Pittsburgh Public Schools News

Planet Earth Television and Duquesne University will present the premiere screening of Scientastic at Pittsburgh CAPA High School on Monday May 3, 2010 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Pittsburgh CAPA was selected as a number of the school’s students participated in the filming of the educational television program’s pilot.

To learn more of about the Scientastic please view the release here or visit the show’s website at http://scientastictv.com/. (more…)

Marjorie Rendell, Federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (also, the First Lady of Pennsylvania) and Kimberly Brown, President of the Allegheny County Bar Association address a class of Seniors at Pittsburgh Schenley to discuss careers in law.

» Watch the video at PPStube.

Pittsburgh City Council officially declared Tuesday, April 27, 2010 “Summer Dreamers Academy Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.

» Read City Council Proclamation (more…)

There’s less than one week to go until the Pittsburgh Marathon and the Pittsburgh Promise runners have been training hard for the big day.  Thanks so much to all of you who have supported the Promise by making a contribution on our team website!  If you would like to make a contribution, you can still do so at http://www.firstgiving.com/pps. The team has exceeded the initial goal of $2,500 and is now aiming for $5,000.  UPMC will match $1.00 for every $1.50 that is contributed to The Pittsburgh Promise. (more…)

Judge Marjorie Rendell addresses students at Schenley High School as part of Pittsburgh Public Schools’ “Judges in the Classroom” program yesterday afternoon. The program is designed to get students more comfortable with and interested in the judicial system. (more…)

Pittsburgh Public Schools was the focus this year of a competition at UC Berkeley in addition to winning a $40 million grant from the Gates Foundation for their Empowering Effective Teachers initiative.