coming up on this edition of headlines we see how high school students are giving during this holiday season how their voices are soaring and how they are communicating with each other character education is built on the six pillars of trustworthiness responsibility respect fairness caring and citizenship we are proud to announce that our middle school is now a national blue ribbon school last year the township middle school was invited to apply for the national blue ribbon school board by the department of education the invitation to the program was based on the school's consistently high achievement peters township middle school or sense of achievement character and community in the context of this awar seven if you're interested in becoming more involved in character count the community meets the first tuesday of every month for times and locations please visit your district website or the calendar the greater washington county food bank is located on route five nineteen and is a nonprofit organization that collects and stores grocery items to low income families and washington county with food banks currently serve approximately four thousand eight hundred households the national honor society at p t h s held a food drive for the washington city mission and h s is a group of students who receive a four point zero or higher and i've spent time volunteering for the community to become a member of n h s you have to apply after being invited into the club once a part of the national honor society students have to achieve a certain amount of community service hours within the community around the holidays a food drive was held currently we are doing a few tried for the washington city missions we were told that there are very low on food and we want to make  holiday on ice time for them the goal is to fill the entire washington city missions food truck all the food donated provides meals for anyone in need this holiday season not only does this n h s food drive benefit those less fortunate but also reward students for their generous donations to homeroom who donates the most cans receives a free muffin breakfast as a thank you this is robin mckinney reporting for headlines for more information you can visit the greater washington county food bank website to find out more ways you can volunteer and help stop the loss of the charitable event during the holidays and pittsburgh it is hosted by the radio station ninety six point one kiss f m they collect and on rap toys and donate them to the s marine corps the high school cheerleading team with the help of some senior football players just stuff an entire bus full of toys that benefited needy children in washington county the toys bay baby dolls to full size box with the only requirements the program for international student assessment was established in two thousand the test is given globally to fifteen year olds tell us more about how the united states backs up against other countries u s students ranked thirty sixth on the program for international student assessment or pisa which surveys education systems worldwide every three years the test designed to assess math reading and science east asian countries ranked in the top five overall scores out of the sixty five nation and i think in a lot of other cultures their education is not as a diverse so i think that translates to differences like things that are usually easily measured math or science we don't always compete in the same way because we don't spend as much time or emphasis on this particular subject because the united states fell below average scores on mathematics and science and only was above the average reading score by two points reporting live from peter if you're interested in learning more about this international exam please visit the website on your screen coffeehouses the annual variety show put on by the peers the students showcase their wide array of talents in front of other peers parents and other we were really really lucky that we got to pick and choose based on the type of act more so than just simply your act is outstanding the acts this year include bands in some acts that are first in coffeehouse history i think the coffee house kind of has a reputation at this point of being a really fun show to be in this is got to be looking reporting for headlines but coffeehouse performers display their talent in front of a sellout crowd every night the business leaders of america strive to cohesively bring business and education together we now go to kitty for more information future business leaders of america or f b i l a is a club offered at peters township high school that's helping students become leaders among peers the two advisers are mr good and mrs lee both business teachers at the high school washes  eighty choices f b i does many fundraisers and community service projects throughout the year one major fundraiser for the club is selling candy the money made goes to keep the club running and helps pay for the trip to the state conference in her reporting live from peter sanchez high school this is katie fetcher reporting for headlines the club is looking forward to their national conference in nashville june two thousand and fourteen excellence in action if you are interested in potentially joining a club you know mr good good stay tuned when we come back find out who's leaving facebook learn about what you can find on the peters township website and find out how students are helping the environment  hey don't you just love the sound of an empty dishwasher seriously if you want to play music don't let anything stand in your way learn how to get started i want to play music  have you heard scam artists are trying to trick seniors and to giving them their medicare number i heard that this happened to my friend a man came to her door wanting to put on the medicare program well when she got her medicare  that was full of charges for services she hadn't received so i did something about it i joined within your medicare patrol what i teach others to protect their medicare numbers review statements to spot false charges and report  who has a facebook i do yes i do now who uses it in recent years teens have been switching over to other social media sites such as twitter and instagram currently picture from two thousand and eleven i just wanted to see what they are posting now i love facebook as all my friends migrated to twitter privacy issues and parental bombardment have contributed to the loss of teen users is facebook's forecast cloudy only the future can decide i'm a duty reporting for headlines facebook will be joining the s and p stock index on december twentieth after reporting its fourth straight quarterly profit you can buy facebook stock at facebook dot com for about website you can find it at w w w dot peters township dot com a popular area of the website is the parks and recreation area you can find information about the sports and the parks in peter south as winter approaches many residents are now looking for places to put their lawn debris to access this information you have to scroll down the website and find the garbage and recycling information from there you go to the grass and yard waste and click on from this page you can go to the leaf collection section and link here it shows you dates and times of when you can get your leaves picked up within the contact us there's the citizen action line if you click on that you can find information on brode work the community calendar your mail subscriptions and other classes and events also learn more about history how the demographic has changed over the years and about the home rule charter that was drafted in one nine hundred seventy three parents are often concerned with their children using social networking sites according to common sense media dot org there are ways that parents can help their children safely navigate the digital world war formation we now go to brianna social media is beginning to play a bigger role in the lives of teenagers than just sharing pictures and thoughts and such as twitter face are becoming vital tools in the college admission process of college admissions directors have begun to check applicants social media is to look for signs of illegal activity in lies on the application and mission officers have seen tweets about parties in post about drugs and alcohol and are questioning the morality of their applicants but how could that the new york times recently published an article about the effects of social media on college admissions but they also want to make sure that your character  is a good fit for the school also according to the new york times thirty percent of our mission officers report that they found information on social media that has negatively reflected the applicant according to a survey taken by kaplan test thirty one percent of admissions officers claimed to have visited african social media this number has increased five percent since last year ever social media is not meant to be a negative aspect in teens lives they can still enjoy twitter as long as they responsible about what they put out this is bruce blair's reporting from headlines on commonsense media dot org tips on keeping kids safe range from informing children of the dangers to putting up privacy walls the guidelines are organized by age as best to encourage a need for cycling maine later cyclists curbside or cycling which the same days ago which pick up individuals motorcycle metal glass and plots of things also paper such as magazines junk mail and newspapers can be recycled that  s will be a green band in every classroom that you can put paper products in you can also put anything that's recyclable can be put into those bins as well cans bottles plastic same in the cafeteria in the cafeteria there are about four recycling garbage cans have lids on them with holes in them different size holes for different containers to fit in there to save clothes and he's out there cycling events from the classrooms in the cafeteria twice a month each year they participate in a larger project last year they collected used t shirts to make environmentally friendly reusable shopping bags the totes were donated to local area food banks and re used by customers always remember to  off if you're looking to recycle electronic materials peter sanchez has partnered with the loop recycling and accepts a wide variety of products such as televisions computers and stereos at the peters township public works project for a complete list of electronics accepted please visit the p t website and click on the garbage and recycling tab that's all we have for today josh quittner and i'm just for near we hope everyone has a safe healthy and happy holiday season we'll see you next on