McAnnulty Elementary students participated in the
educational assembly Slim Goodbody’s “The
Musical Health Show”. This was an excellent
mix of educational material with a lot of student
participation. Slim taught the students that their
body is a special, working machine and what they
need to do to take care of it.
Posted
11/1/04
WES
- October
Pride Happy Grams
The students at Whitehall
Elementary have been showing pride in their
school, in their behavior, and in all that
they do. To end the week of the opening character
education value of PRIDE, students were awarded
Happy Grams by Mrs. DeFilippo and Mrs. Houk
on October 28th! Congratulations to all the
students who earned a Happy Gram. The administrators
and teachers are PROUD of all of the students'
accomplishments!
Posted
11/1/04
BHS
- Momentum
and Impulse
At Baldwin High School, Ms. Hicks' physics 420
class studied momentum and impulse. With this unit,
the students watched a video on the physics of car
crashes. The class then took part in an activity
in which the students made an impact container out
of paper and twenty-four inches of masking tape.
Then they dropped an egg from different heights into
the container. Finally, compared the breaking of
an egg to not wearing a seatbelt and the surviving
eggs to wearing a seatbelt.
Posted
11/1/04
MES
- Spiderella, Spiders, and Myths
Spiderella, Mrs. Kim Adley, visited with two second
grade classes to talk about spiders and myths associated
with Halloween in America. Homeroom teachers, Ms.
Shatlock and Mrs. Vallus, then had their students
apply this information to make spider books and discuss
Halloween myths. Spiderella's spooky and informative
narrative was enthusiastically received by everyone.
Posted
11/1/04
MES
- Red Ribbon Week
As part of McAnnulty's Red ribbon Celebration,
Officer Cortazzo and Officer Hagen (along with his
K9 partner,Officer Raskin) visited McAnnulty Elementary
School on October 28. The Baldwin Police officers
met with all of the students to discuss what drugs
are, the dangers associated with drugs and Halloween
safety. McAnnulty Elementary is appreciative and
thankful for their support.
Posted
11/1/04
PES
- Cooperative Scarecrows
At Paynter Elementary, Mrs. Noel's and Mrs. Singleton's
second grade classes cooperated as they assembled
two creative scarecrows. The two classes of students
worked together as part of their Social Studies Unit, "Working
Together". Parents helped with the construction
of the scarecrows which are on display in the school's
lobby.
Posted
11/1/04
WES
- Attention to Prevention Program
Through the use of original music, dance, skits
and lots of audience participation, Whitehall Elementary
students learned how substances like tobacco, alcohol,
marijuana, cocaine and crack hurt those who use them.
Whitehall PTA sponsored this Slim Goodbody program
which defined addiction and explained the physical,
mental and social effects of the drugs. The show
demonstrated to the students how they can successfully
avoid drugs, how to face peer pressure and find positive
alternatives to lead healthier, happier lives.
Posted
11/1/04
HMS
- My First Days in the USA
At Harrison Middle School,
Ms. Sharon Snee's ESL (English as Second
Language) students recently completed a theme
unit
on My First Days in The USA. After doing
research about their native country, reports
were written and speeches were given. Each
student enjoyed making their native flag and
a personal passport to accompany their speech.
Everyone learned from each other with this
activity.
Posted
11/1/04
HMS
- Haunted Hike
Student Leadership and Musical Theater at Harrison
Middle School sponsored a ghoulish good time for
those who dared to walk the path of the Harrison
Haunted Hike. Witches and monsters escorted the spectators
through a boo-ti-ful tour that included cobwebs,
a haunted bus, mind twister and cemetery. All proceeds
benefited Make-A-Wish and Harrison Middle School's
Theater Group.
Posted
11/1/04
BHS
- Swing Your Partner
The sounds of "Swing your partner round
and round...." filled the Baldwin High School
gymnasium as physical education students allemande
left and promenaded their dance partners as they
learned the fine art of square dancing. The unit
is part of the physical education curriculum offered
every other year.
Posted
11/1/04
WES
- Weather Presentation
Mrs. Delon's fourth grade classroom at
Whitehall Elementary demonstrated their weather know
how in mini weather report demonstrations. The students
were given the task to become junior meteorologists
for
Channel 204 News. They had to research and compile
weather information in order to be ready for their
presentations. In order to make the data "authentic",
the children employed their knowledge of weather
instruments such as: anemometers, hygrometers, rain
gauges, and barometers. The students created weather
maps and simulated various types of cloud cover.
In addition, the children practiced their public
speaking skills by becoming news anchors for their
classmates. Weather is a very comprehensive unit
in fourth grade. All of the students did a great
job!
Posted
11/1/04
BHS
- BUSTED!
Jamie Moder, a 1994 Baldwin High
School graduate and Busted! project coordinator,
presented the Allegheny Intermediate Unit Busted!
program at Baldwin High School. Busted! is a Pennsylvania
youth tobacco prevention initiative targeted for
thirteen to eighteen year olds. The objective of
the program is to expose and eliminate the tobacco
industry's manipulative marketing practices, de-glamorize
tobacco
use, counteract the tobacco industry's message and
to inform all teens and reach diverse peer groups
on the dangers of smoking. Jamie displayed an actual
healthy lung, a lung exposed to a year of smoking,
a year
accumulation of tar and other visual information
on the ill-effects of smoking.
Posted
11/1/04
BHS
- Kiss A Pig
One of the highlights of the 2004 Baldwin High
School homecoming pep rally occurred when English
teacher, Mr. Keith Harrison was announced as the
students' choice to kiss a pig as a result of the
school newspaper The Purbalite's fundraiser. Mr.
Harrison raised the most money, donned a tuxedo and
presented a bouquet of flowers to the squealing delight
of the pig. He then quickly planted a kiss on the
nose of the anxious swine. With this event, over
$350 was raised for the self-funded newspaper.
Posted
11/1/04
WES
- DARE Program
Officer Bruce of the Whitehall Police Department
is a familiar face at Whitehall Elementary. Officer
Bruce presents the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance
Education) program to the third, fourth and fifth
grade students. Officer Bruce visited the
third grade students the last week of October. His
lessons included safety check points for kids, emergency
phone lists and saying no to alcohol and
tobacco.
Posted
11/1/04
BHS
- Newspaper Editor Visits Newspaper Class
Kevin Ritchart, the editor
of the South Hills Record newspaper, spoke
to a group of Baldwin High School students
during their newspaper/journalism class.
Mr. Ritchart discussed his background as
a newspaper journalist and answered the students'
questions concerning journalism as a career.
Posted
11/1/04
PES
- Poster and Lyric Contest Winners
Paynter Elementary students
participated in the Red Ribbon Week Poster
and Lyric Contest . The winners were Kyra
Kinzler and Emily Schmidlin.
Posted
11/2/04
PES
- Community Service Project
Paynter Elementary School participated
in a special Halloween fundraiser in conjunction
with “The Caring Place”. The Caring
Team Foundation helps grieving and uninsured
children. Beginning Monday, October 25, 2004
through Friday October, 29, 2004 Paynter sold
raffle tickets for a signed Hines Ward football
jersey, donated by The Caring Place and one
of their partners, The Pittsburgh Steelers).
Tickets were purchased for $2.00 each or three
for $5.00 netting a total contribution of over
$660.00. Tickets were also available for parents
and family members to purchase during the Halloween
parade. The drawing was held at the end
of the day Friday, October
29th during the class parties. The winner was Alice
Wehrle, aunt of Paynter student Ricky Dziekan.Paynter
staff members competed for best costume in the category
of Athletes. After tallying student votes, the winner
was 4th grade teacher, Mr. William Kobistek for his
rendition of tennis player Bjorn Borg. Mr. Kobistek
received a $30.00 gift certificate from Hometowne Sports,
courtesy of Mrs. Barb Carson, PTA Community Service
chairperson. We would like to thank Mrs. Carson and
Mrs. Connelly for promoting Service projects at Paynter
Elementary.
Posted
11/2/04
PES
Best Teacher Costume
Paynter staff members competed for
best costume in the category of Athletes. After tallying
student votes, the winner was 4th grade teacher,
Mr. William Kobistek for his rendition of tennis
player Bjorn Borg. Mr. Kobistek Received a $30.00
gift certificate from Hometowne Sports, courtesy
of Mrs. Barb Carson, Paynter PTA Community Service
chairperson.
Posted
11/2/04
WES
- Red Ribbon Week
Whitehall Elementary recognized Red Ribbon Week.
The Red Ribbon Campaign is an annual drug awareness
event celebrating drug - free youth. Students andstaff
were encouraged to participate in the week's activities
that included wearing sweat clothes to
school: "Living Drug Free Is No Sweat",
wearing pajamas: "Follow Your Dreams - Don't
Do Drugs", wearing western clothing: "Give
Drugs the Boot", wearing their favorite team
shirt: Team Up AgainstDrugs", participating
in the Halloween parade: "Drugs
Are Too Spooky For Me", a food drive, used eyeglasses
drive and poster contest.
Posted
11/2/04
WES
- Happy Days
"Happy Days Are Here Again" at Whitehall
Elementary School! Staff enjoyed the Fall Activity
Day by dressing up to the 1950's theme. Poodle skirts,
pony tails, slicked back hair, rolled up jeans, and
leather jackets made a comeback. Teachers b-bopped
through the parade and had a rock n rolling
good time during the homeroom parties.
Posted
11/2/04
Get
Your Purbalite- Hot off the Press
Volume 68, number 1 of the Purbalite was distributed
on October 29. The Purbalite is an award winning
student publication of Baldwin High School. The newspaper
is published through the efforts of the students
in the newspaper classes. Editors - in - Chief are
Nickey Brichacek and Sarah Fazio and the teacher
adviser is Ms. Christine Kondrot. The main objective
is to write balanced accounts of pertinent news relevant
to Baldwin students and to provide a forum for the
expression of personal opinion. The paper is financed
solely through the sale of individual copies of the
paper and fund - raising campaigns. The cost is fifty
cents an issue. A subscription to this outstanding
newspaper may be purchased by calling 412-885-7922.
Carole Zajac-Tynan, a 1990 Baldwin High School
graduate, was the guest speaker at the October
29 Captains' Lunch. Carole is the school record
holder in Cross Country, the 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m
and ran the fastest time in the nation in the 3,200m
run in 1990. She holds the honor of being the Post-Gazette
High School Athletes of the Year for 1990. She
currently holds the second fastest time in the
history of the NCAA in the Division I 10,000m run.
She competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Trials
finishing 10th and 8th respectively, competed in
the 1994 Good Will Games in St. Petersburg, Russia
and competed in the 1996 World Cross Country Championships
in Cape Town, South Africa. Carole currently serves
as the Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach
and the Strength and Conditioning Coach for all
sports teams at Marymount University. At the Captains'
Lunch, Carole shared with the students and some
of her former Baldwin coaches her insight on being
a competitive athlete and discussed the importance
of maintaining an equilibrium and balance with
one's involvements mentally, with relationships,
spiritually, with physical well-being, socially,
and academically.
Posted
11/5/04
BHS
- World History Costume Contest
At Baldwin High School,
Mrs. Pisowicz's AP World History classes
had a World History Costume Contest for
Halloween. Each student dressed as a famous
figure from world history and told the
class about their costume.
Posted
11/5/04
PES
- "BOO to Drugs"
The students at Paynter Elementary seemed to
be replaced with some ghoulish characters as the
school celebrated the end of Red Ribbon Week by
wearing costumes to say "BOO to Drugs".
The students and teachers enjoyed parading and
showing off their creative costumes.
Posted
11/5/04
BHS
- Red Ribbon Week
Baldwin High School students and staff celebrated
Red Ribbon week with a variety of activities to
promote drug awareness. Each day of Red Ribbon
week had a theme and activity which included wearing
slippers or socks to "Sock it to drugs/slip
away from drugs", wearing red to show program
support, a dress-up as a twin day to "Pair
up against drugs" and wearing a Halloween
costume to "Scare away drugs".
Posted
11/5/04
WES
- Whitehall Mock Election
On November 1, 2004, Whitehall Elementary School
students participated in a Mock Election. As American
citizens, they exercised their right to vote. Overwhelmingly,
the students chose John Kerry as the next president
of the United States.
Posted
11/5/04
PES
- Dental Health Lesson
Mrs. Noel's second grade class at Paynter Elementary
concluded their study of dental health with a visit
from Mrs. Stockey, a local dental hygienist. She
demonstrated the importance of brushing and flossing,
discussed the parts of the tooth and did an experiment
to disclose plaque on a student's teeth.
Posted
11/5/04
Firemen
Visit McAnnulty
October was National Fire
Safety Month and McAnnulty kindergarten
students enjoyed a visit from the South
Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company. All of
the students got to see and explore a firetruck.
It's was great fun going into the firetruck.
Thank you Fireman John and Fireman Rick!
Posted
11/5/04
WES
- The Undecided Voter Tour
At Whitehall Elementary,
students in Mrs. Chir’s third grade
class recently took part in an exercise
in democracy. The month long voting unit
began with students creating ‘Get
Out the Vote’ posters. Their assignments
consisted of listening and watching for
voting public service announcements in
all forms of media, and finding articles
newspaper or Internet on the candidate
of their choosing. The students worked
in groups to create posters, handouts,
and speeches for "The Undecided Voter
Tour". The students were also given
the opportunity to choose the political
camp they wished to belong. The class took
the
tour on the road. They
visited three rooms and did a wonderful job delivering
their voting slogans, handouts, posters and speeches.
The unit culminated with our school wide mock election.
The students took voting rights and tallying responsibilities
of the votes very seriously. Mrs. Chir’s
class elected John Kerry, who won with 14 votes
and George Bush receiving 9 votes. The
