Wisdom Corridor Pittsburgh Event

Avonworth students, staff and families celebrated the work they did to create their own Wisdom Corridors throughout the district in June. This special event was held at Heinz History Center. It included activities, food and drinks, and recognition of all the wisdom corridor feature schools, including Avonworth Primary Center, Avonworth Elementary School and Avonworth High School.

View photos from the event on Facebook. 

Check out the Pittsburgh Wisdom Corridor feature book.

 

When Primary Center Principal, Dr. Scott Miller, first learned about the Wisdom Corridor project, he knew it would be something awesome for APC students and staff alike. He shared the idea with APC teacher Mrs. Maureen Frew who couldn't wait to get started turning this dream into a reality. 

Simply put, the Wisdom Corridor Project is an international effort to make sure every voice is heard, and every student is valued.

Thanks to generous support from the Grable Foundation and Project FUEL, Avonworth Primary Center students and staff created their own Wisdom Corridor in the hallway at their school. Not only did APC create their own Wisdom Corridor, but they also became the model for numerous other schools in the Pittsburgh region to do the same. Together, they helped facilitate 26 Wisdom Corridors across 22 schools representing 15 school districts in Western PA. 

The APC Wisdom Corridor is filled with life lessons from children to grandparents as documented through our youth. A life lesson is a short message that people can use to teach a lesson they know, as learned through storytelling, interviewing, and documentation. JAM students interviewed the teachers of the Primary Center and asked them the following question: What are your best words of wisdom? These students were ages 5-9. Then they took the teachers' words of wisdom, recorded the teacher saying the words, took a picture of the teacher, and framed the information.

Avonworth Elementary School and Avonworth High School also created their own Wisdom Corridors.

At Avonworth Elementary School, their Wisdom Corridor is linked to World of Work, which aids students in recognizing their individual strengths, utilizing the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) framework. Through their displays of wisdom, they emphasized these strengths. 

At Avonworth High School, the Wisdom Corridor Project was executed by the Partners Media Art class. Partners Media Art stands out as a distinctive classroom environment deliberately comprising students with disabilities alongside their student buddies. Collaboratively, Partners conducted interviews, captured headshots, and designed individualized templates for each quote. Reflecting the inclusivity of our class, we opted for an equal distribution of quotes sourced from both teachers and students.

Congratulations to everyone who was involved in this incredible project!