Students at Clairton CASTLE 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.

On our second meeting of Radio Club–in honor of the quickly approaching, turkey-centric holiday–students were asked to reflect on what they were thankful for.

After a discussion about microphones and digital recorders used in producing features for radio, students in Clairton’s CASTLE program wrote and recorded these pieces where they describe themselves in three ways.

Students at Clairton CASTLE were introduced to the Makey Makey, an invention kit that turns everyday objects into touchpads for a computer. From becoming a human piano to playing Pong on oranges, students experimented with basic circuit-building.