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Lights, Camera, Action!
ince 1926, St. Bernard School has
been not only teaching students
in the South Hills a competitive
academic curriculum thoroughly
based in the Catholic faith, it’s been preparing
students for life.
With academic results that put it on the
same footing as public schools, parents who
desire their children to become lifelong
learners as well as devout practitioners of
the faith trust St. Bernard School with their
children from preschool through eighth grade.
And there’s plenty about St. Bernard School
that may surprise you as well—like its in-house television studio
that produces a morning broadcast to every classroom and to the
world through the school website.
“The studio was created about three years ago by our Technology
Director, Diane Veri, and three students who were interested in
television production,” said Molly Jesso, Director of Development
for the school. “Those original students, Brenden, Alex and JP, have
graduated, but passed the torch on to five new students who are
running the studio this year. They come to school early and do all
the production.”
Scripts for the morning programs are written by 8th
grade students the day before broadcast. Each morning,
the scripts are loaded into the teleprompter and the
broadcast is recorded and uploaded to the school’s server
so that it can be shown in every classroom and online.
In-house student anchors people relay the school’s news
and events to their peers via classroom smart boards. Not
only is school news discussed, but the latest school sports
scores, club news and lunch menus, Steelers
action, and national items like National Dog
Day news. The eclectic broadcast always ends
with the joke of the day and is uploaded onto
the school website by 9 a.m. There are even
special guests like WTAE’s Mike Harvey, Mike
Clark and the school pastor who will sit for
interviews for the benefit of the school.
“It’s not only a teaching tool, but a social
tool,” Jesso said. “It’s a great way for kids to
learn more and see more about what’s going
on in the school, and it also is a good way for
kids to get to know other kids in the school.
Younger kids get to see who the older kids are, which helps them
get more familiar with the school as a whole.”
Veri came to St. Bernard from the private sector, where she
was teaching business professionals the ins and outs of the
hardware and software they needed on a daily basis. Not only
does she help students get technological projects like the TV
studio off the ground, she oversees two computer labs and all of
the students’ laptops.
But technology at St. Bernard School is just one facet of the
many different ways that it helps prepare students for today’s
modern world within a traditional Catholic education,
ensuring that their students are every bit as prepared
for college as their public school peers. To learn about
everything else the school has to offer students, go
to the website at stbschool.net, or call 412.341.5444.
St. Bernard School is located in the heart of the South
Hills at 401 Washington Road, 15216.
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