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January 27, 2024 – 11:05 am

From 01/27/2024: Morgantown-based fiddler, guitarist and singer/songwriter Gray Buchanan previewing her SongSpace show at First Unitarian with Bertha and the Belles, 1/27 (7:30 pm), Shadyside.

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Youth Expression Showcase

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Streaming Justice Webcast: Students Honor MLK

January 22, 2014 – 12:45 pm
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Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Mustang Sports Report

January 17, 2014 – 11:41 am
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded this sports report to update their classmates on the progress of the Langley Girls Basketball team, as well as share their personal sports stories. These pieces are the result of weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio, with the goal of creating announcements for their morning assembly.

The ZONE: New Year Hopes

January 15, 2014 – 1:51 pm
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On our first day back from the holiday break we asked our students what they hoped for in this new year. Some desires were modest (A new phone), some were ambitious (Infinite “Connect Four” victories), while others were selfless.

Clairton CASTLE: New Years Resolutions

January 14, 2014 – 5:00 pm
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Radio Club is finally back from the holiday break, and to start things off we asked our students what were their New Years Resolutions. Many vowed to do better in school, while others aspired to achieve mayoral dominance; watch out Peduto, Leah is running on the three-minute-once-a-week-school-day platform.

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Important Issues in My Life

January 10, 2014 – 2:59 pm
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded these pieces in which they discussed issues that are important to them. These pieces are a result of seven weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio.

PAEYC UnConference 2013

December 26, 2013 – 11:51 am
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During PAEYC’s inaugural UnConference on November 16, 2013, 150 early childhood education educators participated in field trips to both education and non-education based companies that are cutting edge in creative thinking, focused on innovation and employing technology in non-traditional manners.

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: Hopes for 2014

December 20, 2013 – 2:27 pm
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded these pieces in which they discussed their hopes for the coming year. These pieces are a result of seven weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio.

Clairton CASTLE: SLB Studio Fieldtrip & Building A Microphone – Before/After

December 17, 2013 – 1:51 pm
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On our last day of Radio Club before the holidays, students visited The Saturday Light Brigade radio studio in the basement of the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. Once there, they recorded what they’d learned about building microphones, then sang some awesome karaoke of “What Does the Fox Say.”

Pittsburgh Langley K-8: School News & Hot Topics

December 4, 2013 – 2:43 pm
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Students in Citiparks’ After School Academy at Pittsburgh Langley K-8 recorded these pieces in which they reported on upcoming school events. These pieces are a result of seven weekly sessions in which students are learning about the equipment and techniques used in producing features for radio.

The ZONE: Bullying

November 20, 2013 – 12:22 pm
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Students at the ZONE were asked what they thought of bullying and how they could help to stop the growing epidemic. Many of their solutions incorporated some form of the Golden Rule, as well as notifying an adult.