UNESCO
Club
T
he UNESCO Club meets monthly to explore cultures
and traditions of countries around the world. The
students interact with a partner school in Brazil
through the Gigipan Educational Website. This year they
focused on holidays celebrated around the world, by
including crafts, games, activities, and food.
At the UNESCO Club meeting in March, students viewed
short video demonstrations on how to set up and use
Gigipan Robots. The robots were used to take Gigipan
Panoramic photos outside, including the Varsity track meet
at the stadium. Veteran UNESCO Club members assisted
new members with using the Gigipan. The club used the Gigipan
outh Fayette
South Fayette Township S C HO OL DIS T RIC T NE WS
South Fayette Technology
Student Association (TSA)
Competes at States
F
or the 18th straight year, South Fayette High School
Technology Student Association (TSA) students have
competed in the rigorous state competitions under the
advisement of Brain Garlick. This association is the longest
running STEM related academic program in the District that
began with 5 students during the 2005-2006 school year and has
grown to over 40 this year.
This year 26 students were eligible to compete in various
state events after qualifying in the regional competitions in
January. The state events were held April 9-11, 2014 at Seven
60 South Fayette
Robots to take pictures of the new Intermediate School in April
and will be attending the Student Ambassador Conference in May.
Springs with the following students representing South Fayette
TSA; Seniors Aaron Gaunt, Broderick Haney, Max Hanich,
Ben Kenawell, Josh Phillips, and Jake Sustrich; Juniors Gavin
Allcorn, Mark Babatunde, Lauryn Blum, Karan Bokil, Allison
Brown, Anthony Ciamacco, Sarah Hertzler, Nick Karafilis,
Alice Kenawell, Brooke Ley, Brennan McCann, Matt Speidel,
Jessica Walasik, and Jackie Witwicki; Sophomore Cara Price;
and Freshmen Brayden Allcorn, Sam Cohen, David Hudock,
Mitansh Madan, and Nick Wilke.
After three days of individual and/or team testing,
interviews, technology and engineering competitions, the
following students ranked in the top ten out of the entire state.
Congratulations to Kara Price who took 2nd place in both Biomedical Essay and Promotional Graphics; Mark Babatunde took
10th place in Career Prep; and the team of Allison Brown, Sarah
Hertzler, Ben Kenawell and Cara Price placed 10th in the
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