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High School Students
explore college options at
CCAC By Mrs. Linda Capozzoli
Seniors from Brentwood High School attended
the Mon Valley Diversity College Fair at CCAC South
Campus. Students met with over 100 colleges and
career related organizations from Pennsylvania
and surrounding states. Seniors were also able to
participate in seminars on financial aid and how to
transition into college life.
Interact Club
By Mr. Weaver
The Interact Club collected shoes and glasses for
the people of Nicaragua. Shoes for Nicaragua is a
project that collects slightly used shoes for school
aged children. Hopeful Ways is an organization
that collects glasses for the people of Nicaragua.
Students collected 65 pairs of shoes and 141 pairs of
glasses.
T E C H N O L O G Y I N T E G R AT I O N
Middle School Computer
Club Visits the Apple Store
By Mrs. Fulmer and Mr. Pierce
The Apple Store in the South Hills Village Mall opened
its doors to 18 Computer Club students ranging from
6-8 grades to explore two coding apps. The Computer
Club led by Mr. Chris Pierce explored the apps Swift
Playgrounds and Sphero Edu. The first activity the
students completed was using the Swift Playgrounds
App. In this app students used Swift commands to tell
Byte, the character, to move and collect gems along
the puzzles path. The students wrote commands and
moved Byte across the puzzle world to collect the gems.
Swift Playgrounds is an introductory app that teaches
kids coding language in a fun and interactive way. The
app requires no coding knowledge or experience and
is free in the App Store. This app is available for iPad
only. The second activity was using the Sphero Edu app
where students had to take their coding skills to move
the robot around a predefined diagram on the
store’s floor. Students had to calculate the distance,
direction, and time before running their code to
stay on the lines of the diagram. Sphero Edu is a
toolset that includes coding with 21st century skills
as well as incorporating STEAM activities while
using a robot. This app is available in the Google
Play and Apple Stores. This was a great opportunity
for the Computer Club to have the exposure in
coding and was enjoyed by all students.
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