YOUNG SCHOLARS OF
GREATER ALLEGHENY
CHARTER SCHOOL
News and Events
that you don't want to miss!
Discipline Office & Student Services Corner
Greetings, YSGA family, and friends!

My name is Kelli Humphries and I am excited to be the Director of Discipline and Student Services here at Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny. It has been a pleasure getting to know many of the scholars and families. I would like to take this time to commend our families and scholars for their efforts and commitment to online learning. We have had great participation and an attendance rate of 90% overall, and it is because of YOU! During these unprecedented times, we know that this has been a challenge for many and is an adjustment for you and your family. Please stay encouraged and know that we are in this together. We are here to support in any way that we can. I look forward to a great year of success. Let’s all fall in love with learning. 

Kelli Humphries
School Nurse Corner
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this brief note! My name is Karen Ieong and I am the Certified School Nurse serving the school community of Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny Charter School. In anticipation of our school reopening for face to face learning, please consider having your child’s physician administer a flu shot in the near future. The influenza vaccine that is now available is recommended especially for patients over the age of 6 months. People at greater risk of serious illness and death from flu include young children, older adults, pregnant women, and people with chronic health conditions including heart, lung, or kidney disease, or those with conditions that weaken their immune system like diabetes. Those with asthma are also at risk for increased illness from Flu. Please contact your Primary Care Physician, Pediatrician, or visit the Allegheny County Health Department website at www.alleghenycounty.us for further information. Thank you and please stay healthy!

Karen Ieong
School Counselor Corner
Homelessness 
YSGA strives to support families who are experiencing homelessness.
 
Homeless students are defined as individuals lacking a fixed, regular, and nighttime residence, which include the following conditions:

  • Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
  • Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
  • Living in emergency, transitional, or domestic violence shelters.
  • Abandoned in hospitals.
  • Awaiting foster care placement.
  • Living in public or private places not designed for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.
  • Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations, or similar settings.
  • Living as migratory children in conditions described in previous examples.
  • Living as run-away children.
  • Abandoned or forced out of homes by parents/guardians or caretakers.

If you or someone you know at the school is experiencing homelessness please contact me as the McKinney-Vento Act Liaison;

Lauren Kielbasa 
Phone: (412) 673-7300, ext. 101

We want to ensure our families are being helped and supported in their time of need! 
Progress Report Cards
Progress report cards will be mailed out this week. If you have recently relocated, please make sure to notify the school. Report cards and any other mail sent from the school will be delivered to the address we have on file. If your current address is not up to date, you will notice that you do not receive mail from the school. Please call the office for any updates. 

October 12, 2020, Columbus Day: No School for Students (catch up day). 

Students will not be signing on for Zoom classes on October 12th. Please take this day to catch up on any work that is due. 
Grab and Go Frozen Meals
Young Scholars distribute breakfast and lunch for YSGA' students every weekday. Pick up meals from the school daily. Please report to the back entrance of the school on 6th Street (glass door entrance) between 10.30 am and 2.30 pm. daily. Families will be served frozen to-go meals for two days. Please note that meals are only available for YSGA students. 

Please call the main office for any questions regarding the meal services.