from high school students that participated in this year's coffee house the girl farce the soccer team was recognized as they championed by senator pepe and harrisburg this january they also received a special for of the capitol building while in harrisburg the girls and the boys soccer teams and the boys golf team received national recognition when congressman tim murphy visited p t test after that of the teams with congressional proclamations there are many courses at the high school that benefit students for more than educational purposes the objective of drivers theory is to better prepare the students for safe driving ahead it's a requirement of p t h s to graduate and is usually taken by sophomores covers may top as we can i just talked about in this class five main objectives the importance of learning safety belt the drinking drugs and driving issue also we've talked about defensive driving and the other two that were important is the distractions as far as especially text messaging and cell phone use in the last one is i mentioned if at all making sure you don't drive little bit slower this class is semester long course the class is based on the driver student handbook which helps students who are beginning to drive have their license or to become a better driver morning live from p t a chat this is david scary students can further hone their skills by participating in the drive to stay alive and event organized to help promote save driving skills specifically aimed at younger drivers ages sixteen to eighteen the event is held in the spring of each year in the high school parking lot the honors world cultures classes are working together to help international charities the project is done by students in honors world cultures at p t h s it is a service project based around international coalitions our challenge to pick a cause that they're passionate about and educate the population  particular cause that they hope to be able to impact and try to really be that change students are given two weeks of in class time to prepare their projects for presentation this is going to reporting live for headlines appears township high school one not my service project being initiated is the organization of a city hakan fans will be held at the public library on march fifth tickets are five dollars per person and will be available to buy during all and periods and at the teen desk at the library all proceeds to benefit women's rights in saudi arabia peters township school district began the process of instituting the eight habits of highly effective people during last school year beginning with the end in mind  peters township high school offers many are left is to the student not only do they create projects for class assignments but they also do projects around the school for example murals are being painted by the entrance well first of all because there they been created by students i think that not only the students that are painting them but the students that pass it by and look at them well will enjoy the fact that it was done by students and hopefully they'll they'll get something out of the message so murals are part of the eight habits of highly effective people peter township school district is determined to follow and inform the students of these habits the habits are not only seen in the entryway but all throughout the school the first four hobbits have been incorporated into the murals already while the rest are being worked on the art department is working hard to complete the murals i'm kalen schmidt reporting from the entryway he went to the high school put first things first and check out the students artwork around the school coming up on headlines take a sneak peek into the honors chemistry classes meet the first ever high school hometown hike new team and set your way into good health with our physical education classes all of this and more coming up on headline do you know young woman with severe join chest pain fever skin rashes an overwhelming fatigue a common symptom for a challenging element lupus a very serious sometimes deadly immune disorder lupus affects millions of people usually talking women during the child circulated to the students in the lab and kindles we can download bestsellers on all of dollar kindles for about half the cost of buying one hard copy of a book see if they use the technology in the library anytime during the students are able to check out the new pieces of technology to be used for reading purposes during the high school drop everything and read day at the same reading which occurs monthly the peters township music department how their annual just band dance front and the orchestra special performances were by getit for people who attend so we can raise money for a trip to gone every other year this year we're going to disney world in orlando florida attendees could also enjoy the dinner during performances students involved in the music department serve the spaghetti dinner in addition to e mail blast the global connect calling system the school system is now using twitter and facebook to connect not only proper technology usage is a goal of peters township school district and addition to their current communication tools such as email use class in the district web site there are now on twitter and facebook to communicate because it has become so mainstream because the students are going to be on facebook the school has to be on facebook and twitter and facebook has become so mainstream that the community expects you to be a part of that so we need to teach our students that what they use in their home life in their school life are really the same thing teachers like mr penn to use twitter to list a time and test dates and due dates as a convenience for his students to follow and keep up to date as i visit the school district website at w w w dive p t s d dot k twelve type a guide us and click on the link under item to note section on the home page to get up to date information about using twitter and facebook stay with us we'll be right back with more headlines something's happening to the polar bear polar bears are losing their homes their hunting grounds their lives a parent i know one of the most important times he with your children is when they are feeling well that's when the loving comfort of a family is essential to a child's well being for many families is a place they can go to find the support they need ronald mcdonald house charities programs provide that support environment so families can be together while their children are dealing with serious illnesses and undergoing treatment it's a home away from home for families in need giving them more time for hugs kisses quiet moments together you can volunteer internalizes it's a medium i think it made them realize more what this what the painter envisioned when he was painting i think that they would have more of an appreciation for art because we studied so many different pictures and it was funny because there's a picture in our book where it shows two of the painters we studied side by side and i had them cover up who the painters were and tell me look at the picture and tell me what their style was not just more of an appreciation for art every student was assigned an artist to create a piece in their style as you can see here there's plentiful amounts of spanish heritage here in our hallways there's been jake brown reporting the paintings are currently being displayed in the spanish section of the foreign language hallway and the mass department at the high school teachers are instituting new ways to bring math concepts to life this is renee to sign students to design a wargame incorporating measurements and grid applying what they learn on their integrated three class students then play their games during class to see how their academic television quiz show where all the students in pittsburgh compete in the competition is mainly based on supply school courses such as math science english and social studies all the students from different schools are basically competing against each other on what they learned in high school so i thought that was a good application of all the high school courses and when i inquired that is really nothing that i found out that somebody h s is competing the first week of way students are now practicing for two hours after school every friday for the competition during the practice students and their skills by answering practice trivia ordering the students competing in the game will be visiting k d k studios in the end of february the show was on every saturday morning and you can see peter's township compete against local area high schools and the month of my honors and a p chemistry students took part in a field trip to the middle school to share their knowledge of science with younger students in order to help them with their science fair projects that the students will be completing last week honors chemistry students went to the middle school to help with the science fair the middle school students have been working on these projects for a couple months now and the high schoolers helped guide them and gave them advice and also helped them compose a well written lab report and i hope that by this time of year to see really understand how to develop and write a proper lab report that represents what they actually did throughout the experiment this gave the middle school students an opportunity to actually think logically through how they want to rip present the data they collected this was a good field trip because it gave the honors chemistry students an opportunity to apply what they have learned so far this year chance wiggler porting from the science wing it honors chemistry and upcoming projects include practical applications of chemistry such as tagging t shirts and making homemade ice cream the p c h s forensic team competed in the blackhawk invitational speech and debate tournament held at vessel park high school bonnie strength initially the top the student congress category in the duo and some interpretation categories maple chan and jordan my tonic are safe quarter finalist trophies sean hardy also in the semifinalists trophy for his top ten finish in the humorous interpretation category teachers of the high school years interdisciplinary techniques to demonstrate how science and music really in january here's township high school teacher matty renee and milton bernie who are graded to create an interdisciplinary opportunity for students to learn about the science behind music last three years i have been teaching physical science and one of the topics in physical misses her name that this activity would allow students to see the practical application behind the sciences found ways because of this project the students were able to learn while enjoying the study of science this has been just as nancy reporting for headlines as a result of this teaching style students have gained a greater understanding of basic scientific concepts and understand a common application of science the pater's concept school district strives to incorporate family friendly activities into the lives of the residents of our community one such event is the family fun night hosted by our hill elementary the annual family games i was told a bar hill elementary school elementary kids and their families come to the school in order to enjoy a night full of games and socialization but we felt that we needed to bring our families together it's one night out of the whole year with his children how to play games how to cooperate how to share but also have a good time and we thought why not bring the  it is not just for young student peters township high school students on here don't try to help out at this event and they are in community service hours one reason are reporting for headlines the next family game night is scheduled for february twenty fifth about hill elementary families may find information by visiting the school district web site and clicking on the link to bauer hill elementary but talk of the students at robotics is a new course that was added in the technology education apartment this year i p t h s students at p t h s have the opportunity to take a robotics class first semester participating students get to learn how to properly assemble robots in mr walsh's class get to work in partners and build our own robots and once we do that we compete them against the other partners and we have a battles in different competitions each team builds the robot of their choice and then they compete against themselves doing the project includes a robot with a functioning arm as well as wheels to move the arm is used to pick up objects such as tennis ball students also build and move controllers to operate the robot students learn to master the basics of building machinery this isn't maria carroll reporting for headlines for more information about this and other courses being offered you can visit the school district website and go