The Highland Park Yard Sale will be held June 2nd at 9am. Click here for the flyer: The Highland Park Yard Sale Flyer 2013
The Bryant Street Festival will kick off at noon the same day.
Here in Highland Park we are fortunate to have two of the top ranking elementary schools in the city – Fulton and Dilworth. If you have a child under five years old, please join Principal Bivens for a tour of Fulton elementary – which one teacher called “Pittsburgh Schools’ best kept secret.” Fulton is a STAR school, having achieved the top 1% for student growth in Pennsylvania in 2012. The tour will be held on June 4th at 9:00am.
Pittsburgh Fulton is located in Highland Park across the street from St. Andrews. Fulton offers a unique blending of a structured, traditional neighborhood setting with a French-emphasis magnet program that promotes the study of French culture and language. All children in K–1 get an exposure to the French language-through movement, songs, poetry, basic vocabulary and simple greetings. A distinction is made in the educational programming for magnet and non-magnet students starting in grades 2–5. Basic French vocabulary is taught and expanded into sight words, sentences and simple paragraphs. Emphasis is on developing oral and auditory language skills (speaking and listening). The instructional program is based on the District’s comprehensive curriculum.
Those students in the magnet program have the opportunity to progress to Obama International Academy in 6th grade. In 2012, Obama Academy graduates were accepted into 55 colleges and universities including CMU, Pitt, Penn State, University of Pennsylvania and many other well respected institutions. Graduates can earn up to a full year of college credit though the IB diploma and up to $40,000 in Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship money for in state tuition – just a few steps away from Highland Park.
Visit the Pittsburgh District, A+ Schools and the Kid’s Zone page on this HPCC website for more detailed information. Please RSVP for the tour to Dave Atkinson at westpennworks@gmail.com prior to June 4th.
Courtesy of Al Mann, a history of the King Mansion
We hope you get a chance to look at our newest 60 trees on Sheridan and Farragut and at the Farmhouse. There are also 120 new trees on the Zoo Trail.
We’d like to thank the many people and organizations who helped with this planting:
-We had a total of 200 Volunteers from Highland Park and surrounding neighborhoods
-Comcast and the Mayors office for provided food and volunteers
-Tazza D’oro donated coffee
-Representative Ed Gainey, Senator Jim Ferlo and Councilman Patrick Dowd for cheered us on.
Additional thanks to:
TreeVitalize and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy:
TreePittsburgh
The Highland Park Community Council
