Pittsburgh Allderdice Newsletter

ABOVE: Scenes from the boys basketball game at PPG Paints Arena last week! More info below!

Important Dates and Information

December 25 - January 2 - Winter Break

January 8-10 - Keystone Exams - More info below

Monday, January 15 - ML King Day - No School

Thursday, January 18 - PTO (6:00) and PSCC (6:30ish) meetings. More info to come soon.

January 22-24 - Semester Examinations - Important Info below

Semester Examinations

As shared last summer, our semester examinations will be on January 22-24. On the 22nd, the exams will take place during the school day and the 23rd and 24th will be half days with dismissal at 11:10am. The exact schedules will be shared soon.

All parents should be sure that their students are present for these examinations. Students will only be excused for the examinations for medical, legal, or religious reasons that must be documented and approved. Please do not request to miss these days unless the above criteria is met. This also applies to our final exams in June. HERE are several examples of how this criteria was previously shared with families.

Commencement Information for this Year

Senior Families! See the chart below regarding Commencement for this year! As you can see, seniors will graduate at 11:00 AM on Thursday, June 13th. The rehearsal date is Wednesday, June 12th at 11:30 AM and the rehearsal is mandatory in order to walk the next day. MUCH more information will be shared later in the school year.

Important Reminder! The Winter Keystone Exams are January 8-10. 

Monday, January 8 – Algebra Exam

Tuesday, January 9 – Literature Exam

Wednesday, January 10 – Biology Exam

• Students who are scheduled to test were given notification letters by their Homeroom teachers the week of October 31.

• Students can ask any staff member for their assigned testing room.

• If your child is testing, please help ensure that they arrive on time for school so they can begin their exam immediately after Homeroom. 

• Also, please note that students can use a calculator for the Algebra Keystone Exam, but no student may have a cell phone, smartwatch, headphones, earbuds, or any other electronic devices or equipment while they take any of the Keystone Exams. 

• Attached are the Keystone Exam Code of Conduct and the Calculator Policy for the Algebra Exam.

Pittsburgh Promise News

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an application that prospective college students (seniors) should fill out to determine how much student aid they can be provided for post-secondary institutions. The U.S. Department of Education has announced the 2024-2025 FAFSA will be available by December 31, 2023. Before, students fill out the FAFSA, be sure to the set up a Federal Student Aid ID (FSA ID) at StudentAid.gov/fsa-id. 

Pavel Marin

Promise Ambassador

stpmarin1@students.pghschools.org

CCS After School Programming Update

Families who have a current student that is owed Covid Comprehensive Services hours recently received THIS LETTER so that we are aware if they plan to have their child participate in our upcoming after school programming. However, after connecting with families, we have changed our plans to have this programming for 2 hours per day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. Please reach out to Ms. Ferraro at aferraro1@pghschools.org if you have not already connected with her and you have interest in this.

Students of the Month - December - Congrats!

Allderdice Club Catalog

Click HERE for the Allderdice Club Catalog, which is being updated intermittently.

Allderdice Sports

Make sure to follow Allderdice Sports at the athletics website: allderdicedragons.com and also on Twitter(X) @DiceSports

Go Dragons!

ABOVE: Our boys basketball team celebrates following Logan Golle's buzzer beating 3-pointer to win the game against Fox Chapel at PPG Paints Arena. Photo courtesy of the Trib. HERE is more on this game.

This Weeks SPORTS of January 1-6

Wrestling

Allderdice wrestling is off to a great start this season! We won our home opener against Brashear 48-30. This week was Senior Night against Obama and we won 41-30. Javen Woods, Zach Schmitt, Marcus Wahila and Jhamier Rainey all recorded PINS against Obama, leading Allderdice to a 2-0 record in the city league.

Above are pictures of our senior wrestlers Chris Kombo and Marcus Wahila with Head Coach Nesbitt, Assistant Coach Langford and Coach Spencer.

Girls Basketball

Recent Results:

Mohawk

Dice girls 

23-14-12-12 =61

Bailey white 28pts dice 

Peyton lynch 18 pts dice 

Mohawk

18-21-25-12 =76

Erynne Capalas 27

Chloe Fadden 18

Arika Young 17 

Lincoln Park

Dice girls 

6-9-14-10 = 39

Bailey White 15

Peyton Lynch 13

LP

22-16-17-17 =72

Maddie Syka 22

Abby Januzzi 15

Sarah Scott 12

J'la Kizart 10 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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