On Tuesday, January 19, students in grades 9-12 who are enrolled in In-Person Instruction will return to the Hybrid Phase. The schedule we will follow is below. In addition, the end of the second quarter will be Friday, January 29, a half-day for students. The third quarter will begin on Tuesday, February 2.

Please review the upcoming schedule, as there are some changes to which days cohorts will attend school in-person and to A/B days. Some reasons behind these changes to the schedule include:

There are two scheduled half days for students during the 2020-2021 school year. The first half-day is scheduled for Friday, January 29. School hours for the first half day are:

Students in grades 9-12 will have lunch before being dismissed.

The second half-day is scheduled for Thursday, April 1. School hours will be the same for the second half-day.

On Friday, January 15, the Class of 2021 students and families received an email from Dr. Dirda with information about ordering Senior items from Herff Jones (i.e. Graduation announcements, class rings, other memorabilia). This email included the catalog from Herff Jones along with links to order various commemorative items as well as class rings. Orders for graduation announcements must be received by Sunday, February 14, to guarantee timely delivery. As a reminder, caps/gowns/tassels will be ordered through the high school for all seniors so there is no need for families to place orders for these items.

NASH students/families should complete this form when they are arriving late to school (when learning remotely). Thank you in advance for your assistance. Please forward all excuse information to gfenton@northallegheny.org.

This school year, North Allegheny School District will be accepting student absence excuses electronically through the Tyler SIS Parent Portal. Please forward all excuse information to gfenton@northallegheny.org.

Student excuses will be submitted through an "E-Form", creating a touchless submission option for parents/guardians. This will reduce the amount of paper transmissions between parents/guardians, students, and our staff. Please review the directions to submit an electronic student excuse below and contact your student's building secretary with any questions.

It is now time to purchase a NASH yearbook and a personal ad for your senior! Even with the current circumstance, the NASH yearbook staff looks forward to putting together a book that features all of the positives that have and will happen this year.

If you happen to be a parent/guardian of a student that takes pictures of a NA sports team, club, group, etc., please email nashsafariyearbook@northallegheny.org. We want your awesome photos!

To purchase a NASH yearbook, follow these instructions.

To purchase a personal ad, please follow the instructions below:

**The deadline to purchase is January 31**

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the nashsafariyearbook@northallegheny.org.

Registration for students who will attend kindergarten in the 2021-2022 school year is now open. Visit our website for more details!

Starting in the second semester, teachers will begin to transition to the use of Google Meet in place of Blackboard Collaborate. This transition is occurring to address some of the technical issues that have been experienced by some families when using the Blackboard Collaborate platform.

Your child’s teacher has been working on setting up Google Meet sessions so that they can be securely accessed through Blackboard in a manner similar to how they accessed classes in Collaborate. As a part of Google Meet security, students cannot enter a Google Meet session unless a teacher is in the session. If your child tries to join a class before the teacher arrives, he/she will receive a message that says “You are not permitted to join the meeting“. If this occurs, your child should wait a few minutes and try again to enter the class.

This document will provide more information about Google Meet. If you have a child in grades K-8, the Google Meet app should already be installed on their iPad, but if it is not, it can be downloaded through the Self-Service app.

NA continues to be approved to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students. We want you to take advantage of the free meals that are available to students for the rest of the year! Please complete the short survey below to help our food service provider better accommodate you and your family.

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.