Hosack Happenings
Week of January 20-24, 2020
Jump for the Hills
Annual Jump Rope Fundraiser

Hosack is teaming up with North Hills Community Outreach to Jump for the Hills!  Please click here to make donations for this fundraiser and further information about North Hills Community Outreach and its services. For additional information please read the letter and flyer below.
Baby Pictures Needed

The yearbook committee needs your help! Each year our yearbook features a special 'baby picture' section reserved exclusively for our 5th graders. To continue this fun yearbook tradition, we ask that you send in your son/daughter's baby picture no later than February 21, 2020.

Two ways to submit photos:
  1. Email your son/daughter’s baby picture to hosackyb@gmail.com using the highest available resolution. Please place your child's name and HR section in the subject line.
  2. Send your son/daughter’s baby picture, no bigger than 4x6, in a sealed envelope. Label the outside “Yearbook—Baby Pictures” and include your child's name and HR section. Your picture will be returned promptly after it is scanned.
Yearbook Shout-Out Messages and Advertisements

Congratulate your child on a terrific year, give them your best wishes, or recognize their teachers, or friends by placing a Shout-Out in the yearbook. Shout-Outs give you 80 characters to leave a permanent message for your student(s) in the yearbook for only $2.00 each, or 3 messages for $5.00.

Want more than 80 characters or the ability to add special pictures, a saying, poem, etc.? Consider purchasing ad space for your child or business in the yearbook. There are 3 sizes available.

Ads and Shout-Outs are due February 27, 2020. To access the order form and for more information please click HERE.
Winter Party Pictures for the Yearbook

If you took pictures during the winter class parties, please send them in for consideration for this year's yearbook! Cell phone photos ARE acceptable. When emailing the pictures, please select the LARGEST image size possible and indicate the class homeroom and section. Please send any photos to hosackyb@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your help!
The Official 2019-2020 Yearbook is on Sale Now

Attention Hosack Families! If you didn’t pre-order a yearbook in the fall, now is your chance! Follow the link below and enter yearbook ID 10293420 when placing your order. Don’t miss out on this school year’s memories. The yearbook sale will run through February 21, 2020. Order your copy today!
Hosack Ukulele Group

We would like to incorporate ukuleles in music lessons for grades 3-5. Together with the NA Foundation, Hosack is collecting donations to purchase 30 ukuleles, tuners, spare strings, beginner books, and possibly a rack or stand to house the instruments. 

Please login to the NA Foundation website and look for "HUG Hosack Ukulele Group" to make your donation. Thanks so much!
Hosack Library Birthday Book

Celebrate your child’s birthday this month and give the gift of reading to Hosack Elementary students!
Recycle Your Markers

Turn markers into energy! Please help support our efforts by sending in any used markers with your children. 
Counselor's Corner
Important Dates
January 20 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No School
January 31 - In-Service Day, No Classes
February 21 - Hosack Auction and Dessert Night
District Updates
Flexible Instructional Day Previously Scheduled for February 3

In previous communications sent by the District, it was declared that Monday, February 3, 2020, would be a scheduled practice Flexible Instructional Day (FID) for the District. However, the District was notified on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, that the Pennsylvania Department of Education did not approve the request. 
 
Therefore, the practice Flexible Instructional Day has been canceled for February 3, and all North Allegheny Schools will be in session for a regularly scheduled school day. 
 
The first FID will be implemented if/when North Allegheny uses all four of the built-in snow days. 
Jump for the Hills

North Allegheny’s Elementary Schools are teaming up to Jump for the Hills! The annual jump rope fundraiser will allow students to learn about the needs in their community while raising funds for a local non-profit. For additional information, click the buttons below to view the letter and flyer.
Resources
Missed a Newsletter?

All building newsletters are archived weekly on the North Allegheny website. This designated webpage will be updated with links to the previous week’s newsletters at the beginning of each school week by 11:30 a.m. A link to the archive is accessible on the District’s homepage and on each building’s homepage.
Community Flyers
The North Allegheny School District often receives requests for the distribution of athletics and approved non-profit community organization digital flyers. All requests for community flyers to be included in this newsletter must be submitted via email only at flyers@northallegheny.org. Flyers will only be posted and removed from the District website on Friday. Visit our website for details on how to submit flyers.
Building Contacts
Main Office - 412-366-9664
Nurse's Office - 412-366-9664
Counseling Office - 412-366-9664