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...

Right: Michel Sauret self-published his book "Amidst Traffic" in November. by Megan Trimble On his way home from work one day, Spring Garden resident Michel Sauret came upon congested traffic at the Northside ramp and a family of nine from Ireland, stranded next to a large white van. “We got to talk...

Above: Waltmire Pharmacy after the paint and landscaping work done by CASGED. (Photos courtesy CASGED). Using a $1,000 Love Your Block grant, the Community Alliance of Spring Garden and East Deutschtown, leveraged over $5,000 in donated funds and supplies to drastically improve the aesthetics of Spr...

Above: CASGED plans to improve the gateway to East Deutschtown. With the help of several grants, East Deutchtown is investing in its curb appeal. In an attempt to draw people into their neighborhood, the Community Alliance of Spring Garden and East Deutchtown is investing roughly $120,000 in its ver...

The Education Partnership, a Pennsylvanian nonprofit is donating thousands of dollars of school supplies to Pittsburgh Schiller in East Deutschtown. A magnet middle school in Northside, Schiller will receive critically needed school and class room supplies at no cost to them, up to three times a yea...

Above: A scene from last year's German parade. (courtesy Randy Strothman) September is a good month to be a Northsider, especially a Northsider of German-speaking heritage   Throughout the year, outsiders can see some German roots in neighborhoods with names like Deutschtown and communities with Ger...

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