Districtwide Events
Every year, North Hills School District sponsors field experiences for gifted and high-achieving students.
2018-19 experiences included:
2017-18 experiences included:
2016-17 experiences included:
- The Summer King--Pittsburgh Opera Two-Day Adventure (to learn more about this, please click here!)
- Pitt Nationality Rooms
- Frick Art and History Center
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament
- (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
- Bricolage Production Co.
- Downtown Dragons Architectural Tour
- Soldiers and Sailors Hall
- Nate the Great at the Playhouse, Jr.
- Grade 4 Science Olympiad
2015-16 experiences included:
- Little Red Riding Hood - Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
- Pitt Nationality Rooms
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament
- (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
- Bricolage Production Co.
- Downtown Dragons Architectural Tour
- Soldiers and Sailors Hall
- Grade 4 Science Olympiad
2014-15 experiences included:
- Frick Museum
- Phipps Conservatory
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament
- (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
- Senator John Heinz History Center
- Downtown Dragons Architectural Tour
- Daughter of the Regiment at the Benedum Center
- Additionally, GATE hosted an evening presentation for parents about the On Being Gifted program for grades 3-6.
2013-14 experiences included:
- Bricolage Production Co.
- Phipps Conservatory
- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County at Father Ryan Arts Center
- The Wind in the Willows at the Pittsburgh Playhouse
- The Children's Museum
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament
- (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
2012-13 experiences included: - Soldiers and Sailors/Nationality Rooms
- WQED Studios/Fort Pitt Museum
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament
(to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
- Honk, Jr. at the Pittsburgh Playhouse
(to learn more about the Opera Adventure, please click here!)
2011-12 experiences included:
· Carmen at Pittsburgh Opera Theater,
· The Invention Convention,
· Bricolage,
· The Toonseum,
· The Warhol Museum,
· Fort Pitt Museum,
· Pittsburgh Glass Center,
· Beechwood Farms Nature Center,
· Yo, Vikings at Pittsburgh Playhouse Jr.
· Puzzle-lympics Tournament,
· (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
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· 2010-11 experiences included:
- Clayton and the Frick Art Museum,
- Puppetry at The Children's Museum,
- Beauty and the Beast at Pittsburgh Musical Theater,
- Animal Observations at The Pittsburgh Zoo,
- Civil War Investigation at Soldiers' and Sailors' Hall,
- 24 Challenge,
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament,
- (to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
2009-10 experiences included:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Public Theater,
- Dan Kamin, the Pantomime Man,
- Clayton and the Frick Art Museum,
- Downtown Dragons Architecture Tour,
- Scrabble Tournament,
- 24 Challenge,
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament,
(to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
2008-9 experiences included:
- Cinderella at the Pittsburgh Ballet,
- English Festival at Soldiers' & Sailors' Hall and the Pitt Nationality Classrooms
- Beechwood Farms Nature Preserve
- Puzzle-lympics Tournament,
(to learn more about Puzzle-lympics, please click here!)
- Clayton and the Frick Art Museum,
- PBT In-Step Program and Cinderella Festival at Ross Elementary School,
- 24 Challenge Tournament,
- Scrabble Tournament.
2007-8 experiences included:
- Alice in Wonderland at the Pittsburgh Ballet,
- English Festival at the Heinz History Center,
- A Year With Frog and Toad at the Pittsburgh Playhouse,
- What’s In Penn’s Woods? At Phipps Conservatory
- Steel: Pittsburgh Drawings by Craig McPherson at the Frick Art Museum
- PBT In-Step Progam and Alice Festival at Ross Elementary School,
- 24 Challenge Tournament,
- Scrabble Tournament.