Burgettstown Area School District

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• March 18: Act 80 Day- No School
• March 19 and March 23: Kindergarten Registration. Click HERE for more information
• March 21: End of 3rd Nine Weeks
• May 29: Last Day of 2023-2024 School Year
• August 26: First Day of 2024-2025 School Year

The Burgettstown Area Board of School Directors approved the 2024-2025 school calendar at its March 11th meeting. The first day of classes next school year will be on August 26th. Please click on the button below to access the entire calendar.

When is Commencement? This is a question on many people's mind this time of year, and one we are hearing more often. As most people know, Commencement is held at the Pavilion at Star Lake. The ownership group of the pavilion generously donates use of the space and we are most appreciative of this as it gives our students and families a very unique experience for the milestone moment. Unfortunately, since we rely on this generosity because we could not afford to pay for the use of the space, in some years it leads to a delay in setting the date of Commencement. Their management needs to identify definite openings in their concert schedule before committing to a date for us. We have been actively working with them to solidify a date. In fact, these discussions begin for the next one immediately after each Commencement. We are hopeful that we will have the date in the near future.

BAEC student Aryah Cikovic was this week's BAEC Trivia Thursday winner. Congratulations, Aryah!

Senior Nina Casegranda was awarded the 2024 Student Forum Scholar Leader Award at the Student Forum banquet this week. Congratulations, Nina!

In keeping with tradition started by Mrs. Kline, her students as well as Ms. Wolos' students put their memorization skills to the test by demonstrating how many digits after 3. they could recite. Check out the listing below to see how students did this year!

Mrs. Smith's Journalism class finalized their first Smore newsletter this week. "Don't Hate, Educate" is the name of their newsletter, and they intend for it to be the first of many bi-weekly newsletters! It is their intention to present information and opinions from Burgettstown High School journalists! Click HERE for their first edition.

Students in Miss Patterson's kindergarten class are earning -teen numbers! "14" was the number of the day earlier this week. Students also worked cooperatively in math centers.

Students in Ms. Dhans' classroom worked in ELA centers, focusing on the short vowel U words and reading in partners.

Students in Mrs. Boling's math class learned about 3 dimensional geographic shapes this week.

Miscellaneous happenings this week: Students attended the IU1 Student Forum Banquet; Pi Day was celebrated; Mrs. Riley conducted 2024-2025 scheduling presentations; students learned about x-scores, AP Stats students discussed items about NBA players' heights in an activity aimed at determining normal distribution; elementary students participated in competitive games of Roshambo (rock, paper, scissors), trying to win the most plastic beaded necklaces.

We remind students, employees, parents, guardians, and community members that smoking, the possession or use of alcohol or other drugs, and the possession of weapons on school grounds, including outdoor athletic areas, by any individual, is prohibited. These acts are subject to police action and must also be reported to the Department of Education.

Student and employee safety is extremely important to us. We are constantly looking for ways to make our schools, school grounds, and property safe for all. Recently, we ordered signage that will be placed on all of our school busses, warning that unauthorized boarding will be subject to criminal prosecution. This is not something new, it is simply something we are creating a greater awareness of.

According to the Pennsylvania Crimes Code:

§ 5517. Unauthorized school bus entry. (a) Offense defined.--A person who enters a school bus without prior authorization of the driver or a school official with intent to commit a crime or disrupt or interfere with the driver or a person who enters a school bus without prior authorization of the driver or a school official who refuses to disembark after being ordered to do so by the driver commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. (b) Notice.--A school district may place a notice at the entrance of the school bus that warns against unauthorized entry.

Our school district prides itself on providing the best possible learning environment for our students, and school buildings and other facilities that can be a source of pride for the community. We are constantly monitoring the conditions of our schools, athletic complexes and other district-owned property but sometimes we miss things. You can help us by completing this form when you notice something that you think needs our attention. It can be something as basic as noticing that there is a light out in our parking areas, or that the trash receptacles at the baseball field need emptied. Just like you have for your home, we have a running list of items that need our attention. These items get prioritized and acted upon. We may already know about the issue you raise, but if we don't, we can't prioritize it until we do. We are all in this together and your input is greatly appreciated. Please click her to access this form: HERE