comPOST Archive

Vol. 4 Issue 4 May 2012 (3.2 MB)

• Forward Thinking: ECS's Unique New Lab
• Book Bash Results
• Earth Day Parade
• Getting to know... Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse
• Take a hike! Let Amy Bianco guide your family excursion to Riverview Park
• Playing Catch-up with 'Pink Slime'
• Get Involved at ECS
• Kelsey's Kitchen: Where ECS goes to get fresh
• Recipes: Ratatouille and Roast Chicken
• Local Events: goings on in your community
• Join Urban EcoStewards

Vol. 4 Issue 3 February 2012 (2.5 MB)

• The PCO's Book Bash
• A Letter from Jon
• Palatial Park Place is Practically Perfect
• First Grade Hits the Ice
• Take a hike! Let Amy Bianco guide your family excursion to the Carrie Furnaces
• Getting to know... East End Wellness Center
• Family Game Night at ECS
• Simple Green: small ideas to make a big difference
• A parade of puppies, pinnipeds and projects in E-Day
• Kelsey's Kitchen: Where ECS goes to get fresh
• Recipe: Homemade Granola
• Local Events: goings on in your community
• 5 Questions: Deirdre Lynch

Vol. 4 Issue 2 December 2011 (3 MB)

• Mini-grant, Maximum Impact: Mini-Grants make the most of PCO fundraising
• A Letter from Jon
• E-Day Program partners with the Endangered Species Action Team of the Sierra Club's Allegheny Group
• Quick overview: unexcused absences
• Take a hike! Let Amy Bianco guide your family excursion to Highland Park
• Getting to know... Jewart's Gymnastics
• Photo Essay: The Pumpkin Parade
• ECS family brings fair trade to the Holiday Marketplace
• Kelsey's Kitchen: Where ECS goes to get fresh.
• Recipe: Ribollita (Tuscan Bread Soup)
• Environmental Club for ECS adults
• The Book Nook: Kids Edition
• PCO 4th Annual Fall Festival
• Toys For Tots Drive

Vol. 4 Issue 1 October 2011 (2.4 MB)

• Inside Park Place
• A Letter from Jon
• How to speak ECS: curriculum lingo
• Take a hike! Let Amy Bianco guide your family excursion to Schenley Park
• Getting to know... The Edgewood Club
• Pull-out Poster: 2011-2012 ECS Family Tree
• What's happening? (Local events for you and your family)
• Kelsey's Kitchen: Where ECS goes to get fresh
• Recipe: Cranberry Apple Crisp with Oatmeal Streusel
• Grow Pittsburgh
• The Book Nook
• PCO Mini Grants
• 5 Questions: Ashley Frye and Vanessa Jackson

Vol. 3 Issue 4 April 2011 (2.9 MB)

• Radio Heads: ECS students share their stories on the air
• A Letter from Jon
• Test Your Knowledge: Are You Smarter than a Fourth Grader?
• Treehouse brings outdoor learning to Frick Park
• Getting to know... eco ike
• Talent Show
• Earth, INK: Chatham volunteers teach creative writing to E-Day students
• What's that growing on the roof?
• Parents tackle gas drilling
• Get Fresh: Seasonal recipes from Jamie Root (Rhubarb Vinaigrette)
• The Book Nook
• Alone at Home program coming to ECS
• Knotweed beware... ECS Urban EcoSteward group is back!
• He said, she said: awards in school?
• Viridian Energy

Vol. 3 Issue 3 February 2011 (2.4 MB)

• The long road to expansion
• A Letter from Jon
• Mini-grants
• Join us on the Executive Committee!
• Disney Planet Challenge: 3rd grade takes on native planting
• Getting to know... Le Mix
• Kindergarten: Play in Pittsburgh
• First Grade: Invention Convention
• Are you ready for the summer?
• Get Fresh: Seasonal recipes from Jamie Root (Stained glass cookies)
• The Book Nook
• He said, she said: Holidays in school?
• Take a hike! (With a Field Guide)
• Raptors come for a visit at E-Day
• Holiday Marketplace a success

Vol. 3 Issue 2 December 2010 (2.4 MB)

• Morning Glorious: Morning meeting brings ECS together
• In their own words: 4th graders' take on morning meeting
• A Letter from Jon
• Partnerships: ECS cares for waterways with RiverQuest and Creek Connections
• In memoriam: Aimee Weslowski
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Doing good: ECS students donate 705 pounds of food
• Walk About: Walk to School Day and the Pumpkin Parade
• Getting to know... East End Food Co-op
• Holiday marketplace: fair trade shopping for ECS
• Get Fresh: Seasonal recipes from Jamie Root (Holiday Left-over Sandwiches)
• Know your home's score
• The Book Nook
• Sierra Club teaches E-Day students about sea turtles
• PCO Mini-Grants
• The Zombie Walk
• 5 Questions: Thomas Pasquale, Physical Education

Vol. 3 Issue 1 October 2010 (3.3 MB)

• ECS makes improvements, inside and out
• A Letter from Jon
• Urban EcoStewards: ambassadors to our parks
• Volunteers: We need your help!
• ECS Community Partner: Penn State
• Getting to know... Legume Bistro
• ECS Family Tree 2010-11
• 3 Days at McKeever: A Journal Through the Eyes of Three 4th Graders
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• The Book Nook
• Get Fresh: Seasonal recipes from Jamie Root (Watermelon Salad and Heirloom Tomato Salad)
• Take a hike! (With a Field Guide)
• E-Day Hits the Ground Running
• 5 Questions: Margaret Sinnott, First Grade

Vol. 2 Issue 5 June 2010 (2.3 MB)

• Growing Pains: ECS Divides and Conquers Expansion Plan
• A Letter from Jon
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Diary of the Field Guide
• 10 green things to do this summer
• Fourth graders travel to McKeever Learning Center
• The Dream Job Series... Making Dreams Come True/Compass Club
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from Jamie Root (Rhubarb and Berry Trifle)
• The Book Nook
• E-Day hatched chicks!
• First Grade hosts an "Invention Convention"
• 5 Questions: Heather Dessell, First Grade

Vol. 2 Issue 4 April-May 2010 (3.8 MB)

• Habitat Explorers: Building Connections, Building Community
• A Letter from Jon
• PCO Mini-Grant Awards
• Black and Gold City Goes Green!
• Diary of the Field Guide
• Obama's and Parents' New Battle: No Child Left Behind
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Become an ECS Urban EcoSteward
• We Will Not Bully Others
• 10 Green Gardening tips
• Spring 2010 Book Fair a Success
• New Faces at ECS
• The Book Nook
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from Jamie Root (Easy Whole Wheat Personal Pizzas on the Grill)
• 5 Questions: Mike Brown, Maintenance Supervisor
• comPOST is Seeking Volunteers

Vol. 2 Issue 3 February-March 2010 (3.8 MB)

• Technology in Our Classrooms
• A Letter from Jon
• Sierra Club Visits E-Day
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Everything you ever wanted to know about snowflakes, but were afraid to ask
• ECS Holiday Marketplace a success
• The Charter Corner
• Diary of the Field Guide
• 10 Green Cleaning Products
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from Jamie Root (Warm Wheat Berry Salad)
• Book Nook
• The World According to ECS kids
• E-Day Gets a Presidential Surprise!
• A Different Kind of Time Out: Be Out There Resolution
• 5 Questions: William Tracey, 4th Grade Teacher

Vol. 2 Issue 2 December 2009-January 2010 (3.1 MB)

• SWAP Exchanges Pull-Outs for Achievement
• A letter from Jon
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• RiverQuest + ECS = Adventure
• ECS Marketplace Looks to the Holidays--and Beyond
• Diary of the Field Guide
• 10 green new year's resolutions
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from Jamie Root (Sweet and sour meatballs)
• The Book Nook
• New Book Program Celebrates Birthdays and More
• Just 4 Kids (First Grade Focus: Butterflies)
• ECS Recess: Healthy Hopping or Troublesome Tagging?
• 5 Questions: Sharon Leavitt, School Nurse

Vol. 2 Issue 1 October-November 2009 (3.8 MB)

• Extended Day Students Help Endangered Species
• A letter from Jon
• What's New in Food?
• ECS students "happier and healthier" with recess before lunch
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Treespotting: The Maidenhair Tree
• What does the PCO do? Why do they exist? Who are the members?
• That's debatable: yearbook
• Diary of the ECS Field Guide
• 5 Questions: Rachel Sica, 4th Grade Teacher
• Book Nook
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from Jamie Root (Cheeseball)
• Parking Reminders
• Just 4 Kids
• Environmental classroom wish list
• Green your Halloween
• Fair Trade Global Holiday Marketplace coming to ECS
• You are here. Volunteer.

Vol. 1 Issue 5 June-Summer 2009 (3.3 MB)

• Moving Forward, Looking Back: Board members rate the success of ECS's first year
• A letter from Jon
• The kids speak out
• 10 Ways to help kids connect with nature
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Treespotting: MAD Horse
• That's debatable: homework
• Diary of the Field Guide
• 5 Questions: Melissa Raimondo, Kindergarten Teacher
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from John Lash (Granola)
• Summer Reading for Parents and Teachers
• Celebrating Earth, Day + Night
• End-of-the-Year PCO Fundraising Report
• ECS Students Give Back to the Community

Vol. 1 Issue 4 April-May 2009 (1.8 MB)

• Food for Thought: John Lash brings his vision to the table
• A letter from Jon
• That's Debatable: Uniforms
• 10 Steps to Green Eating
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Treespotting: Black Cherry
• You Are Here. Volunteer. (Volunteer Photo Essay)
• Field Guide: Giant bird nest?
• Cleaning up local school buses
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from John Lash (Roasted Red Pepper Sauce with Rotini & Broccoli)
• Principal McCann's Library Picks
• 5 Good Rules to follow when you drop off your children
• Recycling
• Umoja visited the E-Day Children
• Advertise in comPOST

Vol. 1 Issue 3 Feb-March 2009 (3 MB)

• Our Outdoor Classroom
• A letter from Jon
• ECSPCO.ORG has launched!
• Granted: library receives $1,000
• Principal McCann's library picks: A Forest of Stories: Magical Tree Tales from Around the World and Stellaluna
• Meet Amy: ECS Field Guide
• 10 ways to have a greener spring
• Treespotting: Sycamores
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• Reindeer Penny Wars cultivated giving and goofiness
• Gingerbread madness!
• Volunteer Hub is here: Get Involved!
• Get fresh: A seasonal, money-saving recipe from John Lash (Vegetable Stock)
• 5 Questions: Joe Burke, Third Grade Instructor
• Special thanks
• Small Grants for Big Ideas
• Advertise in comPOST

Vol. 1 Issue 2 Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009 (3 MB)

• ECS is going [even] greener
• A letter from Jon
• What a fabulous fall!
• 10 Ways to green your holidays
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from John Lash (Tortellini Soup)
• Book of the Month: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
• What's going on here? (local fun for your family)
• You are here. Volunteer.
• Easy Ways to help your school grow
• 5 Questions: Shannon Merenstein, Art Guru
• Top 5 Most Unusual Teacher Wishes
• Green Tips: Tips for Pet Owners
• Sports + Recreation @ ECS
• E stands for much more than "extended"
• Advertise in comPOST

Vol. 1 Issue 1 Sept.-Nov. 2008 (2.4 MB)

• Stepping back to admire the view: A brief history of the PCO
• Letter from Principal Jon McCann
• Events Calendar
• Green Tip: It's easy being green
• You are here. Donation and Volunteer Opportunities
• How to succeed in fundraising without really trying
• Kathy Hoel's Library Pick: Insects are My Life by Megan McDonald
• Get Fresh: A seasonal recipe from John Lash (Zucchini Tostadas)
• 5 Questions: Nikole Sheaffer, Environmental Specialist
• Imagine Excellence
• Advertise in comPOST