Kristina Serafini stories, Page 5

Baldwin-Whitehall School District’s class of 2019 graduated on June 3 at the stadium....

On May 31, seniors at Carlynton High School took the next step in their lives as they participated in commencement exercises at the school....

At Chartiers Valley on June 5, senior said goodbye to high school at commencement. The Class of 2019 will now embark on new adventures as they head out into the world....

Kindergarten students from The Goddard School of Cranberry Township learned where milk comes from as they explored Brunton Dairy in Independence Township this week. The children took a tour of the milking barn and milk house, greeted calves and were treated to Brunton’s regular and chocolate milks. The class was...

The Sewickley area once again honored those who died serving the country through several Memorial Day events over the weekend. A memorial service was held Saturday at the United States Coast Guard station in Glen Osborne and a veterans memorial service took place at Sewickley United Methodist Church on Sunday....

Chants of “USA!” echoed across Lydia Street, as youngsters from Carnegie Elementary proudly waived their American flags. Through tinted bus windows, veterans from across the country could be seen smiling, tipping their hats and offering a thumbs up as they passed by. Ten buses, filled with some of the country’s...

Voters started casting their ballots early this morning at St. Stephen’s Church in Sewickley....

Quaker Valley High School had its prom Friday night. Here is a photo gallery of the highlights from the grand march....

Pools of mud provided plenty of fun for preschoolers during the fourth annual Mud Day at Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The messy event also featured a mud kitchen, mud fishing, a station to dig for worms and a mound of mud where the kids...

Gina Esch’s smile stretched from ear to ear as she watched her son Connor soar through the air on the new bright yellow swing at South Fayette’s Morgan Park. This wasn’t just any swing. The GameTime Expression Swing is made for two, with an adult swing directly facing an adaptive...

The Sewickley Herald’s 43nd honors dinner was held at the Edgeworth Club in Edgeworth on May 10. More than 100 residents, family members and friends came out to honor four citizens during the annual celebration marking those who have made a difference in the community. The four citizens honored were...

A Race for Education fundraiser was held at St. James School in Sewickley Friday. The annual event helps fund programming at the school....

A mock crash at Baldwin High School on Tuesday, held ahead of prom, showed students the consequences of driving under the influence. The event featured emergency personnel and a LifeFlight helicopter in addition to students acting out an accident....

Having lived in the borough for 22 years and worked as director of municipal services in the community for two, Bob Firek knows the ins and outs of Baldwin. “There’s a lot of good that I think the borough has to offer,” he said. On April 1, Firek, 51, took...

Things got a little wild when the Osborne Elementary fifth-grade drama club presented “The Lion King Kids” on April 11. For nearly two decades, the club has been presenting an annual musical. Students audition for a full-length children’s musical complete with costumes, scenery, props, lighting and sound. All shows include...

Thomas Jefferson High School students and their second-grade pen pals attended a Big Jag Little Cub Club meet-and-greet at the high school Friday, March 29, 2019. The high school students and district second-graders have been exchanging letters all school year, and the event offered them the opportunity to finally meet....

South Fayette High School students are inviting audiences to rock and roll through the ‘80s with them as they perform “The Wedding Singer” from March 29 to 31. The cast of about 50 students, donning fishnet gloves, mesh T-shirts and zebra-striped pants, hope to have audience members laughing in their...

The Mon Valley School held its annual talent show on Friday, March 15, 2019. The school is a special education center in Jefferson Hills for students ages 5 to 21....

Excitement is building as Carlynton students get ready to showcase their talents in the high school’s musical production of “Mamma Mia!” The curtain rises from Thursday through Sunday, March 28-31. Performances on the first three nights begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s show starts at 2 p.m. Carlynton director Nathan Hart...

Students at Paynter Elementary in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District have a unique new space to learn and play. The Library Media Center is home to a Lego table built by district employees and offering space for up to 25 students at a time. Construction materials for the table were donated...

Year after year, the North Hills High School Drama Club puts on amazing productions of the world’s most well-known musicals. In 2019, they decided to do something different. One hundred students, including actors, dancers, orchestra players and crew members, will come together for “Tuck Everlasting,” which made its Broadway debut...

Quaker Valley Middle School hosted several executives Tuesday for the “CEO in the Classroom” initiative. Other participating schools included Brashear High School and City Charter High, Butler Senior High School, Duquesne Elementary Center, Elizabeth Forward Middle School and Frazier High School....

Gabriel Ajang remembers back to his childhood in South Sudan where his parents would tell him the tale of the impatient hyena and his friends, the hippo and lion. It had an important message — to be patient — and was always capped off with a song in their native...