As we return to Full K-8 In-Person instruction on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, below are some reminders regarding the availability of live instruction in the home for this instructional model.

During full-time In-Person Instruction, students and staff are face-to-face to allow for social interaction and real-time learning within the confines of the District’s Health & Safety Plan. Teachers are following safety protocols while organizing students to work collaboratively. Partner work, small groups, and one-on-one meetings with teachers are taking place through the use of different collaboration tools and strategies including available technology. Traditional student and staff resources and supports are available in the Full-Time In-Person Instruction setting while implementing the Health & Safety Plan protocols.

Parents/guardians will notify the main office of the school that they will be participating in instruction from home if a student is staying home because:

The new testing window for the ITBS will be February 8-12 for students participating in in-person instruction in grades 2-5. Students participating in in-person instruction in grades 6 and 7 will be administered the test on January 27 and 28. Fifth grade students in NACA will have the opportunity to participate during this testing window as well. Students in Grades 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 who attend NA Cyber will be able to take the ITBS later this spring.

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.