CARLYNTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS

In January , high school English teacher Wendy Steiner accepted the position of Fluency Project Instructional Coach . This position was created through a Ready to Learn Grant and aims to strengthen and propel learning in the classroom . Steiner and Language Arts teacher Kristen Fischer have been working with the Carnegie Mellon University Create Lab to explore resourceful methods to inspire students . As Fluency Project Coach , Steiner is leading students in self-discovery projects by enabling youngsters and teens to learn by doing . Currently , ninth grade students have teamed up with the Andrew Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie to develop an audio-vista of the Capt . Thomas Espy Room . An audio-vista is a sequence of 360 degree images accompanied by narration or other recorded audio . Students will capture historical images within the room , write a dialogue and narrate their work . At the elementary schools , kindergarten students are using Genius Kits from OSMO to key in on spelling , math , geography and trivia . The educational gaming platform is accessed with iPads and allows students to work collaboratively in teams . The Genius Kits bring the iPads to life . Instead of tapping and swiping , players are guided to draw on paper , identify coordinating letter tiles for spelling and fit geometric shapes together to design puzzles .

Learning can be fun with Genius Kits , as evidenced by kindergarten students Kaycie Chapman , Brooklyn Harvey and Maddy Soloway .

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The birthday of late author Dr . Seuss is celebrated nationally as Read Across America , and every year , children , teachers and parents of Carnegie and Crafton elementary schools participate with an emphasis on reading . The event was observed with special guest readers , story tellers , riddle challenges and furry friends . Youngsters laughed out loud at the antics of story teller Kim Adley , a . k . a , the Queen of Hearts , who used volunteers to share a tale about living in a castle . Carnegie Chief of Police Jeff Kennedy visited Carnegie Elementary kindergartens to read “ Officer Buckle and Gloria ,” a tale about honesty . Therapy dogs from Reading with Rover sat quietly at Crafton Elementary while books were read in classrooms . Local author

Crafton Police Officer Brian Tully read “ A Bike Like Sergios ” to third graders at Crafton Elementary .

Sophomores Patrick Carlson and

Zachariah Spragg represented Carlynton High School at the 2017 State Unified Youth Committee Conference in Hershey , Pa in March . The duo spoke before state-wide superintendents , principals and teachers to share social inclusion outcomes as a result of their participation in Unified Sports . As members of the Carlynton interscholastic Unified Bocce team , Patrick and Zach serve as mentors and roles models to teammates with physical and intellectual disabilities . The high school ’ s Unified bocce team boasted a winning season this past fall and hosted a regional match in the high school gymnasium in February .

Howard Shapiro visited the school , too , to discuss books he has written about his favorite sport , hockey . The Read Across America celebrations were capped with well-attended family reading nights at both schools , featuring arts and crafts , book fairs and enjoyable reading activities .

The Queen of Hearts , otherwise known as Kim Adley , brought smiles to faces of Carnegie Elementary students as she involved youngsters in her make-believe world .

Guest speaker Howard Shapiro drew questions from a student audience who asked about the books he has written . Crafton second grader Riley Mauro wanted to know why the author wrote about hockey .

The team competes against peers from the Avonworth , Baldwin , Elizabeth- Forward , Moon Area and Mt . Lebanon school districts . The high school has been deemed a Champion School for its

A regional Unified bocce tournament against Baldwin High School was hosted in the high school gym .