Congratulations to our hardworking and talented Staff Members of the Month, Mrs. Nocera and Mr. Ferrante! If you would like to nominate a staff member please contact Dr. McCoy at jmccoy1@pghboe.net.

Today Pittsburgh SciTech held its’ annual SciTech’s Got Talent event! Our amazing middle school and high school students put on courageous displays singing, dancing and spoken word. Head on over to our school’s Facebook page to see photographs of the high school performers!

(from left, Mr. Marshall, Issam A. (12th Grade Male Student of the Year), Maya A. (12th Grade Female Student of the Year), Mr. Hofer, Dr. McCoy)

On Thursday, May 18th Pittsburgh SciTech recognized our amazing students at the annual SciTech Awards Night. Awards were given based off of student character, achievement and athletic excellence. The event was held at Scaife Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus and was widely attended. Thank you to all of the staff and family members that attended this spectacular event!

(photo taken during the students visit to the National September 11th Memorial and Museum)

The Girls Who Code (GWC) club touched down in NYC early Friday morning.  After an afternoon of exploring, GWC met with Chris Fabian and his innovation team at UNICEF.  Here the girls showed off their applications and compared notes with this elite team of coders whose most well know effort has been developing apps that help fight the spread of Ebola in Africa.

The GWC arrived at the Regional Technovation Competition as the furthest traveled team.  Although tired and damp (from the rain), one of our teams took first place and won!  The teams are as listed: China Reddix & Aeryn Anderson(honorable mention), McKensi Ford & Amira Johnson (first place),  and Cheyenne Evans & Isabelle Walker & Caryelle Deffenbaugh (honorable mention).  Our winning team, who go by ESTEEM, is not done working.  Though they have claimed 1st place at the regional competition, their app will now be judged by a nation wide panel.  If they clear this next round, ESTEEM will be invited to the world wide Technovation competition held in San Diego.  All in all, these seven girls represented SciTech for what it truly is: an opportunity to Dream, Discover, and Design.

Congratulations to our awesome Staff Members of the Month, Mrs. Moore and Officer Daniels! If you would like to nominate a staff member please contact Dr. McCoy at jmccoy1@pghboe.net.

Thank you so much to the amazing moms, grandmoms, aunts, big sisters and family friends that joined us for the 3rd Annual Muffins for Moms event! It was an amazing success and our staff was overwhelmed to have over 90 guests join us for breakfast pastries and beverages. The student run photo booth was highly utilized and hard copies of the photographs will be distributed in the next two weeks!

We want to hear from our SciTech Families! Each year we use the results of the Pittsburgh Public Schools Parent Survey to improve Pittsburgh SciTech so that we can provide the best educational experience for your student!

This year, students can earn a grade level pizza party! In order to maximize family participation in the PPS Parent Survey,the SciTech Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has decided to award the grade level with the highest survey completion percentage with a Pizza Party! There are two ways students can contribute to their grade level completion percentage:

1. Paper Copy: Bring in the completed paper copy that was mailed to student homes by PPS. Bring this to Mr. Kozminski, room 124 during 3rd period.
2. Online: Collect a screenshot of the confirmation page once the survey is completed online. You can take a screenshot and print it or send it as an image to ckozminski1@pghboe.net. Be sure to include the student name and grade level if sending via email. To show a hard copy please come to see Mr. Kozminski, room 124 during 3rd period.

The survey is live from March 22nd – June 9th, however, the grade level pizza party results will be finalized on Friday, May 26th.

Go to www.ppsparentsurvey.com to take the survey today! Paper copies of the survey are available in the main office and can be picked up by students.