coming up on this edition of headlines see all the community is cleaning up check out all the new artwork done by p t h s students around and on the high school see how students are raising awareness for autism and find out how to make sure your kidney garner is prepared for school all that's coming up on headline every year our community dedicate a day for cleanup and recycling this has been an annual event for over twenty years the peters township works department notifies people in our community about the event their news letters emails and inviting high school clubs  being today all coincide with cleanup day we take electronic equipment here in the garage all types of electronics televisions computers printers we also accept years automobile tires automobile batteries the community takes on several projects during cleanup day all the collected items are either renewed or recycled cleanup day is a way of helping our environment including our community in order mccloskey reporting for headlines peters township works with a loop to provide electronic recycling free of charge for a complete list of items accepted visit w w w dot peters township dot com recycle items can be dropped off at the public works kharaj monday through friday but please call first at seven to four nine four one six one six one as the class of two thousand and twelve prepares to walk the aisle in their red and white gowns they thinking about how to fund their future several scholarships are still available to the graduating seniors graduating seniors often seek merit scholarships as an affirmation for working hard to maintain a high grade point average and for being avid participants in extracurricular activities and community service students can apply for national regional and local scholarships and then the local scholarships i would say probably have the most requirements as far as essays because they're memorial type scholarships to families on when they select the recipient they really want to get to know the student so they're asking a lot of personal information scholarship awards are determined by a committee consisting of local organizations with requirements established by local financial institutions pennsylvania has been reported to have one of the highest priced post secondary education in the counseling services to navigate you to the scholarship website on march twenty sixth the district celebrated the ninetieth birthday of joseph cao a crossing guard and honor her for years of service to our community middle school the school district's safety team recommended that a security officer be added during the springtime at the high school beginning april officer steve ache of the peters township police department began his work to hand to safety security at the high school overall it's good as far as discipline goes all the students have been great i expect people to treat each other with respect and i've received nothing but that since i've been in the school district established safety committee l so far this year new evacuation routes and procedures have been put into place a new procedure for whether preparedness has been implemented and encouraged by the committee doctors that he and mrs belts are planned a safety training session for the staff stay safe during school the bridge overlooking the about road opened last month the project was funded by the township who received a grant from penn i grab from the county from gaming revenue and a bond issue township manager mike sylvestris explains how the project got started regionally the project was conceived in ninety ninety eight and we were ready to go we had permits and nine hundred ninety nine but we decided to try to get a grant to help reduce the cost and it took a lot of red tape to get through because the trail was considered historic and the bridge was historic and for a long time we could get permission to turn the bridge down when we finally did about six years ago  to overlook the intersection of a about road and valley book road and went under construction last october and was reported reopened this spring this intention of the project project was to make the area more a section effectively pleasing and a habits of highly effective people the finish murals and more can be viewed at the imagination celebration a district wide celebration of the arts on may eleventh and twelve art students as well as musical performers media students technology education students and family and consumer science students are contributing to this display of creativity the art shows at the high school on friday may eleventh from six thirty p m until eight o'clock p m and on saturday from ten a m until four thirty p stay tuned headlines when we come back we will go into a classroom that encourage you courage is you to play games take you back to brooklyn and the one nine hundred thirty and see how the school students are inspiring the future scholars looking for ways to make it 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gaming industry we want to get them used to like the environment there are still a lot more that they have to do with scripting but that would require us to have in their class which we may do we may do that in the future and if they know how to write the scripting then they're going to know a lot about the game so this is more of an introductory class to kno environment of of a gaming software you were able to play the games you created and test your classmates games to is a great class to take if you are looking to do things with programming in design that is half a semester and is really worth taking this is called mccloskey signing off in addition to gaming programming the b c i t department also offers courses in web design java programming and digital design for a complete list of course offerings please visit the school's turf field with the with the p v field what it allows us to do is not take teams off campus this past fall we had to take football and soccer to their mcmurry elementary the middle school grove peters would park admission tickets will be available at the door five dollars for students and ten dollars for adults peters township students gather nonperishable food items to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate  yes the purpose of the food drive is to collect food for families here in washington county the boy scouts do this every year and the whole district is participating with the boy scouts are coming to pick them up on april thirtieth and they will go to food pantries around the area for local families in addition to washington county the greater pittsburgh community food bank the beneficiary of the c drive also benefits ten other counties in this area nearly twenty one percent of the children living in this area are food and security food and security has negative effects on education children's mental and thank yourself as is david tennant reporting from pyrrus township high school if you did not donate to scouting for food and still want to donate several middle school students are working with the greater pittsburgh community food bank and are currently collecting for the twenty fifth of may donation boxes can be found at both the middle school and high school building talking leaving their hands in cleaning up after themselves the older students are also learning the responsibilities that go with taking care of younger kids are little buddies are learning a lot of things as they come to school each day they're learning to wait in line they're learning to raise their hand they're learning to waste their turn they're learning how to socialize with other children the same age as they are they're learning how to respect the big bodies how to listen to them we find that the little bodies are building special relationships with the big bodies and one example is we have a little boy that was six we sent to get well cards and the little boy held the cards to his chest all day long as he walked around the house because it made him feel so good that the big buddies had written to him this is the dream or enter porting also in this course students learn how to properly take care of a child taking home a mechanical baby for a weekend to learn how to feed change and burp a child doesn't touch that remote when we come back we'll school you on the a b c show you how caters is ranking and let you take a listen to some jazzy tunes coming out of the music department do something then like you can control and this booklet can help from keeping your family healthy to saving for retirement or to your free copy now from the american diabetes association because we want everyone to be healthy and welcome back to headlines our next topic is the kindergarteners of pleasant valley elementary school in order to prepare the incoming kindergarten classes students are taught the basic skills of the english language starting with the alphabet the a b c s and kindergarten is the basics the kids entering the school and with they will need to love the kids who are entering kindergarten and feel more comfortable when they first enter school it gives them the confidence to get involved classroom activities when we talk about the a b c s of kindergarten really just talking about things that the boys and girls can do to prepare for kindergarten so maybe saying their a b c s practicing writing their a b c s writing their names and even things that don't have to do with the  things that they'll need to be able to do was really like counting to twenty time issues things just to help prepare them so that they're ready for the first day of school and allows for parents to set the stage for what they will be getting into when they're in kindergarten but also allows for the students to of two thousand and twenty four begins school next fall we hope that the a b c s of kindergarten when she will ensure a great future for the upcoming generation the autism society has been celebrating national autism awareness month since the one nine hundred sevent in order to highlight the growing need for concern in awareness about autism the united states recognizes april as a special opportunity for supporters to educate the public about autism and issues within the autistic community the interact club at the high school set up a table outside of the cafeteria where the students were able to purchase merchandise like bracelets magnets and ribbons to raise awareness about autism on the twentieth of april they hosted an autism walk in total they collected thirty five hundred dollars for autism research for more information about autism visit the web site at autism society dot org peter's conscious school district never fails to achieve a high ranking in the pittsburgh business times annual honor roll ranking of school districts around the area are primarily based on this new scores this ranking shows how well the school is doing statewide the accomplishment can be shared with the community and gives a sense of community pride it also lets everyone in the area know fifteen students from the media department participated in the robert morris's annual high school competition to highlight the excellent work that the students have produced this year the students won five awards the awards came in the following categories imaginative firstness teleport news broadcast for our december edition of headlines morning announcements for our daily morning broadcast highlight tape for the boys basketball and of the year montage and public service announcement for recycling person for part drums keys bass so you know in a concert band you might have four five six flutes on one part same with clarinet so there's a lot more accountability and responsibility playing your part in a jazz band and exclusive band room this is been matt dixon if you would like to see the jazz band perform you can come to the high school on may tenth at seven thirty for their spring concert many new stores have opened up around the peters township community is one of the new variety of exotic ranging from green which order of three flavors every two weeks we're trying to get a lot of feedback from the community to see what they like and shop is completely and they pop in your mouth keeping up shop but it's mostly run by customers take a lot to keep clean for you spend most of the shift trying to keep everything working but and now they're required twice  dot com thank you for joining us for this edition of headlines we leave you with the footage from theater troupe one eighty five version of brighton beach memoirs