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Ringgold Elementary School North Holds Annual Science Fair Ringgold Elementary School North held its annual PTA-sponsored Science Fair this past spring for grades 3, 4, and 5. The Science Fair was made mandatory for 5th grade this year, but it was optional for the 3rd and 4th graders. The 5th grade worked in teams of 3 or 4 students, 5th Grade Science Fair Winners: (back row, from left): and the 3rd and 4th graders Hayden Brennfleck, Dominick Prentice, Cassidy Kunkel, could work in groups of no more than 2 students. Rylee Bonner, Jossalyn Agostoni, Daniella Vecchio, Tanner Shawl, Ashley Robison, Jayden Fox, and Mackenzie There were 23 team projGrooms(front row, from left): Trinity McIntyre, ects submitted by 5th grade Alexis Malone, Sarah Orrick, Kayla Franks, and 15 individual/ group Maddox Sukel, Kaybella Latorre, Erik Price, Sam Rice, Elizzabeth Wilson, and Grace Mucci projects submitted by 3th and 4th grade students. The judging was performed by Ringgold High School seniors Lauren Niziol, Lauren Suppo, and Megan Williams for 3rd and 4th grades and Noah Trunzo, Drew Hrycko and Rachel Guarnoni for 5th grade. All of the judges are enrolled in advanced placement biology and/or organic chemistry classes at RHS. Special thanks to RESN faculty and 3th Grade Science Fair Winners: (from administrative staff that helped to make left) Alexandria Lassige, Karina Frohman, the science fairs such great successes. Cecile Lytle, and Connor Fausnaught 3RD GRADE WINNERS AND PROJECTS: 1st Place - Connor Fausnaught: “What Drink Has the Most Acid?” 2nd Place (tie) Cecile Lytle: “Hot or Cold” Karina Frohman: “Bubble Blowout” 3rd Place - Alexandria Lassige: “Electromagnet” 4TH GRADE WINNERS AND 4th Grade Science Fair Winners: (from PROJECTS: left) Sarah McIntosh, Oliver Pucel, Cody 1st Place - Tony Smida: “Don’t Be Scheponik, Tony Smida, and Noah Shocked by Your Electric Bill, Choose Kotecki (missing from photo) the Right Light” 3rd Place - “Plants” 2nd Place - Noah Kotecki: “Fastest Kaybella Latorre, Kayla Franks Way to Cool a Soda” Maddox Sukel, Erik Price 3rd Place (tie)- Sarah McIntosh: 4th Place - “What Lays Chip is the “Doodle Bot”Cody Scheponik and Greasiest?” Oliver Pucel: “Mouth Bacteria” Grace Mucci, Jayden Fox 5TH GRADE PROJECTS AND Mackenzie Grooms, Elizabeth Wilson WINNERS: 5th Place - “Lollipop Liquids” 1st Place - “Which Cheese Trinity McIntyre, Dominick Prentice Molds the Fastest?” Alexis Malone, Hayden Brennfleck Rylee Bonner, Cassidy Kunkel Passes to the Carnegie Science Center Sarah Orrick, Jossalyn Agostoni were awarded to the first place winners. 2nd Place - “What’s the Fastest Congratulations to those students who Way to Cool Soda?” won and to all of the participants for a Ashley Robison, Tanner Shawl job well done! Sam Rice, Daniella Vecchio
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Friends of Flight 93 Offer Extraordinary Opportunity to Elizabeth Forward Middle School By Michelle Taylor On Tuesday May 9, the 8th graders at Elizabeth Forward Middle School got ready to travel to Somerset to learn about a very important part of our nation’s history. Brooke Neel, the director assistant for Friends of Flight 93, selected the Elizabeth Forward 8th grade students and teachers to attend a newly introduced educational program offered by the Memorial Committee. The directors from the Friends of Flight 93 offered a grant to the school to pay for the cost of the field trip. Friends of Flight 93 collaborated with the Pittsburgh Pirates Charities and each student was given a souvenir water bottle and a free ticket to a September home Pirates baseball game at PNC Park. At this game, the students will be recognized for their participation in the education program to the Flight 93 Memorial. The students where taken on tour by
one of the tour guides and saw where the plane crashed, which was represented by a large boulder and parts of the plane that was left after the crash. They walked around the museum and saw the wall that commemorated each person that was on the plane. "The one thing that stands out the most to me is how many people died in the crash. That just makes me emotional and I feel sorry for their families," said Lindsey, an 8th grader who attended the trip. They finished the tour at a gray granite ledge where visitors could leave little tokens of remembrance, such as clothing, coins (each denomination holding a certain significance), flowers, and name tags. The students and teachers enjoyed a very unique experience where they learned a lot. This came just before their trip to Camp Guyasuta on Monday, May 15, where they went zip lining, rope and rock climbing, and participated in other small activities.
Head Start/Early Head Start Recruitment Begins for 2017-2018 School Year Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County, a program of the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/ Fayette, Inc. (PIC), is now recruiting. Staff will be taking applications for the 2017-2018 program year. Come meet our teachers, tour the classrooms, ask questions, and fill out an application. Head Start/Early Head Start of Fayette County provides comprehensive early childhood education services to low-income families with children from birth to age five and pregnant women including inclusive services to children with disabilities and other special needs. Early Head Start provides home-based services to pregnant women and children up to three years of age and their families at no cost to the parent. The Early Head Start Child Care partnership program provides center based services that support high-quality care to low-income families with infants and toddlers enrolled in participating child care centers also at no cost to the parent. The Head Start program, which is also at no cost to the parent, prepares preschoolers to make the transition into kindergarten. Children learn to get along well with other children. They explore and learn through play; they learn about numbers, letters, words and many other things! Head Start services are offered through classroom- and home-based options. Through home-based programming, instructors visit families in their homes to work on children’s learning goals. They also help parents find ways to meet family needs through community resources and services. Through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), children are served healthy and nutritious meals and snacks while attending Head Start classrooms and home based socials. Parents may participate in program planning and decision-making and volunteer in the classroom to learn more about how to help children learn and develop.