WHAT’S NEWS IN SEWICKLEY
CONGRATULATIONS TO
SEWICKLEY ACADEMY’S
STATE CHAMPION BOYS
BASKETBALL TEAM
The varsity boys basketball team defeated
Philadelphia’s Constitution High School
68-63 in overtime on Friday, March 24, and
captured the PIAA Class 2A Boys Basketball
Championship. The Panthers overcame a
12-point deficit in the first quarter and a
6-point deficit with 2:35 remaining in the
fourth quarter to ultimately win Sewickley
Academy’s third state title in school history.
Senior Justin Pryor led the Panthers with
21 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore
Nate Ridgeway scored 14 of his 16 points in
the second half and during overtime. Junior
Dave Groetsch knocked down a 3-pointer
with a minute to go to tie the game. Senior
Declan Hickton scored the opening points
of overtime and senior Chris Groetsch had 4
steals during the game to go with his 8 points.
Visit sewickley.org to learn more about
Sewickley Academy’s Athletic Program and
its tradition of excellence. Go Panthers!
CADD CONNECTIONS:
LOCAL COMPANIES
INSPIRE FUTURE
ENGINEERS
David Yackuboskey and his students from
the Intro to CADD class at Cardinal Wuerl
North Catholic High School (CWNCHS)
spent a day touring relevant STEM career
locations. The first stop of the STEM tour,
Michael Baker International, introduced
actual models used in the construction and
renovation of roadways — generated using
the same computer software students use in
the classroom.
Lunchtime found the group at Robert
Morris University’s Department of
Engineering. The scale of RMU’s STEM
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efforts was exponential next to the CWNC
classroom. Students were blown away by
the amount of computer-aided machinery
available to the engineering students. Students
recognized that the seemingly simple skills
they are developing in class are being honed at
universities across the nation, and deployed to
solve some of our generation’s most pressing
challenges.
The afternoon portion took the students
to Cadnetics, a full-service production team
that leads a project from existing building
document through computer-aided design and
building information modeling, to 3D visual
representations. James Mauler and Travis
Johnson of Cadnetics captured students’
attention with a laser scanner rendering
of a 3D model of the room they were in.
The model was created and could then be
manipulated using similar CADD software to
what is used in the classroom.
The combination of the tour with a
passionate teacher and project-based
opportunities for the students prepares a new
generation for the 21st century jobs we can
only imagine.
Read more at stemcareertours.com.
ART EXPOSÉ— WHERE
ART MEETS FASHION!
Go to Art Exposé in Wexford and see
distinctive handcrafted artwork, giftware and
fashion created by artisans from destinations
around
the world,
including
Portugal,
Madagascar,
India and America. The artwork is of various
media, including glass, porcelain, 3-D
photographs, children’s reversible dresses,
lamps made from real leaves, shoes from South
America and much more. Many of the artists
have a social mission that Art Exposé supports.
The gifts are hand-selected by small-
business owner Carolyn Dorazio and inspired
from her own collection. The shop prides
itself on supplying items found nowhere
else in Pittsburgh or perhaps Pennsylvania,
and searches far and wide to find that one-
of-a-kind gift. It can special-order your own
taste! Art Exposé is located in the Old Village
of Wexford at 120 Church Road. Hours are
Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Look for special events over the summer
with Magnolia on Main traveling fashion truck
in the parking lot! For more information, call
724.900.0480 or visit theartexpose.com.
SCGC BI-ANNUAL
GARDEN TOUR
On June 16 and 17 the Sewickley Civic
Garden Council (SCGC) will be hosting its
bi-annual garden tour. Five splendid gardens
will be featured on the tour, two of which
are on classic estate properties with
great historical significance.
Additionally,
one of the gardens
will feature
handblown glass
pieces by Gallery G Glass, Pittsburgh’s oldest
glass blowing studio.
All proceeds from the garden tour are
used by SCGC to maintain green spaces in
Sewickley and surrounding communities as
well as provide funding for local charities.
For more information, contact Annie
Gensheimer at 412.759.9671 or Cindy
Connelley at 412.916.0226,
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