Congratulations, Jackson!! 🙌
Mark your calendars!! Come out to see some incredible Viking talent.
The district is in need of a school nurse. Certified School Nurses, RNs and LPNs are encouraged to apply. Contact Dr. Hutson at bhutson@mpasd.net if interested
Students at Donegal and Norvelt Elementary Schools celebrated the 100th Day of School by acting as secret agents to help save 100's day. Kudos to Mrs. Pastore, Mrs. Ukasik and Ms. Galbreath for hosting the Spy Day activities.
SHOUT OUT to our exceptional School Counselors!! We appreciate the compassion and devotion with which you serve our students. Thank you for your service and for always going above and beyond in your work!!
Congrats to our Spelling Bee winners!! 👏
FIRST place: Cayden Biller
SECOND place : Ian Poole
THIRD place : Jordan Mitchell
Some incredible action shots of our Vikings!!
Congratulations to our Senior Cheerleaders!!
Congratulations to our Senior Boys Basketball players!!
5th grade Science Secret Agents worked on a Top Secret CSI Ecosystems case. They used clues to find the correct information for each file and wrote an Official Agent Report. They applied science knowledge learned in class to help them solve the case.
Posting on behalf of our partner in education, the Frock Childcare Learning Center.
Dr. Purnell with Westmoreland Land Trust visited our 5th Grade Botanists this week. The students had the opportunity to use science tools to explore seeds and plant their own microgreen gardens.
MPASD families, only a few openings remain.
Both girls and boys placed first for AA at westmoreland county championships today!!
Incredible performance by the Westmoreland county MEA junior high band this evening!! TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS 🎼🎶🎵 Great coordination, Mr. Buckstein!!
Unified Bocce - MP v Penn Trafford
A great time had by all!!
Congratulations to these rock star teachers on being awarded Exemplary Experience Program (EEP) grant awards through the Mount Pleasant Viking Foundation. EEP grants exist to fund innovative and enriching educational learning experiences. Teachers' project titles are listed below. Our students are the primary beneficiaries and are sure to enjoy the unique learning experiences to come!!
Mrs. Nicole Mickinac-- Baking Up Creations
Mrs. Michelle David & Mrs. Karen Dreistadt-- Enhancing STEAM through LEGO Integration
Mr. Svidron-- Padlet: A Formative Assessment Tool
Mrs. Jennifer Bradley and Mr. Ed Drury-- Transforming Learning with Engaging Math Environments
MPA students had the opportunity to visit General Carbide in Greensburg, PA. They toured the facilities and learned about stages and processes of making things out of Tungsten Carbide. They also discussed with employees working conditions and career options within the company.
Congratulations to Senior Eli Duvall, recipient of the Wimmer Scholarship, a highly competitive award which covers the cost of full tuition, room and board for eight semesters at St. Vincent College. Well deserved, Eli. We are so proud of you!!
We extend our sincere apologies to the members of our educational community who received a late night phone call last evening about this morning's two-hour delay. The email message as well as the voice recording were both created yesterday afternoon prior to Dr. Gabauer's departure from the office and were set to distribute to everyone at 7:30 PM.
The email came out in a timely fashion, but something on the vendor's end went wrong with the voice message. Dr. Gabauer waited patiently until approximately 7:50 thinking it was a busy evening in the system and there was an unusually long delay. He then contacted the IT Director and learned there was a system error that prohibited it from being sent. An effort was made to resend the message at 7:50 after recognizing the system error and it failed once again to send. A final effort was made with the vendor to cancel all communication as it was well past our time of comfort to communicate with our families unless of an absolute emergency. The system still had calls sent.
We apologize for this system failure that may have awakened or inconvenienced any of our staff, parents, or students. There will be a great effort made today to remedy this issue and to ensure timely and effective use of the Apptegy communication tool with all future correspondence.
