🌱 How a Lower Burrell teacher turns LEGO and robots into real learning

What's up Lower Burrell! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Lower Burrell teacher turns LEGO and robots into real learning

Also on today's calendar: Nature Neighbors Walking Club and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: When is the best time to buy a trampoline? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 71.
• Friday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 83 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Faces of the Valley: Bon Air STEAM teacher fosters student creativity through technology (triblive.com) — A Lower Burrell resident is sparking big creativity in Bon Air Elementary’s STEAM lab, where students build LEGO stop-motion films and program robots to support their classroom lessons. Brooke Miller, a longtime Burrell School District teacher, now focuses on hands-on technology, coding, and robotics projects that build teamwork, problem-solving skills, and confidence for kindergarten through fourth grade students.
   

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📸 Around Lower Burrell

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lower Burrell

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Farmers Market →
  Bon Air Elementary School, 3260 Leechburg Rd, New Kensington
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Monday June 15

• First Day of High School Summer School
  New Kensington-Arnold SD Valley Junior-Senior High School
• Zoning Hearing Board Meeting →
  Lower Burrell, PA Calendar, 2800 Bethel Street, Lower Burrell
  7:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• Nature Neighbors Walking Club →
  Burrell Lake Park, 201 Delberta Rd, New Kensington
  5:00 pm
• Municipal Authority →
  Lower Burrell, PA Calendar, 2800 Bethel Street, Lower Burrell
  6:30 pm

Wednesday June 17

• Planning Commission Meeting →
  Lower Burrell, PA Calendar, 2800 Bethel Street, Lower Burrell
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 20

• Farmers Market →
  Bon Air Elementary School, 3260 Leechburg Rd, New Kensington
  9:00 am

Tuesday June 23

• Nature Neighbors Walking Club →
  Burrell Lake Park, 201 Delberta Rd, New Kensington
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday June 10

• First Day of the Extended School Year Program
  New Kensington-Arnold SD Roy A. Hunt Elementary School
  9:00 am

Thursday June 11

• Major Moment →
  Preserving Underground, 1101 5th Ave Basement, New Kensington
  6:00 pm

Friday June 12

• HIGH FIDELITY LIVE! @ Voodoo New Ken →
  Voodoo Brewery New Kensington, 956 5th Ave, New Kensington
  7:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• EXECUTION DAY →
  Preserving Underground, 1101 5th Ave Basement, New Kensington
  6:00 pm

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

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🗞 Nearby News

New Kensington

• Tarentum Bridge peregrine falcon chicks expected to fledge next week (triblive.com)
• New Kensington woman charged with animal cruelty, neglect (triblive.com)
• New Kensington police charge woman with child endangerment, aggravated assault (triblive.com)

Tarentum

• Allegheny-Kiski Health Foundation equips local police with tools for medical response (triblive.com)
• Automatic flushers expected to improve water quality in Tarentum (triblive.com)
• Two arrested in firearms investigation in Millvale (newportdispatch.com)

Pittsburgh

• Consumer Alert Issued For Well-Known Pittsburgh Eatery (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Springtime (Thank you Cathy A. for sending it in!)
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