The National Aviary Visits First Grade at Heritage

The National Aviary visited First Grade at Heritage Elementary today! As part of the First Grade curriculum, students study the habitats of plants and animals, focusing on habitats of Pennsylvania and then the world. Through the Aviary’s traveling program, our first grade was able to learn about different penguins and their habitats as well as meet a female African penguin named, Tribby. Tribby was named after the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. A big thank you to the Heritage PTO and the Pittsburgh National Aviary for sponsoring this amazing educational experience!

                        

Civil Engineering in Grades 4 & 5

Teams of students in Compacted Math 4/5 have been tasked with designing and building a city as a culminating project for the 2018-19 school year. Today, Civil Engineer John Frydrych presented at Sloan about the “must haves” and constraints of city building. He also provided insight on the importance of teamwork and collaboration. At the end of his presentation, Heritage, Newlonsburg and Sloan students had the opportunity to ask questions about engineering and to get advice on their Geocities projects.

4th Grade Mini-Career Fair Speaker Series

Heritage students in 4th grade participated in a mini-career fair speaker series this past Monday. After presenting, career speakers encouraged students to ask questions and in turn provided valuable information pertaining to their field of expertise! Career day was a wonderful opportunity for students to engage in further exploration and investigation of potential careers that exist ahead of them!

From left: Lauren Cheyne , pharmacist , Susan Stewart Bayne,mental health therapist, Lisa Hanington, graphic designer/illustrator
Back row from left -Officer Jerry Cooley & Tim Skoog FRSD police

First Grade Integrates Art and Writing @ The Westmoreland

First grade students at Heritage visited The Westmoreland Museum of American Art for an annual educational trip generously sponsored by the museum. At the museum, students were encouraged to interact with the art using their senses and through writing.  Prior to visiting the museum first grade curriculum centered around the utilization of art as a means to evoke descriptive language - specifically poetry.