hello and welcome to headlines the official news source of the peters township media department i'm hardy kern and i'm listening again today on headlines we'll be bringing you the latest news from around the school district every year more than four hundred students from western pennsylvania take part in the german day competition held at washington and jefferson college students compete in linguistic i tested and performance based competitions all done in german this year peters township junior michael carnahan won second place for his poetry entry well sophomore emily corrigan won first place for her  ece the media department participated in the television and video teachers consortium in competition the students came away with awards in five categories eric yaxley and ashley wilson received the best of category award for their public service announcement on bullying the cheerleading highlight video produced by ashley wilson also received a best of category justin offers encouraged segment received an award of excellence for the awakening in the digital cinema category kevin corrigan was given an award of excellence during this time they make crafts say play and are taught a lesson child development allows peters township high school students a chance to experience working with children's and a hands on environment this is increasingly apparent reporting for headlines b enrolling in the child development course students grasp a better understanding of family life as students begin to schedule classes for next year a popular liked of options open to all students as architectural process like this class offered by the technology department just students the basics of architecture and design for drawings and three d modeling here peters told supply school architectural processing is one of the electives offered in the technology department mr burns has been teaching this class for fifteen years he teaches the basics of house design room and foundation planning and many other important concepts of architecture my favorite part about building houses in architecture  being able to be creative and design your house silly one the students started off the year by drawing designs for their houses later towards the end of the year they started using computers to make their designs which will help them pursue careers in related fields often after this class students to computer aided drafting and drug costs on their skills coming up on headlines a look into the media one course offered at the high school the recent production of west side story and information by the national honor school there are moments when you think about what the find to mind was the moment when the doc this is all because as a parent you are expected to have all the answers but when your child has autism there are very few answers to be had can you tell me what i'm doing is what i'm supposed to be doing because i don't know that's why thousands across the country have come together online to give researchers the insight that only families can provide join the e n project we all have questions together will find the answers like all new parents my husband and i want what's best for our baby when it came to immunizations i wanted the facts so i carefully researched vaccines talking of pediatricians and other experts and asking tough questions to answer with obvious seems like those against measles and employers are not only a good idea they could save our daughter's life take the time to get the facts vaccines  can especially women like most americans i don't know how life threatening this could be until my sister was diagnosed it's time to do something about it for more information about lupus contact the lupus foundation of america to choose as an elective this class is a survey of communication style course that offers five different media classes after its completion technologies in this course include point click cameras s l r cameras h recorders and a new piece of equipment is a macbook laptop media one is a brief preview of each of these electives the objectives of media one is to expose students to each discipline so that they can do a more concentrated study as a become upper class after kids can finish up medial unsuccessfully to continue in journalism or they can work on the yearbook through the class they can continue on in video or broadcast or they continue on photography from there to the few different musical was performed or sold out crowds in the middle of april so this being your first musical with the troupe when just saying it was really fun i really enjoyed being able to get into it and try something new and so i look forward to keeping up with it in the future  annual drive to say a live program will be held on saturday may fourteenth due to overwhelming interest in the team driving program it will be hotter than the location this year consul energy park this year's program will feature all new courses that focus on drivers more time behind the become a major problem in today's society and allows for teenagers to get access to free music hurting businesses like i tunes that provide music from sixty nine cents to a dollar twenty nine a side tracks became obsolete c d s may be as well in the near future children nowadays have access to m p three players and i phones the charge for these devices is supposed to be purchased from online stores yet kids find ways around these stores and download their songs illegally this can raise many problems because the artists do not receive any income and you know using it as a career as a profession obviously that's what they rely on to provide for themselves and their families along with music software such as sony vegas for video and adobe photoshop for pictures are relatively easy to obtain at no cost when in reality there are several hundred dollar programs this is been to more reporting from peter's township high school in the future law enforcement be cracking down on those who consistently download music illegally it's spring upcoming juniors and seniors are inducted into the national honor society to provide service to the community in the upcoming school year at peters township high school national honor society  organization that has been established to recognize outstanding high school student and h s members must demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship leadership service and character to be chosen to provide services they wouldn't otherwise do there and the two main events that many just host are haunted hallways in the dodgeball tournament and h s has four main purposes to create enthusiasm for  scholarships to stimulate a desire to render service to promote leadership and to develop character and the students of secondary school since n h s was established the organization has benefited students and school districts worldwide this is by maria carroll reporting for headlines look out for numerous n h s service events occurring throughout the community up next our headlines will be covering college scholarship opportunities national library week and details on this is a tree that was never chopped down to make a crutch that was never needed a child who never got polio like all new parents my husband and i want what's best for our baby when it came to immunizations i wanted the facts so i carefully researched vaccine vaccines like those against measles and employers are not only a good idea they could save our daughter's li take the time to get the facts back seen save lives apply for scholarships there are so many opportunities available for our seniors however it does take some time each senior is required to write an essay to apply it to me about their character see here and things that they have learnt although so mark the guidance apartment is always looking for students to get involved this is rachel she says gail reporting from the guidance office at p t a h s stop by the guidance office to pick up applications for this month scholarships or check out the high school guidance page located on the p t s d website for more information the numerous art classes at the high school provide a creative outlet for students during the school day art classes are designed to incorporate a creative and thoughtful class where students m themselves freely through painting sculptures or barrels are classes are a way to just take a break from your core classes like math or science in keep yourself from being overwhelmed or stressed throughout the school day i think this arts festival that we're having is a wonderful opportunity for kids to showcase their work and for the community to come in and be able to see what they what their children do here in the arts the arcturus central to every child's education which is why the arts are one of the core academic subjects in the no child left behind act the arts are challenging subjects with rigorous content and achievement standards at the state in national levels in addition to studying the arts for their ad sake experiencing  making work hard benefits students in their intellectual personal and social development it can be particularly beneficial for students from economically disadvantaged circumstances and theirs who are at risk of not succeeding in school reporting for headlines we found a really great fundraiser on do something dot org and we decided to get the district to initiate our project as well as surrounding school districts  earned the honor of selection into the p m a all state band the students audition that region one band against the best musicians in the region to earn the distinction the kill be a member of the all state wide and sambal and whole represent  national library week is celebrated in the month of april on a sponsored by the american library association and libraries all across the country april national library week will be celebrated april tenth april sixteenth two thousand and eleven with the theme of create your own story at the library it was first sponsored in one think of the national library week is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and my brain and to library use and support all types of libraries schools public academic and special libraries participate in it celebrated in different ways across the country here at peter's we're actually celebrating it with library arts cathay so we have all the different bands around the school come in and we're having a fundraiser for the library to really promote the library and we're having classes come in every day so they can see what kind of resources we have we share with them all the social media that the library does and plays they will be performing a family friendly show on may fifteenth for more information visit the website at p t library dot org twenty eight students from p c h s represented the school at the future business leaders of america state leadership conference the students competed  design is one of the many courses at the high school that teaches students to use technology to solve problems mr burns teaches this course through the technology education department computer aided drafting and design or cad is an elective in the technology education department computer aided drafting and design the project based course students break down tools to their single most component such as a circle or a square so it can then be used for mass production the main objective of the class is to take a three dimensional that's all for this edition of headlines i'm hardy karen and i was a can thanks for joining u