In four of our elementary afterschool programs, Pittsburgh Police Officers have been volunteering their time with the Little Learning Warriors. From Zones 1, 2, 3, and 5, the officers visit, read to, and spend time with the students for one ...
The students at Arlington took on a teamwork challenge with a string tied together at the ends. Holding hands and standing in an unbroken ring, the goal was to work together to get through the hole created by the string. ...
Tech Warriors lead the the younger Warriors at Arlington Elementary in an engineering challenge to create a container that can prevent an egg from cracking when dropped from a given height. Divided into groups of 3 to 4, the Warriors ...
Tech Warriors lead the Little Learning Warriors in a challenge this week to build the tallest tower out of toothpicks and marshmallows. In groups of three, the Warriors were given 20 toothpicks, 10 small marshmallows, and 1 large marshmallow (which ...
For a STEM lesson, students took on a few “Paper Engineering” challenges. Students were given a set amount of materials and time to make the tallest or strongest paper structure. These are just two of a series of engineering challenges ...
NLA’s program at Arsenal elementary school recently opened its doors to families for an Afterschool Family Night! Parents and siblings of the Little Learning Warriors came to the program to watch and cheer as the students received awards for their ...
The Reading Warriors lead the Little Learning Warriors in some reading time, doing what they do best! The Warriors and their students read their books in small groups, and then created Frayer Models on large poster paper. The Frayer Model ...
Meet Emma Tobias, NLA’s Middle Warriors Coordinator for the afterschool programs at Arsenal, Westinghouse, Arlington, and Morrow. Who are you? Where are you from? How did you get here? My name is Emma Tobias. I grew up in a suburb ...
For one of their “Theme Thursdays” the Little Learning Warriors learned about empathy and kindness. In Theme Thursdays the students learn all about character-building traits. This particular week the theme coordinated with the middle school theme “building empathy”, and so ...
This school year, Neighborhood Learning Alliance has continued the Math Geniuses program it began this summer, providing great support for students to succeed in algebra. 7th and 8th graders receive a jump start in algebra readiness while 9th graders get ...
