Students Are The Primary
Focus of West Jefferson Hills School District
Announcements
Events and Activities
Letterto Parents/Guardians regarding upcoming
Holiday Recess and future school closings.
Letter
to Parents/Guardians
from the Substitute Superintendent regarding early dismissals
for upcoming Act 80 Days.
McClellan Students Only
effective today February 18th, walkers will be dismissed at 3:25
until further notice.
Message to Parents Concerning School Closings and
Delays:I would like to thank
our parents for their patience and understanding during
the severe weather conditions that have resulted in
recent school closings and delays. Many factors are
considered in the decision to close or delay school. In
any situation, first and foremost the safety of our
students is at the center of the decision. Hopefully,
our weather will begin to improve soon. Bear with us
and think spring!Terry Kushner_________Substitute
Superintendent
As the school year has commenced, we would like to remind you
to update your student's
emergency contact information.
Click
here to view previous H1N1 announcements.Superintendent's
Letter to Parents and Guardians of the West Jefferson Hills School District.
Superintendent's presentation to teachers, August, 2009
"Proposed Legislation" information, which can be found under the Board section of our district webpage, has recently been updated. Please visit this page to learn more about Graduation Competency/Keystone Exams.
The West Jefferson Hills School District is again pursuing federal appropriations with the objective of securing the necessary funding for two programs that will benefit our students. Please join us in this effort by adding your signature to a letter of support to be hand-delivered to each of our two legislators, Senators Specter and Casey.
The West Jefferson Hills School District would like to recognize and congratulate PHMS Vice Principal Justin Liberatore for bringing the PRIDE award to the school in hopes of boosting student morale and recognizing students who might get overlooked. Click
here to see the October 8th article from the South Hills Record.
The West Jefferson Hills School District would like to congratulate PHMS teacher, Robert Kerr, for being selected by Office Max to be the recipient of the retailer's "A Day Made Better Award."
Details from the Daily News.
Notes from the Special Board Meeting on 10-06-09. Please
click here to view.
WJHSD welcomes our Substitute Superintendent, Dr. Terrence Kushner. Please
click here to read more.
Click
here to view the 2009-10 school calendar that was approved at the February School Board meeting.
The Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, (DMVA).
is accepting applications for the Persian Gulf Conflict veterans
Benefit Program. Any individual who served in the U.S. Armed
Forces, Reserve component or the Pennsylvania National Guard in the
Persian Gulf Conflict during the period of Aug. 2, 1990 through Aug.
31, 1991 may be eligible. Details of the program are available
on the DMVA website.
Letter
from the WJHSD food provider, Metz, Associates, regarding
the recent peanut butter recall.
Congratulations to West Jefferson Hills School
District Board Members,
Marianne Neel, Board President,
and Shauna D’Alessandro, Board Vice President,
for being awarded
the PSBA Master School Board Member Accreditation.Details.
T.E.A.M. Shirts. (Click
here for
details.)
The West Jefferson Hills School District is pleased to announce
that it has acquired a new centralized and more effective integrated
student information system, known as PowerSchool. This system
replaces the LetterGrade application that we have been using
to manage student information. PowerSchool Student
information Systems will help us reach our goal of an enhanced
learning experience, by giving administrators, parents, students,
and teachers timely access to the information they need.
details
The West Jefferson Hills School District Board of School
Directors approved the 2008-2009 General Fund Budget.
Click here
to view the 2008-2009 Budget.
Letters from the Superintendent regarding
Thanksgiving and
Veteran's Day.
School
Board President's Back-to-School
Message
Superintendent's Welcome Back
Presentation for teachers
Superintendent's
Letter to Parents, August, 2008
Welcome
Letter
from Terry Kinavey, Superintendent, West Jefferson Hills School
District.
ATTENTION Parents: Graduation Competency Exams (GCA's)
may soon be a requirement for all Pennsylvania
students. Read WJHSD Board President
Shauna D'Alessandro's testimony to the Senate
Education Committee on behalf of SHASDA. On February
26, 2008 the WJHSD Board of Directors passed, by
unanimous vote, Resolution No.
230 - 08 opposing the adoption of GCA's which you
can read here. Should you agree with the district's
position in this matter, please consider
writing/emailing your local state senators and
representatives, as well as PA House and Senate
Education Committee Chairpersons, to express opposition
to this proposal.
Clearances for parent volunteers: The School Board
approved a Clearance Policy (Policy No. 124) for volunteers
at the regular Board Meeting held on February 26, 2008. If you have any questions, please
contact
hrajgopal@wjhsd.net. The website to download the
application for the Childline and Abuse Registry is
www.dpw.state.pa.us. The on-line application for the Criminal
Record check is
https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp.
Jefferson Elementary Teacher named Honoree in Teacher Recognition Program. Details.
WEST JEFFERSON HILLS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION ENRICHMENT "PAW"SIBILITIES GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDEES: Adriane DeCaria and Judie Markley; Lori Gephart and Susan Reynolds; Susan Startari; Nancy McCall; Jennifer Cramer; John Mitruski, John Yogan, Jennifer McHugh and Pat Oster. Further details.
announces that WJHSD will be participating in the
Teacher Excellence Center's
Teacher Recognition Program
this year.Details
WJHSD School Board President, Mrs. D'Alessandro will
become the Region 14 director for PSBA effective January
1st, 2008. Congratulations!
Students and Parents: The TJHS Yearbook Staff invites you
to submit your own community/school photos for the yearbook.
Details
IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ!
One reported case of MRSA has been diagnosed within the
high school student population.
Details
West
Jefferson Hills School District would like to welcome
our new food service providers, Metz and Associates.
More Information
A revision to Policy 203 - Attendance was approved at
the August 28, 2007 School Board Meeting. Click
here to view the policy.
The West Jefferson Hills School District has received notification
from the Pennsylvania Department of Education that each of our
five buildings has received the Keystone Achievement Award
celebrating the attainment of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
for the 2004 - 05 and 2005 -2006 school years.
The presentation
of these awards took place during January's School Board
meeting. Since the creation of the
award three years ago, all five buildings have earned this
distinction each year. Congratulations everyone!
West Jefferson Hills School District joins in anticipating the excitement of celebrating Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary! Click on the link below for more information on "Pittsburgh 250."
Previous Announcements
Information is available on Property Tax/Rent Rebate
Program
