headlines i'm jane and i'm terry gross each year peter thompson school district welcomes new teachers to their staff this year at the high school hired teachers in several departments we now go to story on  a just would like to welcome six new teachers to the high school for the twenty fifteen twenty sixteen school year the newest addition to the science department is mr dragon who teaches biology students work on a lab about ph mrs mccarthy is the new financial literacy teacher at the high school mr allen is also the newest addition to the technology education department and teaches intro to stem and automated manufacturing students discuss forms of life needed on mars i teach technology education here at the high school and my best thing about the high school so far would be the students the science department also gained a new physics teacher mrs s students are doing a lab involving testing distant mrs gilroy is the newest addition to the media arts center as our school's librar valley elementary is one of the three elementary schools and school district pleasant valley is a national urban school offering education to nearly four hundred thirty students in grades kindergarten through third art and computers in addition students are also exposed to foreign language foreign languages an essential part of students day at pleasant valley elementary school students start the first day of which stands for foreign language at the elementary school in first grade it continues through until middle school where students can choose to stay with the spanish they've been taught or switched to either german or french i might have to say capacity in curiosity young learners have a large capacity to learn a language and they're really curious about the different aspects of the language learning at this age spanish is mandatory for all students it is a part of their special cycle which includes physical education music and library search the class includes many hands on in physical activities such as singing dancing part instructors students about history around the world teaches them important skills such as no taking in good study habits that they continue to use throughout the rest of their high school career she constantly has her students in a variety of small groups to teach them how to positively collaborate with different people and has the kids participating in large discussions that they students from sells so in my ideal classroom i like it to be student driven that they're kind of participating in the discussion trying to get them to know that like what they say matter how they think about something matters and want them to feel invested in the classroom have to be responsible because my first coach told me you can do this because my teacher helped me see the choices because my parents treated me like everybody else because my boss showed me how to an artist i led my high school team to two championships i am a valuable employee i have a career that i am passionate about book and you do what can you do like all young people youth with disabilities should girls are expecting to work and succeed for more information visit what can you do campaign dot org tools sure make our lives easy but a tool is only as useful as the hand that holds it when it comes to straightening crooked teeth and misaligned jaws orthodoxies have all the right tools in their tool box they're the most skilled professionals to oversee your damas have the expertise that comes with two to three years of specialized education beyond dental school they know best which instruments to use when collecting orthodontic problems for your smile in the right hands visit braces  gym classes don't have to end after tenth grade upperclassman are able to enroll in an optional gym three class to continue their physical education and desired p e three as an opera lover class offered to juniors and seniors team bonding makes us stronger player but a better person this is claire classman from the pierce township high school gymnasium signing out the girls volleyball team is currently seven one this season captains for varsity are massin the team is coached by ashley greene has been leading lady indians for seven years leads the students and school spirit ensures that big crowds come out and cheer for our home sporting events peters township encourages students to show their happened fourteen years ago that s interested in music and music production of high school offers classes in both band and choir as well as music theory song composition and musical theater all students the two most popular categories being band inquired mr barney teaches a majority of the band first there's a choice to take concert band jazz band orchestra and with sympathy all these classes are based on different musical levels the peter students can take concert choir mix choir in symphonic choir depending on scaling every year the students perform locally and nationally this year so students are participating in the macy's archipelago contest the on line music classes range from songwriting to theory to audio production i'm outside the band room where the students showcase their talents this is been reporting for headlines this year the choir entered the macy's acapella contest is a nationwide contest the music and video production brianna to learn more about the making of the video the peters township music and media departments work together to take on macy's acapella challenge schools or challenge to make an archipelago version of jackson tribes i want you back the dress and fifty's style clothing and practicing their audio prerecorded and mr class had to sing the song so they could hear it and then i extracted each of the parts and made practiced tracks for them the filming of the story took a whole school day to complete the teamwork between the arc apollo group and the media department could lead to winning twenty five thousand dollars this is been brando on show reporting for headlines still to come on part of our art department it is a class that offers students the ability to express themselves through art there are three levels of ceramics ceramics one ceramics two then honor ceramics which is a new type of ceramics class has been added this past year in love ceramics for our ceramics the first year is we'll throw around and then the other half is hands on building this is the couch and one of the ceramic teachers teaches the students how to control and express their feelings through art we are the library of peter h s welcome students and encourage them to check out printable materials in fiction nonfiction audible books magazines candles and reference books the library also offers other educational resources more raber tells us more the peters touchup a school library is a growing community and is full of available resources for students from thousands of books to multiple sets of electronic devices the library is open since before school after school and during free periods recently there was in addition to the library staff that we have a tremendous amount of resources here for students to use we are constantly getting in really great new books and a magazine and graphic novel collection that i'm really proud of the library is located in the heart of the school it was a courtyard in previous years students gathered in the library to study print papers do classwork use technology and read tutoring is also available upon request in which way experience more about fields they want to variance from and it's brought to students every year is an opportunity to grow and learn in fields that interest them there are a number of these apprenticeships there are really exciting and challenging some of them are related to engineering architecture art opera medicine wall and she any number of y diverse interests conducting  vocals you name it if you like to sign up for these apprenticeships you must visit apprenticeship that you three dot net so last information the cost is about fifty dollars per per  and the it usually works is you leave school one day a week once a month i'm sorry once a month are maybe sometimes twice a month during the school day and you participate with professionals in whichever field you chose to get involved in this is james curry reporting live from the peters township high school for headline news with accessibility this type of learning program students have a chance to get a head start on their future and if so i would occupation or career they may want to pursue the town of mcmurry offers a variety of eateries to please every taste bud currently are over there is not taco sheets or dunkin donuts that is soon to change well it tells us more piers talent has been growing for quite a while now is just recently years we've had more restaurants moving to town and i think that has had a positive impact on the community sheets was originally meant to set up shop here also but due to bad location they decided otherwise y girls team trained hard during the fall season which has led to a current record of ten in two overall and seventy two in the sectionals training for this port is a year round the car has several local golf course the girls golf team practices several times a week each practice is designed a little different in order to get the girls well rounded and ready for the games the practices are constantly switching places which allows the girls to adapt to new courses and situations branches they work on accuracy of the shots but they also focus on different skills in order to advance their skills just putting them in a game type situation that if they were in a match and they were against an opponent so sometimes up with them against each other not only this but the girls also work on their in the pen and skills they can do this by having individual practices work with their coach each of the girls are very supportive of each