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Fox Chapel Area School District
611 Field Club Road / Pittsburgh, PA 15238 / 412.963.9600
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News & Headlines

17 Jan

Allgheny County Wrestling Tournament Weather Update!

There is no higher priority than the safety of students, coaches, and parents. Due to the different weather forecasts for the weekend, including 1-2" of snow Thursday evening (January 17) and additional snow accumulation Saturday evening (January 19) and overnight Saturday into Sunday, we will...

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16 Jan

Elementary Schools to Host Pre-K Story Times

All four elementary schools in the Fox Chapel Area School District are hosting their annual prekindergarten story times. The program is designed to prepare all prospective kindergarten students for starting school during the 2019-2020 school year (age five on or by September 1, 2019). The story...

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15 Jan

2019-2020 Kindergarten Registrations/Parent Orientations

Registration for children who will enter kindergarten in the fall of 2019 is scheduled in the Fox Chapel Area for February. All registration forms will be filled out online. Starting on February 4, parents can go to http://register.fcasd.edu to begin the registration process. Once the online forms are...

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14 Jan

Safe2Say Threat Reporting System Begins in PA

Educators, parents, students, and community members are now able to submit anonymous tips through Safe2Say Something, a new statewide youth violence prevention program and reporting system. We want parents and guardians to know that the Fox Chapel Area School District has a plan in place for the use...

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14 Jan

Students Place at NA Forensic Tournament

Three Fox Chapel Area High School students placed at the North Allegheny High School Forensic Tournament. The Public Forum Debate team of juniors Rajeev Godse and Sina Shaikh won second place. A sixth place award went to sophomore Suparna Agrawal in Extemporaneous Speaking. The North Allegheny High...

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Pre-Kindergarten Enrollment Has Begun

Enrollment has begun for the district's new Pre-Kindergarten program that will start in the 2019-2020 school year! Click here to learn more.

DMS Schedule

School Board Presentation – January 7, 2019

Click below to see the presentation to the School Board on the enhanced schedule.

DMS Schedule Board Presentation 1 7 19

Parent Presentation – December 13, 2018

DMS Schedule Presentation 12 13 18

Site-Based Team Meeting

The DMS Site-Based Management Team met November 19 to review a proposed 2019-2020 student schedule. Below is a video on the presentation.

Video Update

A group of administrators, teachers, guidance counselors, and parents met November 1 as part of our thorough process to evaluate potential changes to the Dorseyville Middle School schedule.

Click the link to view an update on the process. https://youtu.be/gt4jrc5gWlc

Survey Results

Please click below to see the Hill Group DMS Schedule presentation for the October 8, 2018, School Board meeting.

Hill Group DMS Schedule 10 8 18

Supplementary Material: Below is information from the DMS schedule stakeholder meeting.*

DMS Schedule Stakeholder Meeting (Revised)

*Please note that this document was updated to include the scheduled DMS Site Team meeting to review the DMS schedule

Start Times for Students

As residents may be aware, the school district was asked to explore later start times for high school students.

Click below to download the presentation that district administrators made to School Board members as part of the Committee of the Whole meeting September 10, 2018.

School Start Times School Board Presentation

Please click below to watch the School Board Committee of the Whole Meeting and the School Board meeting from September 10, 2018.

https://youtu.be/u4Eumb3-0OY

Click below to see an email blast pertaining to start times that was sent to all parents/guardians on September 5. 

Start Time Email Blast 9 5 18

The high school PTO shared some facts regarding healthy sleep for adolescents at its meeting on September 5. Click below to see these shared facts.

HS PTO Info on Healthy Sleep

Below you will find the results of a study that was conducted in the spring of 2018 by an independent party related to the impact that a later start time would have on district busing.

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