This is the official twitter account of the South Fayette Education Association (SFEA), an affiliate of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA).
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Naz Habib's AP Physics students at South Fayette High School run their kinematics lab with pull-back toy cars, timing and graphing motion down a taped hallway floor. The class favorite is the Tumble Buggy, which flips over and rolls the other way anytime it hits something. ๐๐ค
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Haylee Ali's life skills class at SFES runs a weekly Positive Pantry visit: students push the cart, greet a teacher, & deliver a snack picked out ahead of time, practicing life & social skills while offering to cover the teacher's class for 10 minutes so they can take a break. ๐
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"We stand behind our bargaining team who has negotiated in good faith." That's the SFEA Unity Statement, signed by educators across every South Fayette building. ๐โ #SouthFayetteEA #WeAreSFEA #AsLongAsItTakes #Solidarity #UnityStatement
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For the 2nd year running, SFHS's Tech Ed program hosted the elementary's Mini Makers: Dr. Melissa Unger brought roughly 40 second graders to AJ Mannarino's shop to build picture frames and keychains on the laser engraver. They're back at the end of October to build more. ๐๐ค
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Speech-language pathologist Courtney Mitchell works with two South Fayette students on articulation skills through a speech board game, one of four SLPs in the district helping students build the communication skills they need in the classroom. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #SpeechTherapy
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South Fayette Township School District just earned an A+ in Niche's newest ranking of Pennsylvania school districts, landing at #13 among the state's 24 A+ districts, out of more than 100 that cleared an A- or better. That's SFEA's teachers and staff, every day. ๐๐ค #TopRanked
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Jessica Horzempa teaches choir at SFMS, & her classroom prep doesn't stop at the day's end: score study between turns as arena secretary at her daughter's horse show, lesson tweaks at her son's swim practice. Different places, same purpose: showing up prepared for her students.
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Emily Giovannucci's Art Club students at South Fayette Intermediate School are loom weaving yarn and chenille stems into circular pieces that will hang at the building's entrance, layering color and pattern into each loom one strand at a time. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #ArtClub
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In Danelle Matz's AP Literature classroom at South Fayette HS, students used sticky notes and whiteboard mapping to work through a poem's speaker, theme, and evidence together, building the process they'll need to use on their own with a cold-read poem later. ๐๐ค #APLiterature
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South Fayette educators are wearing #bethekindkid shirts this week, a nod to the youth-led movement out of Avonworth Primary Center where K-6 students design and sell kindness gear and vote monthly on which causes the proceeds support. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #BeTheKindKid
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The SFEA Unity Statement urges South Fayette to settle a fair contract that attracts and retains qualified staff. Educators from every building have signed on, in their own hand. ๐โ #SouthFayetteEA #WeAreSFEA #AsLongAsItTakes #Solidarity #UnityStatement
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Every Friday, South Fayette Intermediate School teachers Karley Rossi and Lori Litwinovich turn the hallways into a dance floor, playing music as students arrive and inviting anyone who wants to join in. A small moment that starts the day right. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #FridayFun
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Struggling with distance on a number line? South Fayette Middle School's Jessica Kent taped one to the classroom floor and had students walk it, turning absolute value from a worksheet problem into steps they could count. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #SFMS
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South Fayette teachers Elizabeth Bell and Sarah Manly predicted who two of their fifth graders would become. This month, at a wedding, Adam and Sammi Sharrer (now 20) confirmed they got it right: an engineer and a pharmacist in training. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #5thGrade
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In Mrs. Bell's classroom, a fifth grade student took the lead & taught the class about Quadrants II through IV using a coordinate-plane treasure hunt. Student-centered learning at its best: demonstrating understanding while engaging classmates. #SouthFayetteEA #StudentLedLearning
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Seven SF teachers spent their Sunday volunteering at Family Bingo Night, a PTA fundraiser for the ES & IS: Elizabeth Bell, Sarah Manly, Dana Populo, Brittney Lunn, Lori Litwinovich, Cyndie Drewan, & Mark Kuglar called the numbers & kept the cards moving all afternoon. ๐๐ค #BINGO
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Emily Giovannucci, the art teacher at South Fayette IS, hosts several lunch groups with students throughout the week, no occasion needed, just because they ask. One recent lunch bunch celebrated a student's birthday with her closest friends and Giovannucci. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA
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The SFEA Unity Statement carries signatures from every South Fayette building and nearly every role: teachers, nurses, counselors, librarians, specialists. Not one department. The whole staff. ๐โ #SouthFayetteEA #WeAreSFEA #AsLongAsItTakes #Solidarity #UnityStatement
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The SFEA Unity Statement asks South Fayette to prioritize staff health and well-being in the next contract. Educators across every building have signed their names to that ask. ๐๐ฉบ #SouthFayetteEA #WeAreSFEA #AsLongAsItTakes #Solidarity #UnityStatement
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Steelers game on, laptop open. South Fayette teacher Jeff McGowan spent his Sunday afternoon finishing five student letters of recommendation. Teaching doesn't take weekends off. ๐๐ค #SouthFayetteEA #SFHS
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