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Brashear After School 2017-18

January 10, 2018 – 12:58 pm | 229 views
20171129_170346 Check out some of the new audio from Brashear - including an interesting Q&A session about China!

Believe Brashear 2017

November 20, 2017 – 4:48 pm | 444 views
P1040770 Occurring annually, Believe Brashear is an event the showcases the magnet programs, sports teams, and clubs Brashear has to offer prospective eighth grade students, as they make the important decision of selecting a high school.

Brashear After School 2016-17

May 24, 2017 – 4:55 pm | 712 views
P1040335 Brashear High School students celebrated International Women's Day (and Women's History Month!) by talking about special women in their lives.

Brashear High School: Cultural Recordings

March 2, 2017 – 12:32 pm | 940 views
P1040081 Brashear High School in Pittsburgh serves about 1,300 students, 22% of whom are immigrants or former refugees who are learning to speak English. For a different perspective on U.S. immigration policies and realities, Youth Express spoke with ten students from Syria, Iraq and Yemen -- with a translator, when needed -- to provide perspective and insight into what it's like to be an Arabic-speaking teen in high school.

Brashear After School: Bulls Bucks & Future Plans

January 25, 2017 – 3:18 pm | 497 views
P1040050 For some After Schoolers, the high school experience is almost over. Students looked ahead to what they plan to do after they bid farewell to Brashear.

Brashear After School: Sanctuary Status

January 18, 2017 – 4:02 pm | 817 views
P1040010 With Pittsburgh Public Schools looking like it may declare itself a "sanctuary" school district (which became official shortly thereafter), Brashear students discussed what that status would mean to their school and to their peers - a conversation that is particularly applicable because of Brashear's large population of students who speak English as a second language.

Brashear After School: MLK Day

January 11, 2017 – 12:58 pm | 443 views
P1030988 With Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the horizon Brashear After School students did some writing, reflecting, and had discussions about the civil rights leader. What would MLK think of progress in the United States if he were here today?

Brashear After School: Introductions & Round Table Discussions

January 4, 2017 – 11:20 am | 480 views
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We’re very excited to be back at Brashear for After School programming! Two years ago we captured some great conversations and round table discussions of students on social issues, current events, and things that were happening in their …

YES: Project Perspective, Pittsburgh Brashear Students in Action

February 6, 2016 – 12:45 pm | 1,062 views
IMG_0851 From 02/06/2016: Leon Blair (14, Beechview), Savannah Mynahan (17, Morningside), Cameron Brown (16, Beltzhoover), and Carlyle Stokes (17, Brookline) on Project Perspective: Bridging Community and Police Voices developed by Pittsburgh Brashear's Students in Action.

YES: Pittsburgh Brashear Students in Action

October 24, 2015 – 11:45 am | 1,276 views
IMG_0340 From: 10/24/2015: Savannah Mynahan (16) and Cameron Brown (16) of Pittsburgh Brashear talk about Students in Action community and police relations programs at their school.