WHAT’ S NEWS IN NORTH ALLEGHENY
HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, HERITAGE BODY & SOUL!
Body & Soul, a women’ s fitness and wellness ministry, celebrated one year with a week of anniversary festivities April 24- 29. Award-winning news anchor Jennifer Antkowiak spoke on April 25 about Women’ s Wellness. Following her talk, she instructed a WALK15 aerobics class. That evening, Officer Jason Venturella from the Franklin Park Police Department taught a Women’ s Personal Defense class. Fun raffles took place all week long! Other events included a fitness clothing fashion show presented by JOY Fitwear and the enjoyment of a delicious birthday cake.
Body & Soul is located in Heritage Presbyterian Church, 2262 Rochester Road. Sunday worship is at 10 a. m. Call 412.366.1356 for more information, or visit heritagepcusa. org.
5TH ANNUAL ALEX’ S LEMONADE STAND
The 5th Annual Alex’ s Lemonade Stand will take place Saturday, July 15, from noon to 4 p. m. at Pinkerton Road and Scarlet Circle( Woodland Farms Housing Plan) in Wexford. Lemonade, cookies and even dog treats will be free and available, but donations are appreciated. All donations will go to Alex’ s Lemonade Foundation. For more information, email jjbraim @ gmail. com.
About Alex’ s Lemonade Stand
When Alex— who was diagnosed with childhood cancer just before her first birthday— was four, she told her parents she wanted to set up a front-yard lemonade stand.
Her plan was to give the money to doctors to help them find a cure. Her first“ Alex’ s Lemonade Stand” raised an astonishing $ 2,000 in one day. While bravely fighting her own cancer, Alex continued to set up lemonade stands every year. As news spread of the remarkable girl so dedicated to helping other sick children, people everywhere were inspired to start their own lemonade stands— donating the proceeds to her cause.
MUSIC FOR MS
MuSic for MS, a Pittsburgh-based music festival that benefits those living with MS, will host its fourth annual event at Hartwood Acres on Aug. 12. Over the past three years, $ 132,500 has been raised.
Many local performers will be featured this year including Mark Dignam, Tullycavy, the North Allegheny Fiddlers and Folk Chorale. National band performances will include The Seamus Egan Project( founder of Solas) and Donna the Buffalo. The Master of Ceremonies for the event will once again be Pittsburgh’ s own Michele Michaels from WDVE Radio.
In addition to great music, this familyfriendly event will include some of the region’ s best local food, beverage and merchandise vendors. Doors open at 3 p. m. and musical acts will begin at 4 p. m. All parking for this event is available on site and is free of charge.
MuSic for MS will be held rain or shine and is a general admission event, with 100-percent outdoor seating on the Hartwood Acres Amphitheater lawn. Please bring your own chairs and / or blankets. No umbrellas, tents or shelters will be permitted in the main seating area.
For more information, contact Greg Lusty at 724.601.3923.
CWNC TEACHERS HONORED
Three teachers from Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic were recently honored for the completion of year-long Distinguished Educator Research Fellowships through Grow a Generation.
Amy Murray developed a Zebrafish Aquaria in her classroom and enabled 16 of her AP Biology students to compete in the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair, doing sophisticated experimentation on zebrafish embryos. In addition, Murray is in the process of developing a website that chronicles her class’ experiences with zebrafish research. The website will serve future students and other biology teachers around the globe who will be able to access her methods.
Murray was assisted by mentor Elizabeth Rochon, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Gladwin Lab, University of Pittsburgh. Students from the AP Biology classroom were able to visit the University of Pittsburgh Zebrafish Aquarium and listen to the fascinating research of Dr. Michael Tsang during a STEM Career Tour earlier in the year. The visit inspired the kids to look deeply into current methods of medical research.“ Their experience with authentic science research, one that is fed by their own curiosity, transforms the classroom into a place where students discover their future,” says Murray.
Beth Young, Director of the Drama Department and Director of Forensics, led students to develop augmented reality experiences to enhance drama projects in the school. Students experimented with making media for Aurasma, an interaction app for cell phones. They created still photography and graphic designs in addition to digital movies that interacted with a user’ s cell phone. Projects are archived at CWNCDrama. weebly. com. The CWNC Drama Program has readily moved in the direction of STEAM( Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) by learning to incorporate the technology available on its new stage, and by looking for other ways to integrate technology into the arts.“ We are looking forward to the continued use of technology in our drama program. Theater, like all of the arts, needs to
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