Above: King's use as a teacher academy was one topic of Saturday's meeting by Kelsey Shea Northside residents and community leaders sat down with several incoming and current Pittsburgh Public School Board members this weekend to discuss the future of education on the Northside. At 11 a.m. on Saturd...

Do you have concerns about Northside public schools? Join the Northside Leadership Conference tomorrow, Saturday, July 20 at 11 a.m. at Bistro To Go Annex for a meeting with Pittsburgh Public School Board members. The NSLC education committee believes this is an important opportunity to raise awaren...

What’s new and exciting these days at King? There are several new and exciting things happening at King these days.  First ,we celebrate The Success Schools Model, which has motivated our students academically and behaviorally.  Our students are building their leadership skills and demonstrating res...

by Kelsey Shea With the concerns about failing schools and the impending budget crisis looming, the three candidates for the District 9 seat of the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Education discussed the future they saw for the public education in Pittsburgh on April 25. The Northside Leadership ...

Allegheny sixth grade essay winner Amirah Winston accepted her award from Elks drug awareness chairmen and the AGH Parntership coordinator in February. Allegheny sixth grader Amirah Winston celebrated winning an anti-drug essay writing contest in February with the Allegheny Elks. The Elks voted her ...

The Northside Leadership Conference and A+ Schools will host an event where community members can come and meet the three candidates for the District 9 school board seat. Community members concerned about the Pittsburgh Public Schools are encouraged to attend. "The winner is more likely to be respon...

Next year, Flloyd McCrea will step down from his position of Pittsburgh Public Schools school board member from District 9, which includes Summer Hill, Brighton Heights, Observatory Hill and part of Brightwood. Looking to take his seat are Dr. Lorraine Burton Eberhardt, Dave Schuilenburg and Carolyn...

What’s new and exciting these days at Schiller? We are very excited about the iPad initiative. Because of the hard work and dedication of Ms. Spanoudakis, our eight grade math teacher and ITL2, we have received an iPad for each of our seventh and eighth grade students, as well as a classroom set for...

What’s new and exciting these days at Spring Hill K-5? We are looking forward to continuing our partnership with Mercy behavioral Health and their program called Dancing Classrooms in January.   This is a program designed for fifth graders that we usually participate in during the fall. But due to a...