IN Monroeville Summer 2017 | Page 8

WHAT ’ S NEWS IN MONROEVILLE
2017 MONROEVILLE JAZZ FESTIVAL
The 2017 Monroeville Jazz Festival will held be on Saturday Aug . 19 at the Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville Community Park West , off of Tillbrook Road .
The festival is growing ! This year there will be three acts , opening at 4:30 p . m . with the Funky Fly Project , made up of four high school students that are rapidly gaining attention for their great musical talents . At
6 p . m ., a popular local talent , Etta Cox , will take the stage . At 7:30 p . m . Grammy Award nominee Tony DeSare and his quartet will return to the Monroeville Jazz Festival .
Plenty of free parking , including handicapped parking , will be available , and good food and beverages will be available for purchase from several food trucks on site .
This year ’ s partner , the Epilepsy Foundation of Western / Central Pennsylvania , will be collecting donations and providing information . For more information , visit monroevillejazz . org or search @ MonroevilleJazz on Facebook .
MURRYSVILLE GARDEN CLUB ANNUAL PLANT SALE
The Murrysville Garden Club ’ s annual fundraising plant sale will be held May 11 through 13 at the Murrysville Fire Department ’ s pavilion , located at 3235 Sardis Road . The club ’ s beautiful plants make wonderful Mother ’ s Day gifts ! The event will last from 11 a . m . to 7 p . m . on Thursday , May 11 , 8 a . m . to 7 p . m . on Friday , May 12 and 8 a . m . to noon on Saturday , May 13 . For more information , contact Nina Damato at damato419 @ comcast . net .
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FORBES ROAD CAREER & TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES EDUCATION TO HOMEBOUND STUDENT
Not even a second kidney transplant will stop the education process for Jarrod Danka , a first year student and 10th grader in Mr . George Karnbauer ’ s Computer Networking & Security ( CNS ) program at Forbes Road Career & Technology Center ( FRCTC ).
Danka , who resides in the Highlands School District , is continuing his CNS coursework through an online , face-to-face platform with Karnbauer as he is currently classified as a ‘ homebound ’ student and is recovering from his surgery . So he is not missing critical competency hours , Karnbauer sets aside a portion of his prep and class time to continue Danka ’ s instruction through the use of video chat . Assignments are uploaded for Danka to download and complete . Upon completion , Danka does the same to upload his work for Karnbauer to look over and grade .
Karnbauer explains , “ Basically , I give Jarrod a task list with deadlines for the assignments and he returns them to me electronically . I will offer him further explanation when we are on our video chat sessions and Jarrod asks me questions in return . Though we typically speak privately , Jarrod enjoys the chat sessions during class times when he can also speak to his peers .”
How did this come about ? It was Danka ’ s parents that were concerned with his
education and him falling behind . Thanks to technology , continuing Danka ’ s education is much easier when he has his books to work from , but he can also maintain a dialogue with his instructor as well . Karnbauer works around Danka ’ s scheduled medical appointments , which could be at any time and on any day , but for the most part , he and Danka will video chat two to three times per week , for about 30 minutes a day . Karnbauer says that it works since FRCTC offers a ‘ competency based ’ education . They can work at Danka ’ s pace without the work being too overwhelming .
Danka ’ s father reported that his son had his first transplant in 2009 . Danka received his second kidney on Feb . 15 of this year at Children ’ s Hospital . Danka and his family are careful to not expose him to viruses and sickness from the outside , but his father is hopeful that he gets to return to school full time in a couple of weeks .
Danka says confidently , “ I get a lot of support from my family and my schools . In addition to ‘ Mr . K ’ teaching me , I have a tutor that comes to the house four days a week to help me with my core classes at Highlands . However , right now for CNS , I have to make a flowchart on the preventative maintenance practices of a computer .”
“ I will do everything I can to help a student and would never get in the way of a student who wants to learn . Jarrod wants to learn and I want to see him succeed ,” says Karnbauer .
More information available at gofundme . com / a-kidney-for-jarrod . n