At our Remake Days "Family STEAM Night," BAEC families competed in a design challenge to build the tallest tower. 

Congratulations to our winning students and their families: 

1st Place: Henry & Griffin Miller

2nd Place: Grade Orlosy 

3rd Place: Sienna Berdine

4th Place: Thomas McConnell

5th Place: Lilly Huey

It's not a box, but it is a mess! Mrs. Nardone's class read, It's Not a Box, and then allowed their imaginations to roam free. 

Each student turned an ordinary cardboard box into something extraordinary!

Mr. Roth's robot family is rapidly expanding. On the eve of the BMHS Remake Days event, he debuted the newest two members. Welcome to BASD!

Congratulations to Daniel Noah, Brandon Riley, and Richard Wolf. They won our school's Spring Inventor's Contest and will compete in the Regional Contest next Spring. 

Thanks to the genorosity of our partners in education, Range Resources & First Energy, we were able to add mBots to our 4th grade Math/Science curriculum. 

Students worked together to assemble the mBots with screwdrivers.

Using Makeblock’s block-based programming software, students were able to simply drag and drop command blocks to program their mBot without need for coding experience. They were able to write code for their robot and see it instantly respond to their instructions as it made its way through the towns they created. 

Dr. Walsh and I attended the Rural Arts Collaborative Spring Institute at Bentworth High School. This was a celebration for all of the schools who host an artist in residency. 

These unique educational opportunities are possible through the financial support of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and Fayette County Cultural Trust. 

Go big, or go home! That's how Burgettstown does it! Invetionland CEO, George Davison, had to pitch in to get one of our student's inventions in the door. 

We're proud to announce that Evan Boustead earned 3rd place in the Regional Inventor's Contest for his invention, "The Mobile Work System." 

Dr. Walsh and I joined over 400 educators in Pittsburgh to hear author Ted Dintersmith talk about his journey visiting schools in each of the fifty states. In his book, What Schools Could Be, he explores the possibility for schools to remake learning by supporting innovation and empowering students to explore their passions and interests. It was truly an inspiring evening!

We were even able to get our books signed!

Mr. Kovscek's Honor's Physics students formed a Drone Club to tackle the challenge of assembling and flying a drone. 

Each member completed an online course from the Academy of Model Aeronautics and are qualified to operate an UMA (unmanned aircraft system). 

What an amazing journey it has been with our Jazz Artist in Residency, Calvin Stemley! Fortunately, the entire experience has been captured in a documentary, "The Burgettstown Jazz Collective."

 We are incredibly proud of everyone who contributed to the project!