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Eco Challenge

9/11/2025

The middle school students traveled to Phipp's Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to participate in an Eco Challenge event learning more about ways to help the environment. At this event, they participated in a scavenger hunt with a focus on animal and plant relationships, brainstormed ideas to help their environments be more eco-frindly and identified some barriers that they observe in their own surroundings. Several students volunteered to share their ideas on these issues. Interested students will be able to participate in The Fairfield Challenge throughout the school year. More information will be shared soon about taking the challenge!

KDKA Hometown High Q Competition

9/15/2025

McGuffey High School students Draco Sutherland (11th), Makenna Frazee (11th), and Josie Ziegler (10th) will compete in the Hometown High Q competition on Monday, September 15, 2025 against Grove City High School and Ringgold High School. Kay Demchak (10th) has also been chosen as an alternate. Good luck team at the competition! Their episode will air on KDKA on 9/27/2025 at 11am and 10/4/2025 at 11:30am. Go Highlanders!

Remake Learning Days at the Children's Museum (4th-5th Grade)

9/26/2025

The 4th and 5th grade gifted students attended the Remake Learning Days field trip and had the opportunity to interact with a variety of enriching booths. Some of the activities included "seeing like a horse," making products out of honey such as candles, lotion, lip balm, and virtual reality googles inside of a heart!

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium Field Trip

10/7/2025

The McGuffey Gifted K-12 students visited the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium together on 10/7/25. Students in K-8 also participated in the Rainforest Rhythms Program to learn more about the animals found in the rainforest and about primates. The K-3 students have been reading about Jane Goodall and the novel, The One and Only Ivan. It was a wet day but the animals were very active!

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