Since our schools physically closed on March 17, our food service team has been working to provide meals to our students. Did you know that as of this week they prepared over 200,000 meals? This calls for a celebration!
On Wednesday, June 3, the school district recognized and celebrated the hard work of 40 food service employees.
The Butler County Commissioners issued a proclamation at a ceremony. In addition, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank presented a plaque to Emily Brittain Community Partnership and Demonstration School for their exceptional results in the Southwestern Pennsylvania School Breakfast Challenge. The goal of this challenge was to increase participation in the School Breakfast Program throughout our region. Emily Brittain had a 17% increase in School Breakfast participation in October 2019 compared to October 2018.
We would like to thank all of our food service employees, our school police officers and the Nutrition Group for making this possible!
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The end of the year is upon us. I hope you are continuing to remain healthy and safe. As we work with our families to finalize items for the 2019-2020 school year, we have started to plan and prepare for next year. Here are some important reminders and updates around what the remaining weeks of the school year will look like for students and families.
We may not be in school, but we can still celebrate positive behavior!
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As the 2019-2020 school year comes to a rather unconventional close, I wanted to thank you all once again for your patience and flexibility.
The last few months have been challenging. The impact on our schools will be lasting in many ways.
The 2019-2020 school year is not yet over, but we are already starting to plan for next year. The COVID-19 school closures have dramatically changed the landscape of public education. As a result, we must reimagine who we are and how we serve students and families to provide the learning they need moving forward in our evolving society. As we plan, our driving theme is to empower parents and students to make decisions that are the best for their individual situation. Parents and students will be able to select from three learning pathways beginning in the 2020-2021 school year.
The Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation, Inc. cordially invites you to visit the 2020 Virtual FAB Showcase. Please use the following link to access the Virtual FAB site on your desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. Let the Show Begin . . . it’s only a click away! Click to access the 2020 Virtual FAB Showcase>
Dear Seniors and Senior Parents/Guardians:
As you know from our message earlier this week, seniors will have the opportunity to receive their diplomas during individualized mini diploma ceremonies in the Senior High auditorium on the following dates
Wednesday, June 3rd from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 4th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday, June 5th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
School nurses have several important updates to share with our families. Please read their most recent newsletter for the latest updates, links to forms and other important information. Click to read the May Newsletter>
The issues our email host was experiencing with our outgoing messages has been resolved. Thank you for your patience!
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Message from May 12
Our email host is experiencing issues that is preventing some of our emails from going through. As a result some emails sent externally from our faculty and staff members to parents may be getting delayed or may be getting bounced back as undeliverable. We do not believe we are having any issues receiving emails from others. This issue is only with outgoing messages.
We realize this is incredibly frustrating, especially at a time when we reply so heavily on email. We will continue to work with our email host to resolve the issues as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience.
Dear Butler Area School District Faculty,
Two months ago, you were all working hard to deliver high quality, innovative instruction in our classrooms. As I walked through the halls of our schools earlier this year, I was proud of the work I saw.
Then, our Governor closed our schools and we asked you all to figure out a way to deliver instruction remotely so that our students could continue to learn at home. Once again, you rose to the challenge.
The past few weeks have been very difficult. Yet, you continue to show up each and every day to be a consistent source of encouragement and support in the lives of our students.
Teacher appreciation week is May 4-8 and we would like to make sure our teachers know how much they are appreciated. If you would like to share a message of appreciation for our Butler Area School District teachers, please submit it using the link below by the end of the day on Monday, May 4, 2020. We will then put these messages together for our teachers and community to see.
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Report cards will soon be available in the Tyler Parent Portal. Here is the link to access the portal: https://tylersis.basdk12.org/TSI_Live_360
If you are not familiar with the Tyler Parent Portal, we have steps for how to access your child's report card below.
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Click for steps to access report cards from a mobile device or tablet>
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