South Fayette and Penn Hills High School Students Partner on ALCOSAN Project
On January 26 , South Fayette High School student consultants traveled to Penn Hills High School for the kickoff of their authentic problem solving project with their ALCOSAN partners . Sponsored by the Consortium for Public Education ’ s Student Powered Solutions Program ( SPS ) to provide real-world project-based learning experience , the two schools began their collaboration to provide recommendations for solutions to reduce storm-water runoff on their campuses .
ALCOSAN ’ s civil engineer , Julia Spicher , presented valuable information regarding the major issues for the facility ’ s treatment plant when there are overflow concerns . Her information provided the students with the basis for their projects as they began their research and data collection to formulate their solutions .
During the kickoff , the SPS team provided an engineering team-building exercise that combined seven teams of students from both schools to solve the challenge . The success of the exercise was not in the team that won but the collaboration that took part within the teams as students from two districts bonded to solve the problem .
As with all of the school-to-business partnerships South Fayette Township School District has embraced , the ALCOSAN project is an example of preparing our students for the real world they will be entering after high school .
High School Teacher Wins Award
On November 18 , Brandon Flannery , a South Fayette High School business teacher and Chairperson of the Business and Information Technology Department , traveled to Harrisburg to receive the Pennsylvania Business Education Association ’ s ( PBEA ) Educator of the Year award . This award is given
annually Brandon Flannery by PBEA to recognize a Pennsylvania teacher who has contributed to education in the following ways :
H Outstanding contributions to business education in the classroom , publications , research and student groups
H Supervising of student teachers
H Service to professional organizations
H Spokesperson for business education
H Community service directly related to business education
Brandon has been teaching at South Fayette High School for 10 years . He spent 6 years as an advisor for the Future Business Leaders of America club , and he currently serves as a Student Government advisor . He is extremely proud to be the faculty leader for the South Fayette Mini-THON program where students , local businesses , and community members have raised over $ 100,000 in the past two years in an effort to fight pediatric cancer . He is also proud to be involved with the highly successful Stuff-A-Bus and Glow Run programs . When he is not teaching , he enjoys time with his wife , Kori , and their two children , four year old Bryce and one year old Norah . outh Fayette
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