coming up on headlines see how students are helping our local community get into the holiday spirit and learn the hot gifts for teens and see how one of the high school sports teams is preparing for states r from october twenty third to november third one of the things since records were in high school is getting their license before receiving their license some enroll in a driver's theory class it's important to wear your seat belt because in the event of a violent crash it keeps you were strained to your seat so the your knockout of poland's forward in your stanwell or the windshield it keeps you contained to that seat in the case of a rollover so you're not rolling onto your occupants and causing injury the c p l is one of the most effective ways to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes in pennsylvania eighty four percent of drivers in front seem passengers entering seatbelts as a five years ago in two thousand and sixteen over fifteen percent teens in adults who died in crashes or not remember click it or ticket a click could save your life on a vendor ninth of two thousand and eighteen the inner club in the medical mentoring class hope to play and organize the blood drive students and staff are prepared to put on the successful event every two seconds someone in the us needs blood syrians who want to donate need to make sure they're healthy and ready to go at peter's township high school we host several blood drives each year in conjunction with central blood bank to be able to sign up and donate your blood your card to be at least sixteen years of age with parental consent if you are eighteen years or older consent is no longer needed central blood bank requires volunteers to be at least one hundred ten pounds it's important for students to donate blood for the blood drive because it's the first opportunity that many of them have to donate blood and once you turn sixteen you can start donating and also it makes it easy because they can do it right here at school and one kind of blood saves three lives so it's a really great experience for them to kind of see you know how easy it is it's not as painful as everyone thinks and then their blood does get donated and does save lives they suggest that you should eat at least two hours prior to donating and drink plenty of water at least twenty four january of two thousand and nineteen but if you'd like to donate right now the central blood bank of south hills is located on baptist road the p t just library also known as the media center is not only a place students can go to check out books study and spend time with friends the library has made many additions this year to make sure students have a more enjoyable experience some of these additions include relax a relaxation area and a charging are there available throughout the day to help students and faculty with any assistance needed the libraries open the students and faculty monday through fridays and seven am to three pm the library is a great place for my friends and i peaceniks library also has their own website which didn't since actively use throughout the school year there was a offers an easy way for students to sign up so they can come during their free periods for up to the school day this is nicole shields reporting live from liberia the library is open every period throughout the day make sure to sign up to the library's website at p t a library dot com not only does the high school have an excellent library the peter starship community library it was ranked fourth in the state among medium sized libraries organizing activities and events on a regular basis to encourage people to come check it out this year tim o'brien was the featured author for the peters township library foundation's second annual novel november his novel the things they carried as taught in the twelfth grade a p literature and composition course curriculum this book gives readers a new perspective on the vietnam war and he was able to share this with not only students but also the community when he visited in november i want to learn more about the renowned author tim o'brien and his novels are you follow me was there reporting tim o'brien a vietnam war veteran and american author is famous for as many fictional autobiographical novels inspired by his time serving as a sergeant in vietnam these include in the lake of the woods going to  july and tom cotton among these works is the things they carried was the a p literature students at peterson chicken reading i think that the public library took a leadership role and so they were in charge of the whole show and they were instrumental in spreading the word going and really raising awareness about this awesome opportunity to speak to somebody that we actually study peter sonship was lucky enough to have to mow brian come talk to students and teachers about his novels and his inspirations for them this was a good opportunity for students interested in writing to hear from an american novelist he told stories from his life experiences and how he was able to write from them the students and teachers had the chance to ask him questions this is author salon airport in live from the p of high school tim o'brien has not only touched the lives of vietnam veterans but people all over the world the things they carried has sold over two million copies worldwide and was a finalist for a pulitzer prize since it publication in one nine hundred ninety the novel has reached a wider why number of students encouraging the importance of storytelling visit the peter science of library or nearest bookstore to get a copy of the vietnam war classic adds up september peters township excepted rachel's challenge starting our chain reaction here appears hunch of high school students and stuff i'm working hard to replace acts of violence bullying and negativity with  and compassion rachael challenge is a way to start a chain reaction of kindness rachel joy scott was one of the first students killed in the columbine shooting in one thousand nine hundred this challenge as a result of the impact that rachel had on the world  our administrative team they were very impressed and moved by the quality of the story and the program and the impact that it had on west allegheny and so they came back and said we have to do this this being a positive influence speaking and acting with kindness and starting your own chain reaction a couple weeks ago on sunday november fourth most of the country gained an extra hour of sleep as the clocks returned back an hour due to daylight savings time reporter jordan collins has more on this change it's that time of year again daylight savings time when you get an extra hour of sleep and have to figure out how to change the clocks the history of this phenomenon is not a simple as most believe it's surprisingly not due to farmers or agriculture or one kaiser wilhelm german army implemented a system they would be able to save more fuel well germans were the first to implement daylight savings time so of course i like it doesn't affect me at all i like having a little bit of light my early drive to school interestingly only seventy five countries turn their clocks back but in the us arizona and nor this while the rest of the us follows it these inconveniences only happened twice a year during d s t or daylight savings time this period only lasts for made october and the rest of the year november to of sleep was gained earlier in november on march eleventh of two thousand and nineteen the clocks will spring forward causing us to lose that hour of sleep we gained five months earlier many high school sports teams start preparing for their spring season in the winter one of these sports is the high school boys lacrosse team situation as you make of it obviously it's tough it was not on you guys but i think that it's in the past out of our control and the only we can do now is work hard in the offseason to get where we need to be and i think that this year especially it's impressed me most of our offseason work it's just been crazy how many guys you have shown up and how much work over and they will be fine p t h s boys across team takes that challenge head on by putting in more work in the offseason than ever before the team went to three fall ball tournaments with a total record of seven and three during the month of november and december the team will participate in workouts four days a week during the months of january and february the team will be practicing at southpoint field house until march fifth the start the boys spring season will start in march of two thousand and nineteen wish them the best of luck as they look to defend their title of champions with the season's changing in the holidays approaching new beauty trends and products are making their appearance on the shelves companies such as to face este lauder in store because medics future limited time additions around the holidays as the holidays are approaching many teens are purchasing new beauty products such as makeup throughout the holiday season teens are rushing store to store to get the holiday limited edition makeup products so far and all have a lot of different make up brands a popular online makeup brand morphy has a wide selection of cosmetics have featured limited time additions around the holidays for more information visit these stores to get the great holiday deals and this is not only a helen reporting live from peter make sure to purchase these limited items before they sell out one time of year that my four kids and my husband are all together to close out the night make some delicious holiday cookies and watch a sweet christmas movie and don't forget your letter to santa but most importantly make an effort to put down the screens this season and make memories with your loved ones that will last a lifetime this is callie and reporting to you live from peter's township high school the holidays will be here faster than you think so make sure to keep these holiday tips in mind have you ever thought about going collecting there are so many different historical coins you could find coin collecting is a great hobby because you're holding a piece of american history for example the  civil war confederate bills there are many different types of coins out there for example all different kinds of old pennies nickels dimes dollar coins half dollars and even use times of high school if you're interested in starting your own collection visit us mint dot gov the government website will tell you about the united states men how to collect the artistic process hey payne do you know that the girl's varsity field hockey team an outstanding season this year the team went through the regular season with an eight zero one one record in division one after i heard that after winning the section the girls advance to the whitfield playoffs they pushed through to win the appeal championship for the first time since two thousand and nine that i hold on forever live from the past tons of high school after moving on to states for the first time since two thousand and twelve the field hockey girls put up a good fight but fell just a little short to winning the state championship girls soccer also had a state championship run this year making it to the semifinals but coming up a little bit short the team had a season to remember as they won the section title and were whipped you'll finalists can see belts on the field with more information we've been a very resilient team for most of the season we've dealt with we've had to pretty significant injuries to two of our really important players and i think through those injuries a lot of the girls have stepped up especially some of the young from high school kids see the girls in action in their next fall twenty nineteen twenty twenty season if you're interested in watching graduates captain regan lavinia will be continuing her soccer career at youngstown state a division one school in ohio recently students of p t a just went through auditions for the school's holiday variety show known as coffeehouse as well as many other productions such as the spring soon directors are directing a one act tracks for the students to showcase the show we are bringing to conference is called tracks and it is a bout a bunch of people who meet in a subway station and they're not sure why they're in it and then we end up finding out that they're all dead and they need to figure out if they're going to be going to have in our house my favorite part of conferences getting to see the shows that other schools bring they bring musicals or plays and one acts and it's cool to get to see what other schools are doing in their theater programs and also meet people who are in those theater programs it's a really cool experience for everyone involved and it really dislike brings the community together allow students to personalize their own edition of the yearbook that amber at the p t a just your book will be producing at seventy seven ball unishe the theme is i was here the class who creates the book consists of twenty three seniors the class is split into five different groups editors in chief team editors photography editors ads and senior editors so it's our biggest headline times are around the holidays between thanksgiving and christmas we sematic a portion of the book we submit a good bit and january image this is ben lindsay video and reporting live outside room if you are interested in buying a copy of the twenty eight hundred twenty nine thousand edition of the amber the book can be purchased at johnston's yearbook dot com make sure you purchase it by december fourteenth before the price goes up television production is a semester class that produces the morning announcements and combines preproduction and live production techniques ultimately producing a variety of live productions for both the school and the peer sonship community television every morning a class of twenty one students at p t h s on a ten minute live production producing graphics calling camera transitions or taking control of audio students are constantly gauged and learning skills the many of them were using college i'm maybe a three broadcasting student and this is my first time taking television production and what i really love about this class is how student led it is mrs frank is a great teacher and she really helps us to do the morning announcements but it's mostly student driven and it really is a hands on experience and just a lot of it peters township high school signing off saying these have been all for your morning announcements this course provides an opportunity for students to explore and utilize new technological advances in the television and communication fields if you're interested in watching the morning announcements visit youtube dot com and search p t h s period one media the peters township high school offers language electives in french german and spanish now let's go to mallory sugar to learn more about one of the school's language teachers senora miller senora miller has been the spanish teacher at p t a h s for ten years she teaches spanish two and three before she worked at p t a she was born and raised in mexico and came to united states in two thousand my favorite thing about the personalities of the students she has seven degrees ranging from early education psychology spanish and more she studied at a university in mexico before studying at pitt california university in california state university and the dish the national honor society is a national organization that recognizes outstanding high school students and is more than just the p t a just on a roll it's a club that serves to recognize students or demonstrate excellence in areas of scholarship service leadership and character here at peter's touch of high school and h s tutors are billable in the library to help students would need extra help these students are part of the national honor society here at our high school and h s tutoring is particularly helpful because the tutors have taken many of the same classes so they're not only familiar with the subject material but the classes themselves and he says tutoring is available every day in the library all periods itself are one and three if you need some extra help on your homework or have an upcoming test the tutors are willing to help you if you have any questions you can see this is that or the library or mrs  from the peters tugs of high school library students interested in joining n h s can start applying in the spring this has been all for this edition of headlights i'm peyton jacobs and i'm closest mansi thank you for tuning in and