Artist in Residence: Paula Cherian, Markham Elementary – Daviea Davis, a renowned, Pittsburgh-area mosaic artist, will work lead Markham students through the creation of their own mosiac. This project provides students with the opportunity take a project from inception to completion. The mosaic created will be on permanent display at school.

Artifact Auction: Mark Kramer, Jefferson Middle  – Students create their own museum exhibition by creating a poster of artifacts to fit a specific theme. Students learn about the artifacts, take turns being the auctioneer and collaborate to create a poster theme. Student groups compete against other groups to bid on museum artifacts.

Technology Enhanced Literature: TJ Gray, Jefferson Middle – iPad minis will be used to enhance the learning support students' study of literature.

Technology Enhanced Physical Education: Jessica Cook, Mellon Middle; Joe Urmann, Jefferson Middle; Frank Cremenose, MTL High School - Students will  use iPad apps to track fitness levels and activity both in class and at home thereby improving their overall fitness.

Flipped Classroom: Kevin McCann, Mellon Middle - Mr. McCann will create a "flipped" classroom whereby students spend their homework time learning the basics for the next lesson and classroom time working with the teacher to test and further explore the newly learned concept.