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Ellen Cavanaugh

I live in the intersection of mathematics (originally trained as a math teacher), a business owner, a parent, and a theologian exploring what brings meaning to life. My passion is for every child in our world to thrive. I believe the most important resource each child has is you, their parent. May we together Grow a Generation that of innovative, critical thinking collaborators, emotionally intelligent and resilient, with great leadership and vision.

Most commented posts

  1. Baden Academy Invaded By an Evil Robot! — 48 comments
  2. The Coding Craze: Why I Am Asking Learners to Go Deep into Scratch Programming — 28 comments
  3. Lifting a Teen from the Mud of Self-Absorbed Pity — 12 comments
  4. My Child Wants to Design Video Games Part Two: What type of training or classes should they take? — 6 comments
  5. Science Center claims Moon Landing May Have Been Faked — 6 comments

Author's posts

How Colors Make Us Feel – Goethe’s Theory of Color by Kelli Keriotis

Congratulations to Kelli Keriotis on her 3rd published book and being named a 2018 Distinguished Educator. How Colors Make Us Feel explores Goethe’s Theory of Color with kindergarten students from Baden Academy Charter School in Western Pennsylvania.  Enjoy her reading aloud the poetry and art of Kelli Kerotis’ 2018 kindergarten class. Buy the book on …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/05/13/5085/

Student written Opioid Book to be featured at county Drug Prevention Night

Baden Academy students Quincy Sirko, Angelina Dioguardi and Clayton Russell will be on hand with their new book, “What the Heck is Opioid Addiction.” at the BVIU Drug Prevention Grant – Parent Night. Please come support them, and find out what you, as a parent, can do to help end this epidemic. Our students’ book can …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/05/09/student-written-opioid-book-to-be-featured-at-county-drug-prevention-night/

“I study Saturn’s Moon Titan with a three billion dollar spacecraft”

Gabrielle Hirsch and Christian Conway, two Seton LaSalle students working with the Rebel Outposts research fellowship, had an opportunity to interview Dr. Chuck Wood, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and the Executive Director of the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling University.  Take a listen to some fascinating stories from one of the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/05/05/i-study-saturns-moon-titan-with-a-three-billion-dollar-spacecraft/

The Boy, the Bird, and the Turbine

Energy is one of the three leading industries of the Pittsburgh Region and students at Seton LaSalle are getting ready to be lead the way!  Seven Seton LaSalle freshman worked through the year with their English teacher, Miss Emily Rosati, and their science teacher, Dr. Anthony DeCaria, to write an original children’s book about wind …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/05/04/the-boy-the-bird-and-the-turbine/

Beaver biology professor stars in a book published by local fifth-graders

Thank you April Johnston and Penn State Beaver for the fantastic web article of our recent fellows visit to your campus. Reprinted from http://beaver.psu.edu/story/3010/2018/04/06/beaver-biology-professor-star-book-published-local-fifth-graders                       April 6, 2018 MONACA, Pa. — Imagine this is our future: The insect population explodes. The Zika and West Nile …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/04/24/beaver-biology-professor-stars-in-a-book-published-by-local-fifth-graders/

Max and the Tornado by Brian Curry

Congratulations Brian Curry on you first published book, Max and the Tornado! He worked for two years assembling the story with mentors Mrs. Breaden and Tim VIgnere, painstakingly using Photoshop and original artwork from Kelli Keriotis to complete the illustrations.  Third graders Matthew Minnite and Noah Schweikert finished the final two pages of artwork and got the …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/04/07/max-and-the-tornado-by-brian-curry/

The Propulsion of Young Motivation

The moon had already set over Pittsburgh on the morning of Friday, March 2, as a robotics classroom from Seton LaSalle stepped inside the Pittsburgh office of Astrobotic. Eleven students and two teachers met the people slated to be “the FedEx to the moon.” The future of education has been evolving. The acronym STEM encapsulates …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/03/21/the-propulsion-of-young-motivation/

Take Action involves over 250 students in Bake for Good!

1240 rolls + 6 loaves by over 250 volunteers from grades K-6 and ages 5 to 90 delivered to Meals on Wheels! Thank you to all the volunteers Aleenia Reich and Bella Rivera (great Take Action Leaders) Taylor Breaden (amazing Take Action coach!!!!) 48 Take Action kids from grades 3 to 6 who stayed 2 …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/03/18/take-action-involves-over-250-students-in-bake-for-good/

The Making of Conner’s Virtual Heart

Download the new Virtual Reality App “Conner’s Virtual Reality Heart” from the Google Play Store.  I want to say thank you to the 5 students from the Grow a Generation Virtual Reality Class who created this awesome VR experience for you. Thank you to Sari Abu-Hamad, Sean McCarthy, Derek Hufnagle, Logan Husek, Jacob Stewart as …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/01/28/the-making-of-conners-virtual-heart/

Baden Academy’s Jaylee Duncan’s Ted Talk featured in National Playlist!

TEDEd Clubs international headquarters wrote recently about how inspired they were by research fellow Jaylee Duncan’s TED Talk made last year.  They created a new YouTube Playlist, included her video, and sent it out on their international mailing list. When you listen to the kids she shares a space with, you can’t help but walk …

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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2018/01/28/baden-academys-jaylee-duncans-ted-talk-featured-in-national-playlist/