May 27, 2015

Brashear After School: End of Year Celebration

As we said goodbye to our Brashear students for the summer, we looked (well, listened) back to all the great work they did over the year. Students enjoyed refreshments and received a CD containing some choice recordings from our time together.

May 21, 2015

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.

May 20, 2015

Brashear After School: Thoughts on Graduating

The end of the school year is always a little bittersweet. On one hand, there are no more early mornings. No more class. Then again, there aren’t the daily interactions with friends, teachers, and classmates. Underclassmen will return to Brashear next year, but for those graduating it marks the start of a brand new chapter of life.

May 19, 2015

Phipps Fairchild Challenge: Shaler & Franklin Regional

Franklin Regional Middle School student Sadie Puskar along with Shaler Area Middle Schoolers Michaela Brining, Eddie Sheets, Emily Kelly, & Molly McDonough discussing their award winning entries in the latest Fairchild Challenge, a national program encouraging environmental awareness and action in teens and sponsored locally by Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

May 18, 2015

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.