YSWPCS Tigerbots won many awards in WESTERN PA FLL GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2018:
1. Mechanical Design 2nd Place
2. Robot Performance 3rd Place
3. Robot Design Recognition Award
2018 GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (Robot Game and Full Judging of Robot, Programming, Project and Core Values) was held on December 7th – 8th, 2018 at Sewickley Academy – 315 Academy Ave, Sewickley, PA 15143.
Now, the Tigerbots will start preparing for FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) qualifiers on January 19, 2019, at Upper Saint Clair High School.
In a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) competition, teams of middle and high school-aged students are challenged to design, build, and program a robot to play a floor game against other teams’ creations.

For more information on our Robotics Team’s Journey

Friday, February 1st, 2019, Young Scholars of Western PA CS will be closed due to the inclement weather conditions.

This was an exciting event for YSWPCS. The concert for the International Winter Holiday Celebration was a time for students to sing and play winter holiday-themed songs. On the evening of Thursday, December 20th, students in grades K – 5 sang a total of six songs for family members in attendance. The Young Scholars band performed two-holiday songs as well. The Christmas, Hanukah, and Kwanzaa holidays were all featured. This concert was a wonderful success!

On Wednesday, December 19th, Young Scholars held our annual spelling bee! Students had been hard at work practicing their words to compete in the school competition. The following students were the winners of their individual Spelling Bee Competition:

Alex Weber- 1st grade
Saed Mugwaneza- 3rd grade
Hayden Fredrick- 4th grade
Riley Morgan- 7th grade

Each student that participated in our school spelling bee will receive scholastic dollars to use at our upcoming book fair in January. Both Riley and Hayden will go on to compete in our final spelling bee on in order to qualify for the Regional Spelling Bee! Our final school Spelling Bee will be held on Tuesday, February 5th at 2:00 to determine our winner.

On December 20th, Young Scholars had their 1 st Annual Math 24 competition. Our 4th thru 8th graders competed by figuring out how to make 24 out of 4 numbers using only addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. We had great participation and fun during the competition. Our 4th and 5th grade 24 champion is Abubekir Hatam and Runner-up is Sinan Ali Musah. For middle school, our 24 champion is Jayvon Williams and Runner-up is Nicholas Bender. Great job Scholars! Make sure you keep your math skills sharp!

YSWPCS started implementing SmartLab® Programs in the 2018-19 school year. It’s an engaging program where students explore STEM and Media arts through applied technology and project-based learning.It’s a fully-integrated learning environment where everything from the furniture and technology to curriculum and assessment work together to support hands-on, minds-on learning. It’s a place where personalized learning and intrinsic motivation engage students of all ages, interests and abilities.

There are SmartLab® programs that emphasize STEM, media arts or a blend of both. And in every one, students are creating remarkable projects that motivate them to inquire, explain, tackle new problems and celebrate their solutions.

In a SmartLab®, learners apply a wide-range of technologies to projects that matter to them personally and academically.  Authentic assessment and meaningful reflection happen every day as students create  ePortfolios  to document and present their learning.

Students explore. They problem-solve. They collaborate and create. And they learn.

It’s what happens when we put educational technology where it belongs… in the hands of students .

Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School hosted its annual Veterans Day celebration honoring veterans and active duty military personnel. We were excited to be able to serve our honored guest’s lunch and have an assembly in their honor. The band played and middle school students sang the star spangled banner to kick off the assembly. Each veteran was introduced and thanked. The veterans were given time to interact with the students. Each grade level personally met and spoke with three different veterans throughout the afternoon in their classroom. Today was a day to honor our veterans, as well as give the students an opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a veteran and serve our country.

These are our Scholars who achieved perfect attendance for September. Each Student will be awarded a Barnes & Nobles Gift Card! Congratulations to Scholars and Families!

Kindergarten – Tia Chiocca

1st Grade – Alex Weber

2nd Grade – Cayden Gardener

3rd Grade – Ronan McQueary

4th Grade – Trey Sanabria

5th Grade – Claire Corr

6th Grade – Rachel Clamage

7th Grade – Kafui Fiawonou

8th Grade – Nicholas Myers

These are our Scholars who achieved perfect attendance for October. Each Student will be awarded a Barnes & Nobles Gift Card! Congratulations to Scholars and Families!

K – Moravia Lawson

1 – Aria Day

2 – Charles Schriner

3 – Jai’Shawn Wilkerson

4 – Jonah Richards

5 – J’Ayre Miller

6 – Nicholas Williams

7 – Ryan Breegle

8 – Nathaniel O’Neil

Congratulations to the following students for having perfect attendance in May and correctly filling out their May Flowers/Calendars.

1A_-_Reann_Solomon

1B_-_Melina_Altieri

2A_-_Sinem_Gunaydin

2B_-_Kaylee_Gaudelli

3A_-_Aidan_Beebe

3B_-_Jeremiah_Winterburn

4A_-_Korben_Woodbury

4B_-_Youssef_Benrabia

5A_-_Jasmina_Hatam

5B_-_Nicholas_O’Neil

7_-_Nicholas_Myers

KA_-_Giabella_Miller

KB_-_Neveah_Turner