Join us as Ryan Klingensmith presents:

“SHAPE THE SKY: Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones“

This is a FREE training event for any parent or caregiver interested in learning strategies to create a safer environment for their children using technology. Though there is no fee for attending, we do need to know who is coming so please contact Kelly Dix with questions and/or to reserve your spot at kellydix37@gmail.com. Also note that while this event is about kids, it is for ADULTS ONLY and children will not be permitted to attend.

WHEN:

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

6:30-8:30pm

WHERE:

Crafton Heights U.P. Church

50 Stratmore Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15205

For more information see the attached flyer or visit www.shapethesky.org

March 16 & 17--Last days Q3 Students please check portal and communicate with instructors

March 18--First Day Q4; Flexible Instruction Day

Please click on the link below to view the Guidelines for Flexible Instruction Days...
BC STUDENT GUIDELINES FOR ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS

Middle States and Kairos are now canceled.

Dear Crusader Families, 

I want to commend our students on the maturity they demonstrated in helping make today educationally productive under unusual circumstances.  In conversation with our IT Department we feel every student is in position to succeed remotely.  Please see the attached letter from our Head of Schools Michelle Peduto who is adhering to the governor's recommendation that schools be closed until 3/30.  More details will be forthcoming, but Monday will remain a faculty in-service as we prepare to introduce distance learning at a TBD date.

Sincerely

Mr. Joyce 

 

***All non-essential school and extracurricular activities are suspended until further notice.***

Dear Catholic School Families,

These are challenging days. Please continue to fill your homes with prayer and look forward to a time when this is all behind us. In the meantime, I am asking that we work together as we do what is best for our families, staff, and communities.

As we continue to monitor the directives and recommendations in an ever-changing environment, we are holding a teacher in-service day on Monday, March 16, 2020. This will provide our teachers and administrators with the opportunity to strategically plan for the implementation of alternative learning experiences for our students should a long-term closure be necessary. Please be aware that students may be bringing home additional materials as part of the plan.

There will be no school in session for students on Monday, March 16.

At this time, we are planning for students to return to classes on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, unless circumstances dictate otherwise.

This is a rapidly changing situation, and we are monitoring and taking guidance from federal state and local agencies. Please prepare for the possibility of closures. Check the link below to the coronavirus (COVID-19) page on the diocesan website:

https://diopitt.org/preventing-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-catholic-schools
 
We are taking these actions to protect our communities from the spread of COVID-19. As more information surfaces, our recommendations will evolve to best serve our families. We will continue to send updates as information becomes available.

Please contact me if you have any questions. Our prayers go out to all those around the world and here at home confronted by this virus.

God bless you,
Michelle A. Peduto

 

Dear School Communities:
 
As a Catholic faith community, in times of uncertainty our first response is to pray for guidance and grace to meet the challenges of the day. We are called today to meet a challenge with which we have no significant past experience. In creating policies and procedures related to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), we join people from around the world who are working through the same things. While there is much we do not know, we are people of action so our focus will be on what steps we can take, based on what we do know, to protect all that we love. Working together in our communities, schools, and homes, as we always do, will sustain us through any level of challenge.
 
The health, safety and well-being of our students, staff and families is a top priority at our schools. The situation is filled with ever-changing information, and we are committed to providing regular communications, with prompt updates, regarding important health-related information to our families. We will be taking guidance from the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), PA Department of Health, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
 
Below are best practices in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Please read and act with a sense of urgency but not fear.

Travel Guidelines

• If students are traveling out of the country, or to an area of the U.S. that is known to have coronavirus, parents/guardians should notify the school principal. This request will remain in effect until the end of the school year.

• Schools cannot support parental requests for educational trips to areas affected by coronavirus. We discourage families from taking trips to affected areas and may prohibit students from returning to school before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-suggested quarantine period. The school may request medical clearance to return to school.
• Schools will suspend scheduled field trips and travel experiences to determine the risk as per CDC recommendations.
• Schools will limit large gatherings.

In the Event of School Closures

• Now is the time to prepare for childcare, if there is a quarantine period. This is challenging at every level, but necessary.
• Schools are preparing for alternative learning experiences, please advise your schools of your technology needs to enable their students to participate in online learning.

Michelle A. Peduto

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