Articles in Pittsburgh Public Schools
#WeArePPS: A Back to School Event
In partnership with A+ Schools, WAMO 100 and Familylinks, Pittsburgh Public Schools hosted its annual back to school event. #WeArePPS: A Back to School event was designed to equip participating families with the resources necessary to achieve a healthy start to the 2015-2016 school year.
Environmental Charter School 8th Grade Legacy Project 2015
For their Graduation Legacy Project, the ECS Class of 2015, our second class of eighth graders, wrote and recorded these audio reflections so that each could leave a small part of themselves here.
Pittsburgh King After School: End of the Year Celebration
It’s been a fun year with Pittsburgh King in the North Side. In celebration of their hard work and the start of summer, we had a party and listened back to their great work.
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: CD Release Party
Over the course of 5 weeks, 7th Graders at Pittsburgh Manchester PreK-8 have been working hard creating awesome audio recordings and, to celebrate all their hard work, the students got to throw an awesome party on their final day! Have a great Summer!
Pittsburgh King After School: Studio Day
After a bit of a layoff due to state testing, our Radio Club at Pittsburgh King in the North Side reconvened at our studios. Students got to listen to some of their previous works, learn about the studio, and do some scratch recording.
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up”
Students at Pittsburgh Manchester wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe what they want to be when they grow up. These pieces are a result of their weekly sessions in which students will learn about the microphones, mixers and digital recorders used in producing features for radio.
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “Time Travel”
Students at Pittsburgh Manchester had a chance to answer the classic hypothetical: “If you could travel back in time, where would you go?”
Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 After School 2015: “A Pig’s Life”
It’s our final day of Radio Club at Pittsburgh Allegheny Traditional Academy! And to celebrate all the hard work the students have put into writing and recording over the course of these six weeks we decided to eat some snacks before venturing down into The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, into The Saturday Light Brigade’s radio studio to make one final recording!
Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8: “Pea-Demonium”
Students at Pittsburgh Manchester Prek-8 were asked to write a not-so-typical story, one that had to begin like this: “One night, you’re eating dinner with your family, when one of the peas on your plate starts whispering to you. What does it say?” Below are their finished and recorded surreal yarns.
Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 After School 2015: Zoo Escape Story & Three Things About Me
7th graders at ATA took time to answer a couple of hypothetical questions: “What would you do if your food started talking to you?” and “What if, while trapped in a Zoo with possibly blood thirsty animals, you could speak to said animals–Dr. Dolittle style?”
