Thank you for joining us on December 17 for our NASH Counselor Coffee. The topic we covered included Mental Health and Wellness: Resources and Supports Available for our Students and Families. Below is additional information for your review.

If you were unable to join or if you would like to revisit the presentation, please watch the video recording of the event and review the attached documents.

Contact Information of NASH Student Support Team:

School Counselor (Last Names A - Dn)

School Counselor (Last Names Do - J)

School Counselor (Last Names K - M)

School Counselor (Last Names N - Sh)

School Counselor (Last Names Si - Z)

Student Assistance Coordinator (NAI and NASH)

School-Based Mental Health Therapist

Assistant Principal (Last Names A - K)

Assistant Principal (Last Names L - Z)

Principal

If you have any additional questions about Counselor Coffee, please submit them using this form and a NASH staff member will follow up with you. Also, please do not hesitate to contact any of our NASH staff members in the future to support your student/family.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to working together in the future to ensure all of our students are supported in every possible way!

NASH Student Support Team

What is the purpose of Wellness Wednesdays? Wellness Time will provide:

Wellness Wednesday opportunities can be found on the NASH Student Information page. In addition, each teacher will have a “Wellness Wednesday” tab on their course’s Bb page that provides information relative to their class and how you can set up times to connect with your teachers.

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 will open on January 4, 2021. Continue checking our website over the next week for updated details!

NASD continues to be approved to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students. The procedures to sign up for and pick up meals can be found on our website.

North Allegheny is committed to the social and emotional wellness of our students and staff. Below are ways in which we are addressing these needs this school year. For more information about any of these services, please contact your student’s school counselor.

During the fall of 2020, staff members began training in Trauma Informed-Care. Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is an approach in the human service field that assumes that an individual is more likely than not to have a history of trauma. Trauma-Informed Care recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in an individual’s life, including service staff.

The Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program (SAP) is a systematic team process used to mobilize school resources to remove barriers to learning. SAP is designed to assist in identifying issues including alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and mental health issues that pose a barrier to a student's success.

Through a partnership with Glade Run, students in grades K-12 can be provided with outpatient mental health services both in the school setting and through teletherapy. This partnership will work to effectively diminish barriers that historically have prohibited some families from accessing supportive mental health services.

Led by a School Counselor and supported by the District’s Positive Behavior Support Specialists, each building will have a multidisciplinary committee that will work on addressing student and staff social and emotional wellness as we work to reopen and renew our school community.

Students at all levels are afforded opportunities to address specific social and emotional concerns through individual school counseling sessions.

Classroom teachers have access to consultative support from Social Workers and Positive Behavior Support Specialists’ to handle student concerns.

During Winter Break, NASD will communicate new positive COVID-19 cases on the following dates:

While the District may not be reporting cases every day during Winter Break, please report a positive test result (details below) to help the District monitor the spread of COVID-19. Cases that become known during the break may have an impact on a student’s return to instruction, activities, and athletics.

If a staff member or student receives positive COVID-19 test results between Wednesday, December 23 at 3:00 p.m. through Sunday, January 3, please contact:

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.