Monday, February 4, 2013
Watch this video of Chartiers Valley students painting murals in the high school art room!
Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter! Chartiers Valley students are painting beautiful murals to revitalize the art room. The design and painting of two murals in the art room were captured in a stop-motion YouTube video. Kelly Hinnebusch painted Vermeer's "Girl With A Pearl Earring” in an area that will remain a traditional art space, while Jake Ciafre painted a portrait of Steve Jobs. Their art instructor, Chris McHugh, said the photos were put through Photoshop programming and then transferred to the art room cabinets before being painted on Jan. 10 and 11. McHugh said the murals are part of a project to revitalize the art room and help convert parts of it into a digital design studio…
Friday, January 18, 2013
Collier Township has agreed to provide “school resource officers” for the Chartiers Valley middle/high school and primary campuses. Find out when they could being walking the halls of the schools.
Collier Township agreed to provide “school resource officers” for the Chartiers Valley middle/high school and primary campuses, and they could begin walking the halls as early as February. The commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a contract with the school district that outlines the roles of the police officers, who commands them and reimbursement to the township. This comes just a week after the township appeared to be taking its time to study the issue despite several area residents urging the commissioners to hire the school resource officers. Township Manager Sal Sirabella said they weren’t far from agreeing to the program, but a variety of factors accelerated the agreement. “It was a lot of work done between the …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
But Collier officials said they want to “get it right” and probably won’t make a decision on the school security program for another two months.
At Collier Township’s voting meeting last week, several area residents urged municipal officials to immediately install a school resource officer at the middle/high and primary campuses. But Collier officials said they want to “get it right” and are continuing to examine how to implement the program and how it fits into overall school security. Township Manager Sal Sirabella said a school resource officer is a “key element” to school safety, but is not the only aspect. “There have to be other improvements,” Sirabella said. “This is just one small part to make a school safe. The school board recognizes it. So does the police chief and township commissioners. It becomes a huge, continuous effort, and the school resource officer is one …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Chartiers Valley students will participate in a “safety drill” Tuesday to prepare them in case of an emergency on the middle/high school campus or nearby in the community.
Chartiers Valley middle and high school students will participate in a “safety drill” Tuesday to prepare them in case of an emergency on campus or nearby in the community. The drill, the details of which were still being finalized Monday afternoon, will involve both students and teachers on how to react should there be an armed intruder inside the building or if it must be locked down for other reasons. The school district notified parents of the safety drill in a letter posted on its website last Friday. Superintendent Brian White Jr. said they will also conduct a “safety visit” to each classroom at the intermediate and primary schools this week. Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter “The…
Some Chartiers Valley students are preparing to take the Keystone Exams this week and next.
Some Chartiers Valley students are preparing to take the Keystone Exams this week and next. The Keystone Exams for students in ninth, 10th and 11th grades will be held on Jan 9, 10 and 15. Algebra I will be on Jan. 9, Literature will be held on Jan. 10 and Biology will be on Jan. 15. Eighth grade students who are scheduled to take the Algebra I exam will do so on Jan. 10. Makeup exams are scheduled for January 16, 17, 18, 22, and 23, according to the school district’s website. “Please see your homeroom teacher or school counselor for details regarding your exam session and testing requirements,” the school district said on its website. “Students are required to bring a fully-charged laptop and battery charger on exam dates as the Keystone …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The school district is working with police to place “school resource officers” inside the three campuses.
Chartiers Valley School District officials first thing Monday morning met with the police chiefs in Collier and Scott to review school security and how it can be improved. Superintendent Brian White Jr. spent the morning with Collier police Chief Tom Devin and Scott police Chief Jim Secreet and they discussed the possibility of adding a police officer to the district’s three school campuses. In a letter to parents Monday, White said they made the formal request to both police departments to have a “school resource officers” at the middle/high school, primary school and intermediate school. “The school district is making preparations to substantially fund this effort from our existing budget,” White wrote in the letter. The middle/high …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Sept. 28 at halftime when the Colts play New Castle at Chartiers Valley High School Stadium.
The Chartiers Valley 2012 Homecoming Court has been announced. The candidates for Homecoming Queen are MacKenzie Reffert, Berin Simsek, Jessica Kerr, Jackie Stewart and Kira Ablack. The candidates for Homecoming King are Austin Pilz, Dominic Politi, Seth Anderson, Joe Ragni, Tanhim Ahmed. The Homecoming King and Queen will be crowned Sept. 28 at halftime when the Colts play New Castle at Chartiers Valley High School Stadium. The Homecoming Carnival is scheduled for Sept. 27. Do you have Homecoming or Senior photos you'd like to share with our readers? Upload them to this story by clicking on the UPLOAD PHOTOS button at the top and bottom of the page! Like the Chartiers Valley Patch Facebook page or sign up for our Daily E-mail Newsletter!
Friday, February 10, 2012
The school district is thinking about upgrading its buildings to find energy savings.
As the Chartiers Valley Middle-High School campus continues to age, district officials are thinking about upgrading the buildings to find elusive energy savings. The school board invited an energy engineer to its Tuesday night workshop meeting in order to learn details about how energy saving audits work and what problems might surface. John Mier of Mier Energy Engineer said school districts have to be careful that savings be calculated properly and not be less than the cost of the long-term loans to make the upgrades. He pointed to some audits that might overstate the energy savings depending or overprice the construction costs. “If you go into an energy savings contract it’s really important that you drive the bus,” Mier said. The …
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Wayne Capers throws two touchdowns and runs for two more scores in the 36-10 victory.
Chartiers Valley quarterback Wayne Capers scored two touchdowns on the ground and threw for another two scores Friday night to lead the Colts to a 36-10 victory over Belle Vernon. Capers got the Colts on the board early with a big play when he faked a handoff, took the ball to the right side and ran 47 yards for the touchdown 2:23 into the first quarter. The Leopards (2-3, 2-1) responded with a field goal, and a made a big fourth down stop against the Colts in the red zone. However, a fumbled snap by Belle Vernon gave the Colts the ball at the 12. Four plays later, Capers plowed the ball into the endzone from the goal line. A fake extra point gave the Colts a 15-3 lead in the second quarter. Belle Vernon pulled close on a 40-yard …
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Steelergirl
11:38 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
I'm glad to hear they were able to work out a contract and the officers will be receiving more training! Our children's safety is the most important thing here and as a parent of children at the high school and primary school i'm happy to know the officers may be there as soon as February. more ›