Brashear High School students, in conjunction with the “Be There” campaign, kicked off a mini library project by donating the first of many free book depositories at Paisano’s Pizza in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood.

The libraries were built by Brashear students and will be placed around the district, as well as other parts of the city.

SLB was on hand to speak with students and gather audio from the inaugural little library. The first voice you’ll hear belongs to parent volunteer Deb Smallwood.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Impressions of America & Being Bilingual

You may have noticed in other Brashear recordings that many of our After School students are international.

This week we continued our round table discussions while embracing that international perspective. Radio club members in Block 1 talked about their first impressions of America as compared to their countries of origin, while Block 3 conversed about the benefits and challenges of becoming/being bilingual.

Fox Chapel Area School District: Creativity & Literacy Program – Fall 2014

In Fall of 2014, SLB Radio Productions, Inc., in partnership with the Fox Chapel Area School District Creativity and Literacy Program convened a group of nine Pre-K students and their caregivers to learn about and explore the technology used to make audio recordings for radio, While practicing their ability to express themselves. Students wrote and illustrated books about their lives containing pages about their families, their favorite books, why it’s important to read and even their expertise on how to do things – from giving a dog a snack, to eating a fruit snack or going to the pool.

Crossing Fences: East Liberty

East Liberty Voices features first-person reflections from eleven men as collected by ten boys.  Project activities were conducted in collaboration with The Kingsley Association.

Crossing Fences: Sto-Rox

Sto-Rox Voices  features first-person reflections from ten men as collected by nineteen boys.  Project activities were conducted in collaboration with Focus on Renewal.

Pittsburgh King After School: Christmas & My School

Our After School group at King wrote and recorded what they plan to do for Christmas as well as their hopes for the New Year. It seems like tree houses are going to be big in 2015! Due to a field trip not everyone got a chance to record but check back soon for everyone’s individual pieces.

At the end of our session, students discussed what they like about their school and some things they might want to change.

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Fighting, Interim Grades, & If I Were Mayor

After School students at Brashear have been having some interesting candid discussions in Radio Club. During this week’s round table, fighting in school was the main topic. Radio Club members talked about school policy, why fighting happens, and alternatives to violence.