texting and driving it has recently that a pennsylvania state law passed that perhaps it's texting while behind the wheel if a police officer sees anyone they can pull them over and cite them for that reason alone the cost of this offense is fifty dollars plus the cost of damages a lot of the characteristics that we see while people are texting and driving are weaving on the roadway not paying attention to running into the back of vehicles slowing down or not driving the speed limit or even speeding as well so phones are just one distraction from driving eating changing the radio and smoking or other situations in which you can increase the risk of getting in an accident texting and driving has just become a bigger issue because the popularity of cell phones as increased rapidly this is reporting for headlines beginning in march of two thousand and twelve drivers can expect the law enforcement agents to begin enforcing senate bill three hundred fourteen but not texting legislation if you would like to print the bill visit l e g i s dot state dot dot us the state of pennsylvania increased college tuition for state institutions by seven point five percent in two thousand and eleven is expected that an additional increase will occur for two thousand and twelve the national merit scholarship program is the financial burden of families by providing merit based scholarships to the top three percent of p s a t exam participants in their junior year fourteen students from p t a just have been recognized by the national merit scholarship corp for their outstanding performance on the p s eighty standardized tests for all of which has been named semifinalist these peoples are among the elite group of sixteen thousand students throughout the entire country year with this very select group of students across the nation it's like something like it's like less than one percent of the students who take the p s a t actually attain th of the ticket sales in other souvenirs and stuff that will be selling there are going towards operation trigger appreciation which is just help and troops overseas trying to make their lives better while they're fighting for our country the game is december twenty third five o'clock at the ice supply x at southpoint tickets will be five dollars pleasant valley elementary was recognized as a blue ribbon school earlier this year they are adding another award to their list and they are now recognized as a title one school of the district i was i was awarded as title one distinguished school for meeting a y c standards for the past four years they were awarded in both math and reading psychology and parents work together to provide the students with ample opportunity to reach state benchmarks they strive to provide each student with the same opportunities to succeed we had the privilege of speaking with the title one teacher mrs nick williams in principal mike fisher well being that this is we've won this award for several years now because you know the i try to one school in our district we get a grant a reward and it's a monetary reward that we get from the federal government every year and we have celebrated this in the last few years by getting different things  got last year for monetary grant reward to read and i think mrs mcguire has put it the best whenever our students have their weekly gains they you know we celebrate them on a daily basis going to be john green's the fault in our stars it was chosen by one of our founding book group members i guess we can say and she is a great john green and john green is a popular author among many of our students here and so we're really excited to be able to read his new book coming out in january so it's perfect for the first meeting of our book club the book club will meet once a month and occasionally has special events such as reading the book the hunger games in march and seeing the movie adaptation of the same title ghost made healthy discussions that will spark a lot of thought and a bit about written inside a carnival learn about what character means at p t a h s and see our community got into the holiday spirit stated hey don't you just love the sound of an empty dishwasher have you heard scam artists are quite a trip for seniors into giving them the medicare number i heard that this happened to my friend a man came to her door wanting to sign up for the medicare program well when she got her medicare summary notice it was full of charges for services she hadn't received so i did something about it i joined the senior medicare patrol others to protect their medicare numbers review statements to spot false charges and report suspected fraud directors is best box zero since karen kuhn presented coffee house two thousand and eleven it's all about the perks on december fifteenth sixteenth and seventeenth the show consisted of very students singing song selection and christmas tunes performing in bands acting out skits along with other various child the hosts for this year's show were matt millen and madeline the step men are so grateful to have hosted copy houses here it was a great show there were so many talented musical acts a lot of funny hilarious thanks so much you know i had a lot of fun writing and performing and i'm absolutely amazed at all the talent we have here katie h s one of my favorites with four bros and a p t cruiser and here's a look at how they prepare for the show every year for the talented and they are adding a new element so we have a time coffeehouse past couple years to enter a musical state of bruce immerse themselves in interrupted practice sessions lasting up to four hours supply school cafeteria this is been met dixon if you missed coffee house you can check it out currently airing on channel seven to see the viewing schedule check out the channel seven web site at p t c t seven dot com after completing the world war two unit in american history students had the opportunity to talk with world war two veterans with various backgrounds the students heard stories about their experiences in the u s navy and the u s army while overseas in africa europe and the pacific the veterans consisted of jean rocca earl founts and joe mastic and the beginning of the summer young children from around the township descended on the high school for an evening  the winter carnival it's a two hour event for elementary level kids to come to this is a celebration for the holiday season they do this by having tons of tasks which originated by various groups all the student council kids in s kids come out and we put on a big big event for kids or run around have fun all right before the holiday season my favorite part of the event is just the rush that comes with it  i remember i used to love coming to this was a little kid so you know it it really takes me back sort of in and makes me realize that i should try to make it is good for them as they did for me this is just the venue for reporting live for the winter carnival of two thousand and laughing signing off this year the winter carnival not only benefited children's hospital but air pastas teams for genes drive by collecting genes in lieu of an entrance fee this december in preparation for the holiday season the peters township recreation department hosted frosty's funhouse a holiday event for children and families of the township  it was time to celebrate the season this new tradition will hopefully get the paper sonship to the spirit of the holiday this year and years to come to grasp a better understanding of the spanish culture and how they celebrate the holidays when your mil or spanish classes partake in making they apply numerous layers and let the bloom dry overnight the next day the to be decorated and the kids decorate them with colored paper or tissue paper to make the pain yada look like a star students may count shapes with the paper national runaway switchboard how can call one eight hundred runaway to make the connection this program is a k through twelve program and is used in almost all schools curriculum students may not even realize that they're taking part in character education initiatives because they're just learning how to make themselves a better person to treat others fairly others by providing an environment that is secure and positively reinforces actions that demonstrate good character reporting from here such a place cool for bikes p t s d continues to adopt new ways to promote character counts throughout each school throughout the state of pennsylvania all high school students are required to complete a graduation project that meets state standards for more information about how peters township will meet these requirements about the graduation project was introduced to p t a just to meet the state requirements and will be first completed by the casa two thousand and thirteen students will demonstrate research and reading skills showcasing their ability to apply and analyze information well effectively communicating their career exploration in years past students actually did the graduation project they just didn't do formalized reflection papers we've added that and then a formalized presentation that will be done in the spring of two thousand and twelve students will present the content of their electronic part folios through a speech that reflects their journey of career exploration the presentation will be before faculty members and professionals in the field students will be assessed based on the p t a just graduation this is lindsey's than a ballet reporting for headlines the rework and more information about the graduation project and presentation can be found on the peters township website magazine is a compilation of student work students can share their perch prose drawings for the ground and other creative expressions the series for others is a bound book released in the spring the club by and i on the phone or ranking does have a specific theme and mrs duffy meets with the actual literary magazine staff to decide what that will be the last several years it's been a famous quote the literary magazine is collecting times and prayers a deal with your favorite things in addition materials that are being submitted are collected throughout the school year and any student can submit their work for consideration the frame is free of cost to the students that are published additional copies can be faked up in the p t h s library this is john o'connor reporting from the p t h s me department signing off the flame will be published and distributed to any student or parent in the spring see the ceramic art one archery drawing and design in advance our classes are all part of the display cases the artist played in the beginning of the year reflects the first art project a free draw including many artistic techniques contain a lot of the art elements of that would be fine in order for the artist to have their work displayed they must be well done and added the cases are changed as frequently as they can miss just because all this is in charge of switching them in and out to make sure everyone has an new art displays will be showcased in upcoming weeks to give a chance to have their work shown the inner club kicked off their philanthropically year by volunteering to take part in the rally for america on nine eleven and i think you need to perform charitable acts throughout the community in early december the the basically is a community service club where we go out and we try to do different service projects to help out less fortunate people in the community like right now we're doing a couple things with the food bank in them or we have an angel tree where we buy gifts for people who can't afford  and one of the main things that i think is definitely a different factor from other clubs of their kind in our school is that we actually go out and do the volunteering we don't just raise money to do stuff we actually go out there and volunteer and i think it's a really cool experience  enjoy the president of the rotary each interact club officer spoke about their involvement in the club and about accruing services this whole day season members will be wrapping presents to benefit to washington county families  families and they and providing them with a meal for the holiday thank you so much for joining us i am john recover and i'm moderate or happy holidays from all of us that headline we leave you with footage of the tree lighting celebration the took place at