Jun 14
Six teachers from Baden Academy Charter School were recently honored for the completion of year-long Distinguished Educator Research Fellowships through Grow a Generation. Meghan Holl 3-D printed representations of mathematical numbers and symbols to use in her kindergarten classroom. Using the 3-D printed numbers and symbols, her students were able to compare/contrast and recognize the structural …
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Apr 24
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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Apr 07
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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Mar 18
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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Mar 10
On Friday, February 23 2018, ten students and two teachers from Seton La Salle High School were invited to speak with the faculty and staff at the St. Francis University Institute for Energy Research. This visit was planned in conjunction with a fellowship project that the students are hard at work on, writing a children’s …
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Dec 04
My name is Tim Roos, I’m a sophomore at North Catholic, and I recently went on the sustainability field trip at North. On the field trip, we stopped at the Oasis Farm Fishery in Homewood. The main topic of the tour as sustainability, and how Oasis has incorporated it into its function. Homewood is what is …
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Nov 23
Happy Thanksgiving! Let me say how thankful I am for all of you. Thank you for being someone who wants to inspire kids and make meaningful projects possible! I know many of you will be shopping Black Friday and planning Christmas gifts for your favorite kids. Here are a few ideas. Spend Time! Build something, …
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Sep 03
Virtual reality job openings are up 800% Fall Programs at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic and Seton LaSalle High Schools Begin to master the latest tools and technologies and put your tech skills to work in the exciting field of VR! We will be learning together from industry experts like Google, Unity, and HTC, and becoming …
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Aug 26
August 21, 2017, the sky darkened and the kids from Baden Academy looked up with special glasses, with a special telescope, and with pinhole viewer reflections to be inspired. Inspired they were! Solar science is a popular theme as applications come in for this year’s research fellowships at Baden Academy. I can’t wait to see …
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Aug 13
Research Fellowship Applications are now open for Grades 3-16, student groups, and faculty! Baden Academy Charter School Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Tuesday, September 5, 9:00 am Seton LaSalle Catholic High School Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Monday, September 18, at 9:00 am Grow a Generation Research Fellowship Application Deadline is Friday, September …
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