March 11, 2015

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Language Week, Advice For Freshmen, & Reading

Some great dialogue at Brashear last week! Each of our three blocks chose their own topic for discussion.

March 9, 2015

Clairton CASTLE 2015: Round Table Story Telling – Haunted Birthday Party, Pt. 2

Students at Clairton continued with their round table story telling project: “The Haunted Birthday Party,” with each child adding their own personal twist to the already wild and expansive tale.

March 5, 2015

Pittsburgh Montessori Youth Gallery

Young artists and families of Pittsburgh Montessori gathered in the theatre of the Children’s Museum to celebrate their work. The “One School: Many Faces, Many Places” exhibit featured self-portraits, mud-paintings, and collage work. We welcomed these young artists into our studios to talk about their experience and share their artistic philosophies as well as their creative methods.

March 4, 2015

Pittsburgh Brashear After School: Who was John A. Brashear?

Students knew that Brashear’s namesake was John A. Brashear but they didn’t know much else about the astronomer, inventor, and Western Pennsylvania native.

February 27, 2015

Pittsburgh King After School: Last Day of Summer

With the weather being as cold as it’s been, we asked King students to imagine that tomorrow will be a beautiful summer day – for the last time ever. How would they spend one final day of sunshine before Pittsburgh fell into some kind of eternal winter?