News & Headlines
- 16 Nov
DMS Musical Performance – ON for Saturday, Nov. 17
The power is currently ON at DMS. As a result, the 10 a.m. performance today of "Mary Poppins Jr." will proceed as planned. We want to let those attending know that, as of 6:45 a.m., Saxonburg Boulevard, between Kepples Garage (the garage closer to 910) and the new entrance to DMS, was closed....
- 10 Nov
Mental Health Resources Available to Our Students
The Fox Chapel Area School District understands that students have a variety of mental health and emotional support needs throughout the school year. To meet those diverse needs, the district has built multiple layers of support into each building. Here are the resources that are available to our...
- 06 Nov
High School Mobile Fab Lab Featured in Publication
Fox Chapel Area School District’s mobile Fab Lab is featured in “Space to Learn,” a publication by Remake Learning. The publication is a resource for providing ideas and inspiration for innovative ways to transform learning spaces. During the 2016-2017 school year, Fox Chapel Area High School...
- 05 Nov
Students Place in Erie Forensic Tournament
Seven Fox Chapel Area High School students recently placed at the annual M & M Lake Erie Invitational Forensic Tournament. The team of junior Rajeev Godse and sophomore Jackson Romero won first place in Policy Debate and had an undefeated record. Additionally, freshman Mona Gerges won second place...
- 02 Nov
Continued Response to Tree of Life Tragedy
As the healing process continues from the unthinkable act that took place Oct. 27 at the Tree of Life synagogue, the Fox Chapel Area School District continues to pay tribute to the victims, offer support to their families, and honor the heroes who sprung to action that day. Here are just a few of...
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DMS Schedule
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.
Supplementary Material: Below is information from the DMS schedule stakeholder meeting.*
*Please note that this document was updated to include the scheduled DMS Site Team meeting to review the DMS schedule.
Spanish Immersion Pilot Program
Want to learn more about the district's Spanish Immersion pilot program? Here's a video.
The school district is hosting Spanish Immersion information sessions for parents.
Click below to view a PDF of the presentation that is given at the Spanish Immersion parent meetings.
School Safety
Here is a great video summary of some of the school district's new safety initiatives:
Safety Updates - 2018-2019 Video
The school district hosted a meeting on school safety on September 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the LGI room at the high school. You can watch it by clicking here: https://youtu.be/LkJllbwkbpY
Click below to see the PowerPoint presentation from the September 25 safety meeting.
Click below for information on the Ruvna digital safety app that the district will be using.
Click below for information on the Raptor visitor management system that the district will be using.
Click below to read the story on school safety from the district's summer 2018 magazine.
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.
Please click below to watch the School Board Committee of the Whole Meeting and the School Board meeting from September 10, 2018.
Click below to see an email blast pertaining to start times that was sent to all parents/guardians on September 5.
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.
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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*Please Note: The 2019 spring break does not fall around the Easter holiday, as it traditionally has. This is due to the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) testing that is mandated by the state.
