The digital media production
students produced the telethon.
great organization and I loved
working with them and talking
to people involved. I could not
be more proud of the other
students in the TV department
for helping me to put on such
a great show and raise so much
money for Make-A-Wish.”
This year the telethon was
available in high definition and
was streamed live on the Swift
Fox Media YouTube channel.
The telethon was also aired live
December 22 through Verizon
FIOS and Comcast.
According to Fairview Elementary School computer science
teacher and FCEA President-Elect Lisa Lang, reaching out
to serve others in the community is a very important lesson
for everyone. “We realize it isn’t only necessary to educate
the students academically, so we choose these types of
projects to not only give back to the community, but to model
stewardship for our students.”
A Hartwood Elementary
School fifth grader proudly
sports his ugly sweater.
The school sponsored an
ugly sweater day with all
proceeds going to Make-A-
Wish.
The 2017 telethon total
brings the money raised
by Fox Chapel Area
School District students
to more than $805,000
over the last 28 years for
various local and regional
charities.
The members of the FCEA have made it a priority to help
others. In the past, they have conducted food, book, and
clothing drives that benefit the Fox Chapel Area School
District community and beyond. The FCEA has 381
members and includes teachers, librarians, nurses, and school
counselors.
Students across the district held
many fundraisers for the telethon.
Fairview Elementary School teachers Dennis Emert and Kristen Bost fold
donations from the FCEA blanket drive. Mr. Emert is an instrumental
music teacher and Mrs. Bost is a second-grade teacher.
Dorseyville Middle School Student Council officers presented the middle
school’s contribution to Make-A-Wish on-air during the telethon.
Fairview Elementary School teachers Mrs. Bost (left) and Lisa Lang box
donations from the FCEA blanket drive. Mrs. Lang, a computer science
teacher, is the FCEA president-elect.
FOX CHAPEL AREA
❘
SPRING 2018
15
M
embers of the Fox Chapel Educators
Association (FCEA) recently collected more
than 165 new and gently-used blankets. The
association collected the blankets over a two-
week period as part of its endeavors to reach out beyond
the Fox Chapel Area schools and into the communities.
The blankets were donated to two Aspinwall residents who
venture out every Monday evening to personally deliver
blankets to the homeless in the greater Pittsburgh area. The
FCEA feels that this underpublicized charity is very
worthwhile and decided to conduct a blanket collection to
assist in the efforts.
FCEA COLLECTS
BLANKETS TO
HELP OTHERS