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Allegheny Valley
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 1,185
What's new? The district is moving into the final stages of a $5.7 million renovation project at Acmetonia Primary School, which includes changes to the entrance and parking area.
Computer labs have been upgraded.
Five teachers are replacing retirees at Springdale Junior-Senior High School, and several teachers are joining the staff at Colfax Upper Elementary School.
Aquinas Academy
Starting date: Aug. 29, kindergarten through 12th grade; Sept. 5, pre-kindergarten
Estimated enrollment: 210
What's new? The school will break ground on a gymnasium/multipurpose facility this year, a project that follows last year's creation of new high school classrooms on the pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade campus in Hampton.
The school will add a high school jazz ensemble and lacrosse as a club sport for high school boys.
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Avonworth
Starting date: Aug. 30
Estimated enrollment: 1,350
What's new? Middle school and elementary school pupils will start the school day later. Middle school will begin at 8:15 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. Elementary school will start at 8:50 a.m. and end at 3:25 p.m. The times for the high school were not changed.
New staff includes an additional kindergarten teacher and five teachers at the middle and high school levels. Two teachers moved into other departments.
Computer equipment has been added or upgraded.
Butler Area
Starting date: Aug. 29
No other information provided.
Cheswick Christian Academy
Starting date: Aug. 30
Estimated enrollment: 160
No other information provided.
Christ the Divine Teacher
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 160
What's new? A pre-kindergarten program, with an enrollment of 15, has been added to the kindergarten through eighth-grade school. A new sport court floor, bleachers and scoreboard have been installed in the physical education facility. Acoustical panels have been added in the cafeteria to reduce the noise level so it can be used for school programs.
Deer Lakes
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 2,020
What's new? The district has three new administrators: Michael Pendred, high school principal; Lindsay Radzvin, director of food services; and Garry Dixson, director of transportation/buildings and grounds.
A new automated phone relay system will be used, along with the media and the district Web site, to notify parents during emergencies.
Several computer programs to improve standardized test scores will be introduced, including online tests to assess student skill levels and a program that provides writing assignments and assesses writing quality.
Eden Christian Academy
Starting date: Aug. 29
No other information provided.
Fox Chapel Area
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 4,480
What's new? Major repairs are being made to the auxiliary gym at the high school and an area is being remodeled to use as a football locker room at the middle school. The middle school track is being refinished, and new lockers have been purchased for Dorseyville Middle School.
A new high school student government structure that mirrors actual government will have students representing each municipality in the district.
Jacquelyn Gregory-Rauzan is the new principal of Hartwood Elementary School, replacing Deborah Fink Sailsbery, who retired.
Fox Chapel Country Day School
Starting date: Aug. 31
No other information provided.
Hampton
Starting date: Aug. 24
Estimated enrollment: 1,250
What's new? In conjunction with the township, a walking path has been created between the athletic field and the nearby community center. The district also enlarged the parking area near the administration building, upgraded the sound system at Fridley Field, landscaped around all buildings.
New staff includes John Hoover as superintendent, who replaces Lawrence Korchnak, and the addition of five high school teachers, a middle school guidance counselor and seven elementary teachers.
The district is adding academic progress and attendance updates to its online parental information and notification system. Parents also will be able to obtain account transaction statements from the food service department through an automated e-mail reporting system.
Highlands
Starting date: Sept. 5
Estimated enrollment: 2,827
What's new? Karol L. Galcik is the new superintendent, replacing Randall M. Kahler. Acting Assistant Superintendent Constance Craven replaces Karol Galcik. Gene Nicastro replaces Christine Ross as principal of Heights Elementary School.
A Fawn Elementary School program to have pupils taught by the same teacher for at least two years will begin at Grandview Elementary School.
The district plans to have a new Web site ready before the start of classes.
Holy Spirit
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 152
What's new? Mona Rush is the new principal, and a new first-grade teacher has been hired.
Mars Area
Starting date: Aug. 23
Estimated enrollment: 2,944
What's new? Construction continues on a $10.2 million building to house fifth- and sixth-grades near the Mars Area Middle School campus. The school is expected to open for the 2007-08 school year.
The district has installed new artificial turf at the athletic complex.
The district also launched a new Web site.
Mount Alvernia
No information provided.
North Allegheny
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 8,075
What's new? Three new administrators are joining the district: Timothy Steinhauer is assistant superintendent for elementary education and curriculum; Mike Duddy is director of information technology; and Jason Harding is assistant principal of North Allegheny Intermediate High School. Other professional staff and support personnel positions are being filled.
The district will implement a revised mathematics curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade.
North Catholic
Starting date: Aug. 25, ninth grade; Aug. 28, 10th grade; Aug. 29, 11th and 12th grades
No other information provided.
North Hills
Starting date: Sept. 5
Estimated enrollment: 4,680
What's new? The $26.5 million renovation and expansion project continues at the high school and is expected to be completed by August 2007.
Online access to attendance records and grades will be phased in this year and fully functional by 2008, and online classes will be available to high school students.
New administrators include Jeff Taylor, former principal of Charleroi High School, as district director of technology and instructional services; Patrick Mannarino has been promoted to principal of the senior high school; John Kreider has been promoted to principal of the junior high school; Beth Williams and Kevin Bringe are assistant principals at the junior high; David Lieberman is an assistant principal at the senior high; and Barbara Weber Mellett, former assistant principal in North Allegheny, is principal of Ross Elementary School.
A new elementary social studies curriculum is being implemented.
North Hills Christian School
No information provided.
Northgate
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 1,380
What's new? The state Department of Education has chosen Bellevue Elementary School to be one of seven elementary schools statewide to participate in the Response to Intervention Pilot School, an initiative to improve intervention strategies and academic performance.
Ruth Strasser has been hired as coordinator of special services to work with special education and other special programs in the district.
Pine-Richland
Starting date: Aug. 23
Estimated enrollment: 4,320
What's new? Groundbreaking for the new upper elementary school, expected to open in 2008, is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 13. In the meantime, the district is installing an additional modular building at Wexford Elementary School to house two classrooms.
The district implemented a new autistic program for the elementary and middle schools and hired more than two dozen new teachers.
Pre-advanced placement programs in English and social studies for eighth-graders will be held at the high school.
A pilot program will be implemented that uses technology to link pupils in the middle school with high school courses in foreign language.
Providence Heights Alpha School
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 210
What's new? The school completed $200,000 in renovations that include a new science lab, new multimedia center and new primary grade science classroom.
The school is expanding its science and technology program, and its foreign language curriculum to include Chinese, French and Latin.
After-school activities also are being expanded to include martial arts, robotics, forensics, chess, dance, intramurals, organized sports and a partnership with Duquesne University's City Music Center.
Quaker Valley
Starting date: Aug. 30
Estimated enrollment: 1,970
What's new? After attending the former Anthony Wayne Elementary School in Ambridge last year, Edgeworth Elementary pupils will return to their renovated school. Osborne Elementary pupils will attend classes in the school in Ambridge while their building is renovated this year.
All kindergarten classes will be held at Edgeworth Elementary. The district will offer an extended-day kindergarten from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Heidi Ondek, former high school principal, is assistant superintendent. Other new staff includes one high school teacher and one middle school teacher. The search for a superintendent and high school principal continue.
St. Alexis
Starting date: Aug. 28
No other information provided.
St. Alphonsus
Starting date: Aug. 24 and 25, half days
Estimated enrollment: 521
What's new? The school added a language arts teacher. Two basketball hoops have been provided by the Parent-Teacher Guild.
St. Bonaventure
Starting date: Aug. 28
No other information provided.
St. Joseph
Starting date: Aug. 24
Estimated enrollment: 165
What's new? The school is offering German for the first time. It added three more college credit classes and initiated an instrumental ensemble program to offer music classes as an elective in grades nine through 12.
St. Sebastian
Starting date: Aug. 28
No other information provided.
St. Teresa of Avila
No information provided.
Seneca Valley
Starting date: Aug. 23
Estimated enrollment: 7,723
What's new? At the high school, the second phase of a three-phase renovation project will be complete. Students will find a new TV studio and larger cafeteria and kitchen. The third renovation phase, which includes a three-floor wing on the north side of the building, is expected to be finished in the spring.
The district hired a new attendance officer.
New computers have been provided for teachers in the elementary schools and computer pods have been installed for student use.
Sewickley Academy
Starting date: Sept. 6
Estimated enrollment: 797
What's new? Claudia Gallant will fill the new position of dean of academic affairs, overseeing the pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade curriculum and leading the faculty professional development and mentoring program. Linda Edson, former director of admissions and second-grade teacher, is head of the lower school.
Shady Side Academy
Starting date: Aug. 31
Estimated enrollment: 950
What's new? Rowe Hall, the main building on the senior school campus, will reopen this year as a "green" building, featuring natural daylight and fresh air in classrooms and offices; energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems; water efficient fixtures; a heating and air-conditioning system with no ozone-damaging substances; rainwater capture for toilet flushing; and other environmentally friendly features.
The school will offer a new pre-kindergarten program and its first performing arts series.
Shaler Area
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 5,475
What's new? District architects are working on final designs for a $36 million renovation project at the high school and middle school. Officials this year will start implementing changes to curriculum and grade structures to prepare for when the renovations are completed in 2008. At that time, the ninth grade will move to the high school, the current middle school will house fourth through sixth grades and the elementary buildings will house kindergarten through third grade with the introduction of full-day kindergarten.
The district welcomes 60 new teachers, 55 of whom are replacing retirees. Five new teaching positions were created, and three elementary counselor positions were added for pupils in kindergarten through fourth grade.
South Butler
Starting date: Aug. 29
Estimated enrollment: 2,850
What's new? A new all-weather track surface and natural grass turf were installed over the summer and new Hank Paul outdoor basketball courts were dedicated Aug. 14.
Parents and students will be able to check attendance records and grades online.
New computers have been purchased for elementary classrooms, and new high school remedial classes in math and English will be offered.
Transfiguration
No information provided.
Vincentian Academy
Starting date: Aug. 28
Estimated enrollment: 250
What's new? The interior hallways and stairwells have been redesigned to add crown molding and wooden archways with energy-efficient lighting and flat-screen LCD message boards.
Winchester Thurston
Starting date: Sept. 6
Estimated enrollment: 600
What's new? The school will open a new upper school building next to the main city campus building. It includes science labs, a two-story library, a college seminar room, meeting and performing arts space for 272 people, and high-speed fiber optics offering wireless Internet connections in every room.
Educational spaces have been revamped in the lower and middle schools at the city campus. The North Hills campus will offer a new pre-kindergarten program. The campus also has a new campus center with multipurpose space and art and music rooms overlooking a pond and farmland.
-- Compiled by Rachael Conway
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