Handmade
Arcade
The students in the Intermediate School
Life Skills and Autistic Support Classroom
were chosen to participate in the Handmade
Arcade at the Convention Center on Saturday,
December 7, 2019. The students participated in
the student-run business called The Squad Shop.
The class makes and sells alcohol-ink trivets/hot
plates and coasters. All the work and sales are
done through the classroom.
The student entrepreneurs are developing
real-life skills in thinking, creativity,
collaboration, communication, technology, and
financial literacy, as we take a project-based
learning experience and link it to our Alternate
Standards through production, sales, and
community giving.
Our business is sponsored by Real World
Scholars (RWS) which is a 501C3 and approved
by the South Fayette Township School District.
RWS will finance our product development
through an e-wallet, and the profits will benefit
us however we choose, whether it goes towards
classroom supplies, reward systems, Special
Olympics uniforms, or a field trip!
At the Handmade Arcade event, the students
showed significant growth. The students worked
the event and spoke to customers and were the
top selling student entrepreneur group. They
cannot wait to vote on a field trip to go on!
FBI HOPE Heroin Abuse
Prevention Winners
South Fayette High School students Sean Becker, Trenton
Delaney, Dea Monz, and Matt Sgro were awarded first place in FBI
Pittsburgh’s annual HOPE public service announcement contest for
the entry “The Choice is Yours.” This is the third year in a row South
Fayette has received this top honor. This contest was created to raise
awareness for the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania.
Participants were tasked to create a three-minute video focusing
on why people turn to addiction and offer potential alternatives to
using drugs. The video was named the top submission in western
Pennsylvania by a panel of FBI agents, police officers, drug treatment
center employees and former
addicts. South Fayette High School
will receive a $5,000 grant. Media
teacher Matt Caprio and School
Resource Officer Jeff Sgro sponsored
the project.
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