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STEAM and Specials Area teachers celebrated the work of the Second Grade students by holding a week-long celebration called “ Glowing Out in Style !” From May 31 to June 6 , students entered transformed classrooms to participate in curricular activities for Art , Arts Alive , Library , Music , Physical Education , and Learning Lab . These activities included Glow Engineering , Cosmic Bowling , Glow Painting , Shadow Screen Dancing , Cardio Drumming , and even a Glow-in-the-dark Book ! The teachers created the glow through the use of many UV black lights .

The idea for celebrating Second Grade , the oldest grade level at South Fayette Elementary ,
Students draw animals after reading the glow-in-the-dark book .
began in March when STEAM Coordinator , Melissa Unger , presented the idea during a Specials Area team meeting . Lauren Cribbs , Alexis Deyarmin , Chloe Matrascia , and Dana Falosk agreed that collaborating for “ Glowing Out in Style ” would benefit the students . As Ms . Unger states , “ the program is designed to both celebrate our students as they move to the next grade level , and also to show students connections between the variety of Arts , Sciences , and Athletics available to them at South Fayette .”
The Specials Area team looks to continue this new tradition of pride and excellence for Second Grade students .
More Glow engineering in STEAM
Glow engineering in STEAM
One student asked to engineer Ms . Unger a glowing skirt .

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South Fayette GLOW Run / SHOUT Uncommon Conference on Diversity , Equity , and Inclusion

Saturday , June 4 , 2022 , SHOUT held it ’ s 2nd Annual Uncommon Conference in conjunction with the 8th Annual SF Glow Run for Four Diamonds pediatric cancer research . As the runners were raising funds , we had this other thing happening to showcase the myriad of cultures in South Fayette .

We show cased Henna Art , Irish Dancing , Classical and Bhangra Indian dance from our very own SHOUT cofounder Yamini Yepuri and her friends from the University of Pittsburgh . We also highlighted “ Slappin ’ Leather ” country line dancing by our very own Arts Alive teacher , Dana Falosk .
We also had a parent teach the Cham Cham , a Bollywood line dance .
Urban line dancing was next with the Cupid Shuffle and then an EPIC mommy-daughter dance off with Dominique Robinson and her daughter .
And , we closed out the night with a South Asian rap music “ banger ” the Lungi Dance featuring our very own Dr . Payal Mital .
Overall , it was an amazing event for our students , parents , community members , faculty , and SHOUT mascot - The Meerkat . Can ’ t wait until next year ! # SFLionPride # handprintsHEALfootprints # FTK
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