March 30, 2016

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Pittsburgh pride in Peters Twp. Bower Hill Elementary School celebrates Pittsburgh Day By Harry Funk Multimedia reporter hfunk@thealmanac.net

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When it comes to Pittsburgh, mind your P’s: pierogies, Pirates, Penguins, the Point and the polka, to name a few. Oh, and Peters, the suburb where Bower Hill Elementary School hosted Pittsburgh Day March 24. “We’ve taught an entire social studies unit on Pittsburgh and the history of the city,” thirdgrade teacher Michelle Hanna explained, and the culminating event gave students the opportunity to make their own pierogies, learn how to dance the polka and illustrate character trading cards to reflect the region’s sports legacy. Speaking of illustrating, students had the opportunity to make art projects reminiscent of the work of one of Pittsburgh’s best-known natives. “The children are coloring two side-by-side pop art pictures, and then putting them on a background and autographing them to take home for their own Andy Warhol art display,” Hanna said in the midst of the morning’s activities. SEE PRIDE PAGE 5

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Syndey Dressler shows off her Steelers spirit while working on a character trading card during Pittsburgh Day at Bower Hill Elementary School.

Bethel Park High School electrifies its strings By Harry Funk

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Considering that almost half a century has passed since “Sunshine of Your Love” was a hit, Bethel Park High School students’ grandparents just may have been cranking it up on the transistor radio way back when. But that didn’t stop members of the school orchestra from enjoying a romp through the Cream classic while participating in an innovative approach to music instruction. “The Electrify Your Strings program is sort of the strings program of the modern age,”

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professional violinist Haydn Vitera said during his visit to Bethel Park as artist-mentor, preparing the students for a March 22 concert to show off what they’ve learned. Founded by Mark Wood, violin player with the progressive rock band Trans Siberian Orchestra, Electrify Your Strings has the goal of encouraging young musicians to think and act creatively. SEE MUSIC PAGE 2

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Freshman Jenelle Wu performs during an Electrify Your Strings rehearsal in the Bethel Park High School auditorium.


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