Nominate a Keystone Oaks graduate for the
2018 Alumni Achievement Award through April 6, 2018
service to the Keystone Oaks community. The Alumni
Achievement Award Committee may select a
maximum of four individuals to receive the
award.
The committee will also accept
nominations for individuals who did
not attend Keystone Oaks or Dormont
High Schools but have made significant
contributions to the District, as well as past
employees.
Please visit www.kosd.org/KOAlumni.
aspx to submit an electronic or paper
application. Please submit a photo of the
nominee with your form.
For more information, contact Mrs. Sarah Welch, at
412-571-6020 or via email [email protected].
Keystone Oaks’
Elementary STEAM
Program Featured
During Ignite Talk
at 2017 STEAM
Showcase
Keystone Oaks Elementary STEAM teachers
Jennifer Martin and Aaron Colf highlighted the
success of the District’s Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)
program as part of the 2017 STEAM Showcase on Oct. 24.
The Center for Creativity at the Allegheny Intermediate
Unit hosted the showcase, a regional celebration of STEAM
education that featured how students and teachers have
integrated STEAM concepts into school curriculums to redefine
student learning.
This year’s STEAM Showcase also included a series of
three-minute Ignite Talks, where six school districts shared
the components of their STEAM programs that make them
successful. Ms. Martin and Mr. Colf shared the story of how
Keystone Oaks’ STEAM program utilizes a number of low-tech,
hands-on projects to teach students about the design process.
In addition to the Ignite Talk, the teachers also displayed
projects from the 2017 Fifth Grade Invention Convention,
where students were challenged to redesign and make
The Keystone Oaks School District is accepting
applications for the 2018 Alumni Achievement
Award through April 6, 2018. The recipients
will be recognized during the annual Senior
Awards Banquet in May.
To qualify, nominees must be alumni
of Keystone Oaks High School or the
former Dormont High School who
have graduated at least 10 years ago.
Additionally, the committee may select an
individual each year who has graduated
in the past decade and has met the other
requirements. Alumni Achievement Award
nominations will be evaluated based upon
extraordinary achievement in academia and/
or the arts; professional accomplishments; and/or
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improvements to their desk, chair or locker. As part of the
project, students interviewed their peers to gather ideas, built
a rapid prototype and then redefined their design to include
two working elements. Ideas ranged from cup holders and
pencil sharpeners for their desks, to foot and head rests for
their chairs, and extra shelves and lighting in their lockers,
which students built using cardboard, duct tape, glue and
other low-tech materials.
The project was funded by a STEAM grant through the
Center for Creativity at the Allegheny Intermediate Unit
and funded by Chevron and the Benedum and Grable
Foundations. Now in its 10th consecutive year, more than
200 STEAM grants have been distributed to school districts
throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.