Deer Lakes High School will host an orientation for all ninth-graders and new students in grades 10, 11 and 12 and their parents at 7 p.m. Tuesday The session will begin in the auditorium of the high school at 163 E. Union Road.

The middle school will host orientation for all sixth-graders and new students in grades seven and eight and their parents at 7 p.m. next Thursday in the school at 17 E. Union Road.

The district is spending $80,657 more than it expected on a paving project at Bradford Woods Elementary.

The contractor excavating the school's driveway and parking lot found the ground underneath was spongy and unstable, said Rob Gaertner, the district's facilities manager.

The paving was supposed to cost $200,000.

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The school district exceeded all 2009 proficiency targets established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. As a result, the district and its nine schools, including all subgroups, have once again met Adequate Yearly Progress. Such progress is measured by student achievement on the annual PSSA tests in math and reading, administered in the spring. To achieve adequate yearly progress, at least 63 percent of students must score advanced or proficient in reading and 56 percent in math.

In 2011, proficiency targets will be raised to 67 percent in math and 72 percent in reading. The most recent North Hills scores have already exceeded those targets at every grade level. According to the federal law, all students must reach proficiency in reading and math by 2014.

• A North Hills School District teacher has been promoted to principal of Seville Elementary School. Marc Thornton, a high school learning support teacher, will lead the 200-student school for the 2009-10 school year.

Mr. Thornton has been a learning support teacher for the district since 1999. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Pittsburgh and earned a master's degree in education of the mentally and/or physically handicapped from the California University of Pennsylvania.

He recently completed all requirements for his principal's certification at California University of Pennsylvania, which included administrative internships at all educational levels in the North Hills, Mt. Lebanon and North Allegheny school districts.

In addition to teaching, Mr. Thornton has served as the assistant director of the district's alternative education program since August 2005 and was recently named curriculum leader for the district's special education department.

In March, Mr. Thornton was selected as one of 30 semifinalists in the 2010 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year recognition program.

• Tickets are on sale for the North Hills School District's annual Sports Hall of Fame dinner. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Nu Babcock on Babcock Boulevard in Ross.

2009 inductees include:

• Ken Bollens, class of 1964, who played basketball and ran track. He was the first 1,000-point scorer at North Hills in basketball.

• Ian Fitzgerald, class of 2004, who participated in track and cross-country. He ranked third nationally in the 3,000, ninth nationally in the mile and led North Hills to the 2003 WPIAL cross-country championship.

• Casey Mohn, class of 1999, who participated in basketball, track/field and soccer. She holds the school record for discus. Ms. Mohn lettered in basketball four years, track four years and soccer two years.

• Ryan Redman, class of 2000, was the WPIAL record holder in swimming, a PIAA medalist, a two-time high school All-American and a two-time high school honorable mention All-American. She held records at the college level and was a 2000 and 2004 USA Olympic trial qualifier.

• Mike White, class of 1980, who was instrumental in promoting basketball in the North Hills School District and is a junior high basketball coach.

The cost of the dinner is $35 per person. Reservations can be placed by calling North Hills Activities Coordinator Chelle Zimmerman at 412-318-1438 or via e-mail at zimmermanm@nhsd.net.

Inductees also will be honored when North Hills plays Baldwin High School in football Sept. 25 at Martorelli Stadium & Athletic Complex.

Preschoolers are invited to participate in a free program developed by the child development class at Quaker Valley High School.

The high school students and children will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday, Sept. 22 through Nov. 19.

The high school students will educate and entertain the children with stories and songs and other activities in the child development classroom at Quaker Valley High School.

To register a child for the program, send an e-mail to marianoa@qvsd.org by Sept. 7. Space is limited.

• Quaker Valley High School is seeking former students who played football between 1956 and 2008.

They are invited to attend the Sto-Rox game at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at Quaker Valley's Chuck Knox Stadium in Leetsdale. All former players will receive a game ticket and take part in a pre-game ceremony.

This is the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Quakers known for their 8-1 season.

Those attending should arrive at the stadium by 6 p.m. and go to the reception area at the southwest corner.

For more information, e-mail quakervalleyfootball@yahoo.com.

Edgeworth council has approved Sewickley Academy's land development application for the first phase of a master plan for improvements to six areas of the campus.

The plan, approved Aug. 18, includes safety and aesthetic changes, including the addition of green space for playing, new parking areas for faculty and staff, a new bus turnaround, a renovated courtyard and brick promenades throughout campus.