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Third grader Lucy Vetter was the first place winner in the annual spelling bee sponsored by the Carnegie-Collier Rotary . The Carnegie Elementary student competed against 14 of her peers to win a $ 100 gift card to Barnes & Noble Booksellers and the right to compete at a regional competition at Seven Springs Resort in June . Isa Chaudhry narrowly missed first place , taking second in the competition while Yaashna Praveenkumar took third . The finalists also received gift cards to Barnes & Noble .
year . The students planned a symphony orchestra performance at Heinz Hall incorporating marketing , production and multimedia elements which culminated in a grand concert on May 16 . Those working on the project-based activity included seniors Rebecca Turkse ( repertoire ) and Lorin Welsh ( marketing ) and freshmen Jamiee Cabili and Maggie Reigle ( production ) and Haley Simcic ( repertoire ).
Crafton Elementary was the proud recipient of the 2017 STEM Excellence Pathway Award on behalf of the Carnegie Science Center . The school was recognized as a partner in STEM education for its practices in using a collaborative and inquiry-based approach to educating students .
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Top spellers of the Carnegie Elementary spelling bee were Isa Chaudhry , Lucy Vetter and Yaashna Praveenkumar .
Gifted students once again put Carlynton on the map with victories at various local competitions . In early May , fifth graders Caden Crow , Gabriel DiPietro , Aziz Qudratullaev and Bailey Vetter captured first place at the Children ’ s Choice Battle of the Books competition held at Soldier and Sailors Hall in Oakland . Third grader Lucy Vetter , fourth grader Eva Miller , fifth grader Ella Snyder and sixth graders Mary Dougherty and Austin Milliner took second place in the motivational reading challenge . Later in the week , fourth and fifth graders Mason Glover , Sean Hart , Eva Milliner , Ella Snyder and Bailey Vetter won third place at a literature festival held at Washington Elementary School .
In cooperation with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , five high school students participated in the Audience of the Future project during the school
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The WiSE ( Women in Science and Engineering ) Speaker Series held for fifth grade girls of Carnegie Elementary introduced a number of career options to students this spring . Spearheaded by teacher Scott Donnelly , the series allowed the girls to meet , interact and be inspired by successful women
Physical therapist Mary Butch got hands-on with students during a WiSE presentation .
Students made solar-powered cars and tested them in front of the school during a presentation by Professor Helen Boylan from Westminster College .
in a variety of STEM careers . This year ’ s series kicked off with Paige Kassalen , an electrical engineer for Covestro , who encouraged the girls to speak up and voice opinions . Paige was the only American women on the Solar Impulse team to make the history-making flight around the world in 2016 . Game Engineer Ana Balliache of Schell Games shared the importance of respecting one another ’ s work and ideas while illustrating interactive games and applications . Other speakers in the series included Chandler Fuller , a software engineer for Google San Francisco , Mary Butch , a physical therapist , Brenda Isaza , an aeronautical engineer with Boeing and Dr . Helen Boylan , a Westminster College chemistry professor .