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[Highland Park] News from The Learning Club in Highland Park
by Salvador Wilcox 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Highlights from Education Innovations, Inc. * We are officially a nonprofit organization! * We have Learning Clubs from August 18 to August 22. * Golf outing on October 3rd at Hillcrest Country Club. The Learning Club in Highland Park, a project of Education Innovations, Inc., is working diligently to bring new, interesting, and quality educational programs to Highland Park. As a community-oriented non-profit organization, we will be taking time each month to share our accomplishments, and invite you to participate in our community's educational life. In our update, we will let you know about upcoming events at The Club, classes being offered, and new services being provided to the neighborhood. New at Education Innovations, Inc. and The Learning Club in Highland Park: * We are officially a non-profit organization! We received notice from the IRS that, based on our mission, we are classified as a charitable organization, otherwise known as a 501(c)(3) organization. This means that your gifts to us are tax-deductible. Your donation as small as $10 will be combined with the generosity of others in the community to improve our children's learning experiences in the neighborhood. It will also allow us to develop a robust fund-raising campaign for improving the educational opportunities here in our neighborhood. We are starting our fund-raising efforts with a golf outing. See information below. * Help your children jump-start their brains and get ready for back-to-school thinking during our August Learning Club. We have Learning Clubs from August 18 to August 22 for upper elementary to middle school students. We are offering two clubs: The 1600 Club and the Book Club. The 1600 club is designed to introduce concepts covered in the SAT through fun activities such as analogies, vocabulary building through Scrabble, brainteasers, and puzzles. The 1600 Club will meet each morning from 9:00AM until 12:00PM. The Book Club is designed to get your child back into the swing of school and the habit of reading with graphic novel by Avi. This club will meet each afternoon from 1:00PM until 4:00PM. The cost of each session is $90 (multiple clubs and sibling discounts are $80 per club). * We are hosting a golf outing on October 3rd at Hillcrest Country Club in Lower Burrell. This fund-raising event will allow us to develop the Fulton Project, to design learning opportunities that match the needs of the community, and to forge collaborations with other educational and human services organizations for improving the educational climate of the East End. The Fulton Project is our plan to bring much needed resources to Fulton Academy, our local public elementary school. Currently, the project includes the designing of a 20-week economics/financial literacy program for 4th and 5th graders, an intensive summer literacy project for all 2nd graders, and a human chess game at the park. If you have any questions about Education Innovations, Inc., or The Learning Club in Highland Park, please contact us at 412.363.7707, and visit us at 5808 Bryant Street, Suite 2, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

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[Highland Park] This week in Highland Park
by Rudolph T Maceyko 03 Aug '03

03 Aug '03

TUESDAY Neighborhood walk starting at Enrico's Tazza d'Oro at 7:30 pm (every Tuesday) National Night Out at 8:00 pm THURSDAY Summer Market at the Union Project at 4:00 pm (every Thursday through September 25) "The Wild Duck" (fund-raiser) at the Western Pennsylvania Family Center at 7:00 pm SUNDAY Jazz Masters Day: Walt Harper, Jimmy Ponder Visit the Community Calendar on the Highland Park web site for details: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/calendar/> Keep your porch lights lit for National Night Out on Tuesday evening. It's also a good excuse to sit on the porch with your friends and neighbors! Rudy

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[Highland Park] Babbling Brook and New Plant Celebration in September
by Abbie Pauley 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority and the City of Pittsburgh invite you to PittsburgH20 - a ribbon cutting celebration of the new microfiltration plant and babbling brook in Highland Park. The event, which will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 13th, will feature tours of the brook and reservoir, music, food, wagon rides and a puppet show. The PWSA's original plans called for building a concrete channel to funnel backwash or wastewater from the plant down the hill to Lake Carnegie. But the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy stepped in with a more aesthetic approach. With the help of the landscape architecture firm LaQuatra Bonci Associates, the Conservancy created the watercourse with boulders and flowing water, a trail and bridge to create a pleasing experience for visitors. Wastewater from the plant with a high concentration of chlorine becomes naturally de-chlorinated as it is exposed to air, rocks and leaves. Funding for the project was provided by the PWSA and the PPC with a grant from the Eden Hall Foundation. PittsburgH20 is a members' day for members of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. It is open to the public but non-members will be encouraged to join. For more information, call 412-682-7275. Abbie Pauley Director of Public Education and Programs Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy 2000 Technology Drive, Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 tel # 412-682-7275 fax # 412-622-0160 e-mail: Apauley(a)pittsburghparks.org

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Re: [Highland Park] This week in Highland Park
by Rudolph T Maceyko 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

--On Monday, July 28, 2003 12:41:16 -0400 Rudolph T Maceyko <rm55(a)pobox.com> wrote: > SATURDAY > > Free tennis clinic at the tennis courts on Stanton Avenue at 9:00 > am (every Saturday) I've been told that this ended last Saturday. Rudy

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[Highland Park] Quantum Theatre at Western Pennsylvania Family Center
by Annette Kolski-Andreaco 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

I would like to invite you to celebrate a unique event in our neighborhood. The Western Pennsylvania Family Center at 733 N. Highland Avenue is hosting Quantum Theatre in our 19th-century carriage house. The Highland Park CDC has supported our renovations of this property. At last we're doing the project and inviting the community to experience it by seeing a 19th-century play, "The Wild Duck" on August 7, 2003, 7:00 pm, light dinner and dessert after the play. The ticket price of $35 supports the Future Generations Fund of the Western Pennsylvania Family Center. Hope to see you there! Annette Kolski-Andreaco Western Pennsylvania Family Center <http://www.wpfc.net/> Quantum Theatre <http://www.quantumtheatre.com/> Highland Park Community Development Corporation <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/org/hpcdc/>

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[Highland Park] This week in Highland Park
by Rudolph T Maceyko 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

TUESDAY Neighborhood walk starting at Enrico's Tazza d'Oro at 7:30 pm (every Tuesday) THURSDAY Summer Market at the Union Project at 4:00 pm (every Thursday through September 25) SATURDAY Free tennis clinic at the tennis courts on Stanton Avenue at 9:00 am (every Saturday) Union Project Clean-Up, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm SUNDAY Reservoir of Jazz: Smooth Jazz Day with Rodney McCoy and Serious Inquiry at 4:00 pm Visit the Community Calendar on the Highland Park web site for details: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/calendar/> Rudy

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[Highland Park] Bruce Springsteen Tix
by l.c.williams＠att.net 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Bruce Springsteen Concert Tickets. I have two tickets available, floor seating. August 6, 7:30 pm. Total for both tickets = $170. If interested, please send e-mail to l.c.williams(a)att.net by Thursday 7/28/03. Thank you.

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[Highland Park] 2003 Great Ride Volunteers Needed
by Dennis Meyer 22 Jul '03

22 Jul '03

City of Pittsburgh Department of Parks & Recreation Department of Public Works Sunday July 27, 2003 Calling All Volunteers Come out and enjoy the sunshine, meet interesting people and encourage the riders to spin the pedals Assistance is needed with the Water/Rest Stops for this year's Great Ride. Volunteers will assist with set up of rest stop area; distribute water, sports drinks, fruit and other snack items. Also assist with breakdown and clean up of rest stop. Late Registration and Packet Pick Up - University of Pittsburgh Center for Biotechnology Technology Drive off Second Avenue at Bates Street (parking lot area) Time of volunteering 6:30am - 10:00am Time includes set up and clean up. Rest Stops - West End Overlook Park Rest stop at top of overlook Time of volunteering 7:00am - 10:30am Time includes set up and clean up. - Schenley Park Rest stop is above Schenley Park Ice Rink on Overlook Drive Time of volunteering 7:00am - 12:00pm Time includes set up and clean up. - Highland Park Rest stop is at Rhododendron Shelter Time of volunteering 8:00am - 2:00pm Time includes set up and clean up. Call today to sign up for the assignment you desire by calling Partners in Parks at 412-255-2676 or e-mail dennis.meyer(a)city.pittsburgh.pa.us For more information on the Great Ride and other activities/information visit <http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/>

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[Highland Park] Kids apprehended after throwing apples and breaking windows on Sheridan Ave.
by Rudolph T Maceyko 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

The following report comes from a neighbor on Sheridan Ave. -Rudy On Sunday, July 20, there was a marauding band of young nitwits throwing apples and breaking windows on the 900 block of Sheridan Ave. A 100-year-old leaded-glass window was broken by these boys. They made at least three trips up and down the street at various times of the day, all of them during broad daylight. Many of the porches on the block were littered with crab apples that had been gathered from the tree at the corner of Sheridan and Jackson. Other windows may have been broken on other blocks of Sheridan or on other streets. The police (with the invaluable help of two intrepid neighbors who must remain anonymous to protect their super-hero status) were able to catch the boys last night and their names and addresses are now known. If anyone had any windows broken by apples on Sunday, they should contact the police.

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[Highland Park] This week in Highland Park
by Rudolph T Maceyko 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

TUESDAY Neighborhood walk starting at Enrico's Tazza d'Oro at 7:30 pm (every Tuesday) THURSDAY Summer Market at the Union Project at 4:00 pm (every Thursday through September 25) Weekly Walk in the Woods in Highland Park at 6:30 pm (fourth Thursday of each Month) (volunteers needed!) SATURDAY Free tennis clinic at the tennis courts on Stanton Avenue at 9:00 am (every Saturday) Visit the Community Calendar on the Highland Park web site for details: <http://www.highlandparkpa.com/calendar/> Rudy

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