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May 16, 2012 Agenda Review Meeting Materials

Monday, May 14th, 2012
May 16th, 2012
Agenda Review: Download Education Agenda Review
Business/Finance: Download Business/Finance Packet
Mount Oliver Intermediate Unit: Download Mount-Oliver Intermediate Unit Agenda

Current Students Can Now Access Transcripts Online with New Docufide Service

Monday, May 7th, 2012

April 7, 2012 – Docufide provides Pittsburgh Public Schools students an easy way to access, review, and mail transcripts to post-secondary institutions and employers to expedite the application process. This secure service is provided through Docufide, an online tool offered through a partnership with www.Parchment.com.

Current high school students can register online and request transcripts for colleges and universities, athletic organizations, scholarship funds, future employers or any other organization requiring verification of your transcripts.

Once completed, students can request transcripts from the registrar and have the assurance of delivery to all requested destinations.

 Check out the links on any of the following schools’ websites or check out the Preparing for Education After High School webpage. 

  • Pittsburgh Allderdice
  • Pittsburgh Brashear
  • Pittsburgh CAPA
  • Pittsburgh Carrick
  • Pittsburgh Langley
  • Pittsburgh Milliones (University Prep)
  • Pittsburgh Obama
  • Pittsburgh Oliver
  • Pittsburgh Perry
  • Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy
  • Pittsburgh Westinghouse

Superintendent Lane Teacher Appreciation Message

Monday, May 7th, 2012

Please see a special message from Superindent Linda S. Lane for Teacher Appreciation Week (May 7- 11th)

Pittsburgh Brashear Celebrates Milestone Beyond High School Graduation

Friday, May 4th, 2012

May 2, 2012 – Pittsburgh Brashear teachers and staff came together to celebrate the plans of 200 soon-to-be Brashear graduates to continue their education beyond high school with the school’s first ever Career and College Declaration Day.  Pittsburgh Brashear’s commencement ceremony is June 9th, but on May 2nd, future graduates, with a plan to continue their education, announced their plans for this fall to an audience of their peers, teachers and parents.  Students declared the more than 30 colleges, universities, and trade and technical schools that they will attend after high school graduation. The program  additionally recognized those students who will join the armed forces after graduation. 

The class is part of the 100th class to graduate from the Pittsburgh Public Schools and among the first to have the opportunity to receive up to $40,000 in scholarship money from the Pittsburgh Promise®. Executive Director of The Pittsburgh Promise Saleem Ghubril was on hand to deliver words of encouragement to the students.   The event was also used to  inspire current 9th grade students, at both Pittsburgh Brashear and Langley High Schools, to keep their eyes on the prize of graduating with a plan for education after high school.  Pittsburgh Langley will close at the end of the 2011-12 school year, sending current send to Pittsburgh Brashear next fall.  This event is one of many activities school staff have planned to ease that transition.

Pittsburgh Langley Students and Staff Raise $1001.00 for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 3, 2012 – Students and staff of Pittsburgh Langley High School raised $1,001.00 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as part of the organization’s “Pennies for Patients Campaign.”  Led by the school’s National Honor Society, students and staff donated funds for a chance to wear their PJs  to school on  Pajama Day.   Students also held Homeroom Money Wars and sold root beer floats during the second semester all for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Junior Achievement lets kids dip into the world of job hunting

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

May 3, 2012

A Declaration of Success

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Dormont-Brookline Patch

May 3, 2012

May 2, 2012 Education Committee Meeting Materials

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
May 2, 2012

Meeting Agenda
Update on 2012-13 Educational Delivery Model

Brashear, Langley Prepare for Merger

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Dormont-Brookline Patch

May 2, 2012

First Pittsburgh Promise class to graduate this spring

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

April 29, 2012