Students from grades 3-5 paint on canvas

The Heritage PTO sponsored another family fun event in conjunction with Corks & Canvasses after school on Monday October 24th in the Heritage cafeteria.We had 50 students participate in this second PTO sponsored event lead by Sarah Hunter from Corks & Canvases. The children seemed to have a great time and each one left with their own mini-masterpiece. Thanks to Sarah, Corks & Canvases and the parents who volunteered to help with the event.

4th Grade Poetry and Art Workshops with The Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation

Students in 4th grade participated in poetry and art workshops with the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks foundation. Louise Sturgess, Executive Director of PHLF, and Karen Cahall encouraged Heritage students to look more closely at their communities and to think about how places matter in their lives.  Students sketched a detail of a historic landmark of their choice and wrote from the point of view of the detail, utilizing personification, alliteration, simile, metaphor, and first person narration in their work. The poems and artwork created by students in these workshops help to articulate the beauty of various historic landmarks in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. Student work will be displayed in the 4th grade hallway for all to appreciate and enjoy.

Many thanks to the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation for their continued partnership with the Heritage family and to the Heritage PTO for funding this valuable experience each year.

The Oldest

I'm old and solid, hard as a rock.

I've survived a very dangerous thing, a flood!

I'm old like the earth and I see things every day.

Towers, cars, people, a lot of stuff!

Do not strike me or I'll strike you back!

I'm sitting like a gorilla to this day, I'm still alive.

I am part of the wall of the Fort Pitt Block House!

The Bridge of Sighs

I connect the courthouse to the old jail.

When prisoners are done with court,

they walk to jail inside me.

When they look out my window 

and see people talking and laughing on the streets, 

they sigh because they wish they were free.

I am the Bridge of Sighs.

3rd Annual On-Demand Writing Marathon

Today Heritage kicked off its 3rd annual on-demand writing marathon review in the gym! Writers in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, along with their teachers, reading specialist, and principal participated in a marathon review of the three modes of writing: narrative, opinion, and information.

The purpose of this unique and important time together is three fold:
1. It serves to bring pencil to paper.
2. It reminds us what we know and what we still have to learn about each mode of writing.
3. It allows our brains to practice transferring from one mode to another in an on-demand setting.

Remember to ask your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grader about their experience.

5th Grade Novel Study

Students in Mrs. Sberna's 5th grade class are participating in a differentiated novel study. They are working to improve their independent reading comprehension, text analysis, and cooperative learning skills. 

Heritage K-2 students paint on canvas

The Heritage PTO sponsored a family fun event in conjunction with Corks & Canvasses after school on Monday October 3rd in the Heritage cafeteria. Instructor Sarah Hunter guided students in grades K-2 in creating a fun Frankenstein as their own masterpiece.  62 children participated and it was a great experience for all.