Thinking about the PA Day party coming up in just a few weeks, I thought I should pull together a selection of Pennsylvania related music. OK, so I already have a boatload of CDs and MP3s from bunches of PA-based bands: Anti-Flag, Karl Hendricks Trio, Don Caballero (I’m betraying my Pittsburgh bias here). How about [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 18, 2008
Pennsylvania: stay for the great outdoors
Chad, another of our North Hills Senior High School students, digs the fishing in the GSE. I have to agree!
Pennsylvania’s outdoors make it great. There are many great rivers with scenic views. The mountains are also a wonderful place to enjoy the fresh air.
In the summer some of my friends and [...]
February 18, 2008
No end to the fun times in the Greatest State Ever
Sal at North Hills Senior High School has a pretty good handle on recreational opportunities in PA:
Pennsylvania is home to some of the best recreation activities, just one of the few things that makes our state great.
Pennsylvania is home to the nation’s first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo. The Commonwealth boasts some of the finest museums [...]
February 18, 2008
PA: a great place to get sick!
Danielle, of North Hills Senior High School, has noted that Pennsylvania is full of top-of-the-line medical facilities.
Pennsylvania has a couple of different things that makes it stand out from other states: a great medical program, fantastic hospitals, and some of the best schools for medical training. Medical care is very important, and I’m glad [...]
February 18, 2008
Please pardon our hiatus!
Your Pennsylvania Day Committee chair has had the godzilla flu and has fallen behind on PA = GSE updates – very sorry! But I have a couple of entries from North Hills Senior High School for today…
-Jen
February 4, 2008
Collected thoughts on PA sports
Sports is a perennial subject in the GSE, and with good reason. Citizens of the Commonwealth are always down on their sports teams, although this problem infects the Eastern part of the state more than the Western. The Eagles haven’t yet won a Super Bowl, and must remember the pre-merger days for a [...]
