LOOP
IN
THE
C O N T I N U E D
culture, key values and traditions of
family and community. The preschool
through eighth grade school has
enrollment of 370 students from nine
surrounding school districts.
The Learning Enrichment Fund
for Blessed Francis Seelos Academy
was established two years ago.
The committee’s goal for the 2018-2019
school year was to bring in at least one
schoolwide program for each letter
of STREAM—Science, Technology
Religion, Engineering, Art and Math.
Every K-8 student at Seelos had a
hands-on opportunity to build the mosaic
that will hang in the school building for
many, many years to come.
BLESSED FRANCIS
SEELOS ACADEMY
STUDENTS WORK WITH
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
TO CREATE MOSAIC
Professional artist Laura Jean
McLaughlin was a resident artist for 10
weeks on the campus of Blessed Francis
Seelos Academy in Wexford this spring.
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She worked with a core group of eighth
graders each week, and each homeroom
from kindergarten through seventh grade
also spent time with the artist. Together,
the students made a large mosaic—
designing it, nipping tiles, gluing tiles,
grouting and more—that now stands
near the school lobby. It is made of
ceramic and mirrored tiles and represents
the many facets of a Seelos Academy
education and community, including
representations of spiritual and academic
aspects as well as fine arts, athletics and
the school’s extracurricular activities. It
also illustrates the friendships that are
formed among the school community.
McLaughlin has created and installed
more than 100 collaborative mosaic
murals and installations throughout
the city of Pittsburgh and as far away as
Tolne, Denmark. The program was part
of the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and
Media through the Artists in Schools &
Communities Program.
Blessed Francis Seelos Academy was
established in 2017 through a merger
of Saint Alexis Parish School and Saint
Alphonsus Parish School. Located on
two campuses in Wexford, the academy
integrates Catholic teachings with the
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ANIMAL CHARITIES
IN SOUTHWESTERN
PA BENEFIT FROM
CLEARVIEW’S
COMMUNITY GIVING
PROGRAM
Clearview Federal Credit Union
announced the selection of several local
animal charities and shelters located
near financial centers in southwestern
Pennsylvania as the benefactors of its
Community Giving Program for the first
quarter of 2019.
The animal shelters benefiting from
this program include the Beaver County
Humane Society, Action for Animals
Humane Society, Two Ladies and Four
Paws Rescue, Animal Protectors, Steel
City Rescue, Butler Humane Society,
Animal Friends, and the Hancock
County Shelter.
Financial centers in Chippewa, Center,
Hopewell, Latrobe, Lower Burrell,
Delmont, Butler, and East Liverpool are
participating and have received a wish
list of items needed by the shelters. Due
to recent flooding at the Beaver County
Humane Society, cash donations will also
be accepted at the Hopewell, Chippewa,
and Center financial centers in order to
provide extra assistance. n