Mrs. Sharon Gaitens and her Challenge Students in grades 1-5 partnered with Mr. Gene Natali, CEO of Troutwood and award-winning author (The Missing Semester) to increase financial literacy among her students.

Troutwood is a financial technology company based in Pittsburgh founded out of Carnegie Mellon University’s Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.  Mrs. Gaitens initially invited Mr. Natali to be a Presenter as part of the MASD K-5 Challenge Program Guest Speaker series as part of her lessons on the Stock Market and S&P 500 Companies.

The AIU3 hosted 287 fourth and fifth grade students from numerous school districts in Allegheny County for the 2020 Virtual History Bowl at the Heinz History Center. The students attended a Presentation and Virtual Tour of various galleries and then competed in a Scavenger Hunt based on the knowledge learned from the Presentation.

Moon Area Education Foundation (MAEF) was recently approved to be a Contributor Choice Agency with United Way of Southwestern PA! The Foundation is now eligible to receive contributions through United Way for our STEAM programs.

United Way of Southwestern PA (UWSWPA) offers donors a wide range of options to identify how they want their dollars to help. Donors can direct all or a portion of a contribution to: The United Way Impact Fund; United Way of Southwestern PA Initiatives: Moon Area Education Foundation (16321564).

Please consider calling 412-456-6824 and using our unique code (16321564) to designate your donation to MAEF! 

Click to visit the Foundation's website. 

Receive the same benefits, prices, and services of shopping on the regular Amazon browser but with the added bonus of supporting the Moon Area Education Foundation. When you select MAEF as your non-profit, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to us! Thank you for your continued support as we help promote, innovate, partner, and enhance educational programs & activities that help our MASD students and our community! Click to visit the Foundation's website. 

Although the Moon Area Cheerleaders cannot perform in front of a huge crowd, they can still cheer on our student athletes and pump up the community. Check out their cheer video!