welcome to headlines i'm jim moret and i'm on your base or our program today consists of several topics all throughout here sound shit let's get down to some real talk sex sexual education has there a form at p t a che a new problem program called replaces teen outreach class as the new primary sex education curriculum for teenagers it is to no reach guidance professionals trained physical education faculty in the finer points of informing adolescents of their sexual responsibilities what we talk about are issues that are controversial we have some sex education talks we have relationship talks we have communication talks we have conflict resolution subjects and so they're subjects that don't necessarily fit into the category of personal wellness and they also are provided in one hundred tenth grade eleventh grade the goal of real talk is to continue to provide p j just students a learning opportunity in a respectful safe environment students will be given the opportunity to ask questions anonymously which will then be answered in a professional manner students are encouraged but not required to participate in a real talk program reporting from p j just this is been met real talk effectively began this school year in the fall of two thousand and eleven and will continue to educate students about safe sex the pennsylvania junior academy of science is a statewide organization of junior and senior high school students designed to stimulate and promote justin science each year there's an annual high school competition the challenge with students who are collaboratively as they apply their math and science knowledge this year we had several winners at many levels of the competition at the varsity level p t a h s had three just photography students and photography cult members to showcase their work it has a compilation of the three new pictures and seventy five mrs bono is the co sponsor which my officers pick from those five and then each club member gets one five by seven when i put the gallery together it requires seventy five media students and twenty photography club members to get enough pictures there gary was  little public for people to appreciate the work of the neediest students this is johnny carson reporting from the p t h s media room so i if you miss the gallery at the public library be sure to check out the photo display at the imagination club needs one friday during each month of the school year the sponsors try to schedule club meetings at a convenient time for students to attend miss meyers the librarian a p c h s two books to read and discuss each meeting students have conversations about the book by stating their opinions and comments on the topics students are also allowed to propose questions based on the novel this month both the hunger games by suzanne collins be on march sixteenth after school to friday and we read it because the movies coming out on march twenty third everyone's really excited and we wanted to sort of try to get everybody to read the book a discussion later on about which one we enjoyed more this is being christina carbon error reporting for headlines if you're interested in attending a book club meeting they have held monthly there hell monthly on fridays if you have any questions about joining or the books contact mr myers myers l a p a p s dot org unlike the previous school years the students speaking at commencement this year may not be valedictorian procedures for selecting a commencement speaker have changed peter township high school for the past two years a committee has been meeting to talk about the honors procedures and graduation  procedures and one of the outcomes of that committee was to change the way the commencement speaker was chosen to open up the opportunity to a student any student who's a senior to write a speech that would be reflective of all of the kids one of the biggest changes is that any senior is eligible if their g p a is above a three point zero and they do not have any disciplinary actions against their record the guidelines for this speech are that it must be type one turned in for assessment in approximately three to five minutes long the author's name should not appear on the speech but attached on a separate piece of paper along with the student id and telephone number the submitted speeches will be evaluated by the commencement speech selection committee the committee will reading rank all speeches task of driving with driving being a new activity for sixteen year olds this class teaches them how to stay safe on the road although it is required now there's talk of it being dropped from the budget not only helps them become more familiar with driving but i think we have for size how critical it is for them to be responsible and we talk a lot about consequences and i'm afraid of this class being dropped in that information not being available to our students here and peters the behind the wheel program allows for students to get more practice driving during school hours didn't get become part of this program by registering in the main office this makes one eligible for a senior license at seventeen and a half years old and discounts on  after twenty seven years of teaching students hopefully mr mays will continue to teach students a skill they will use for the rest of their lives this isn't gaby ditties reporting from peters township high school regardless of the school board decides to continue funding for drivers theory or not students still will have the opportunity to receive driver's training there's a behind the wheel program which students can sign up for in the main office kids are keeping eggs safe in cars pedaling flowers and speaking in foreign tongues all this and more coming up after the break go to save the polar bear dot org today welcome back to headline a p p h s are beginning to schedule for their classes for the two thousand and twelve school year technology education department offer several classes that allow students to learn and apply modern technology to real world problems competitive technology is an elective course offered at peters township high school this class consists of building projects and then competing against the others projects some of the projects include the paper tower a car and bridges this class is project  each assignment begins with researching a topic of study for example designing in a student's study roll cages and crumple zones well examining structural engineering of modern vehicles competitive technology to students compete against one another on different types of project that deal with land air water and space everything from c o two cars to bridge designs rockets towards the end of the semester the students applied to gain knowledge but building a vehicle using balsam and finally they test their cars by crashing against other students the classes are currently working on c a two car just after testing is done students are ranked according to their classmates scores reporting from the tech at department this is been the scheduling process begins in late february with guidance counselors visiting anguish classrooms discuss scheduling options and opportunities for the upcoming year carnations that was held at p t a just p t a just for valentine's day it was a fundraiser for a problem that was coordinated and run by the junior class officers and our sponsors missed blackhorse and missed that chart and so did all the junior class raise money to help offset the cost of prom take an american sign language is the dominant sign language of death american taking a second language here a s l is considered a language in and of itself and in many other high schools it is a language that's offered as a second language along with spanish german french and latin and whatever other languages that a new driving law went into effect in december of two thousand and eleven in order to enhance the safety of pennsylvania reds when under the age of eighteen all drivers in occupants must wear a properly fasten seat belt failure to follow this new law will result in a primary offense the driver can be pulled over because the violation of not wearing a proper seatbelt anything we can do to make individuals whether they be adults or teenagers  utilize seatbelts more regularly is going to help save lives improving or decreasing the distractions in the vehicle especially with inexperienced drivers should also help us in the long run and saving lives in order to enforce township police have created a monster i face program they will be coming into the schools and informing the students on the new regulations and consequences of this law this has been leah mccoskey reporting for headlines hopefully this new law works the music department at pierce township high school hosted its annual fundraiser meet salsa music on saturday january twenty first two thousand and twelve music directors mrs fox mr barney and mr prouty proudly presented performances by students in the jazz  choir the string section the band front students rock band this transition and many more drum major and senior trumpet player david copeland explains the purpose for this fundraiser people's music is a fundraiser that raise money for the arts which pays for the by annual band trips to different festivals family members friends and other attendees enjoyed a spaghetti dinner served by the music students and were given the opportunity to participate in numerous raffles while enjoying the performances by the students reporting for headlines but hannah carpenter from the p t a s cafeteria everyone synergize to raise money and have a great show crime in the courtroom charitable time cases colorful clutter and karate chops for the neck find out what one of these is not one of our new spaces after this on headline of west side story this year they look forward to bringing the privileged life of elwood's here to there's a very tight this year like last year there are accounts members from many different sports clubs participating in the performing i'm very pleased to be a member of legally blonde it's going to be an extremely long arduous process i mean who knows what's going to happen with that set or how we're going to get everything together but others are similar to west side story it's going to be a great show the base for the legally blonde musical are march twenty ninth thirty first tickets can be purchased at p c h s s p and we really dot com student council brainstormed a way to try to get information from the students they came up with the project voice for more on this we go to gratian the goal of project voice is it's wanted by student council and it's a way for kids to have more of a voice in the schools so if anybody has any ideas for things you'd like to change in the school it's really an outlet for them to share what they have  specifically to students won the gold award along with the opportunity for a month of paid travel and study in germany the two winners were max lindsay with a ninety one percent and jonathan deal with it with a ninety four percent mirrors our courses are offer ceramics numerous students at p p h s look for a way to reach out and help others but i have found a way to do so by finding companies that need volunteers to help advertise like swatch is a company based out of san diego this company sells launches while at the same time raising money for a nonprofit organization frex watches has a motto of ten ten ten that stands for ten colors ten charities and ten percent the ten colors of flax watches correspond directly to ten different charities ten percent of that net profit goes to the corresponding charities of that color black swatches uses college and high school students around the country to help advertise and get the work started about their company and what they stand for i joined the company fox watches because it gave me a chance to be part of something bigger than myself and i really like that they how they use their charities and used watches to help others in need for more information on the watches facebook dot com slash flecks watch it amongst all the active the p t h s foreign language as one of the most heavily regarded by colleges there are many benefits to taking a foreign language in high school beginning w helping you with your english with seeing for example some of the words in spanish help you recognize the latin pieces which can help improve your s a t s scores other benefits would consist of being able to communicate with others when travelling or in your local area doing the basis is how to learn a language is very beneficial to early start literally which the better many children are eager and willing to learn a new language they are hungry to learn the words they test their knowledge and try to communicate and adapt to the lifestyle of the people who live in the area even around area foreign languages are becoming more frequent is important to understand your government and the people in that was ri reporting to learn more ways foreign language can advance your cultural literacy contact a guidance counselor the peters township education foundation was established at the beginning of the school year the foundation is in place to help with additional funding needs for curricular implementation the peer township education foundation was started this year to help make up for the lack of state funding to public schools in pennsylvania one offering is the granting educators opportunities grant and we have a big meeting where the board of directors which also includes two student members incidentally gets together and reviews all of the different grant proposals grant requests proposals we use a rubric just like you guys get when we grade things in school and  grant requests that are the highest grades get the award three faculty members for the recipients of the geo grants miss marsham the high school mrs mitchell from the middle school and mrs i check from pleasant valley elementary school miss meyers will be using the grant money to purchase i pads to work on a global literature project mrs mitchell will use the i pads and kindles to help create classic literature revival with an eighth grade students and mrs i check on corporate technology to revive and improve basic skills as a d j jap reporting for headlines for further information about the geo grand this is the peters township school district website this is an all for the march edition of