YSWPCS Robotics team “TigerBot” attended the Southwestern Qualifiers to the State Championship at the USC High School on Feb 24th. The TigerBot advanced to the semifinals and ranked 7th place out of 24 teams although the TigerBot team just started the FTC journey three months ago. FIRST Tech Challenge( FTC) teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Guided by adult coaches and mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and working as a team. Congratulations to the students in the team. We thank everyone else including coaches, volunteers, parents, and principal for their continuous support.
2-HOUR DELAY OPENING
Dear Parents staff and bus garages
Young Scholars will have 2h delay opening today. You can drop your child starting by 9:30AM. Breakfast will not be served.
International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on February 21. Young Scholars celebrates the day in as many languages as possible as a reminder that linguistic diversity and multilingualism are essential for sustainable development.
Read Across America Week
Black History Month Celebrations
Spelling Bee Winner is Hayden Fredrick
After today’s final spelling bee competition, Spelling Bee Winner is Hayden Fredrick. Congratulations to Hayden!!!!
Re-enrollment 2019-20 School Year
Please complete the online re-enrollment form for your child(ren) at https:// yswpcs.schoolmint.net/signup . It is our policy that current scholars will keep their seats in the school until they graduate, provided they submit a re-enrollment form by March 1, 2019. The re-enrollment period starts on Jan 1, 2019 and ends on March 1, 2019.
Failure to submit a re-enrollment form by the deadline (March 1st) will result in the student losing his/her guaranteed spot for 2019-20 School Year. If the re-enrollment form is submitted after March 1st, the student will be entered into the open enrollment pool of applicants for lottery, a random selection method, or enrollment on a first-come, first- served basis. For more information on student enrollment procedures, please visit our website at https://yswpcs.org/admission-procedures/ .
If you have any siblings that will be attending YSWPCS in the fall, please complete an online application for this child, making sure to click on SIBLING PREFERENCE. Siblings of current students will have a preference to available seats for the following school year.
Being able to anticipate numbers of new and returning students in each grade allows us to make preliminary plans with respect to space and staffing requirements for the coming year. Please let us know if you don’t have internet connectivity and contact the school if you have any questions at 412-668-2064 or info@yswpcs.org.
This year, we are using School Mint to assist us with enrollment and re-enrollment of students. Though you will be receiving the attached letter in the mail, the actual re-enrollment process will be completed electronically.
Here is the procedure for re-enrolling your children:
- You will receive an email and text message with links. You can complete the process using a computer or a smartphone.
- Follow the link and create an account to log into School Mint.
- All of your children who are current students will be listed. Select “Returning” or “Not Returning” for each of your children who are listed. Submit entries.
- For students who are returning, click on the “Re Enroll” box to complete the packet for each one of your children. This packet verifies your child’s information, including grade, address, phone number and email. Sign the bottom of the page. Submit entries.
- Once all of your children are re-enrolled, if there are any siblings who will be new students to YSWPCS, you can click on the green “Add / Edit New Student Application” and follow the prompts to complete an application for that child.
- You will receive a confirmation email for each one of your
If you do not have internet connectivity, please contact the school at 412-668-2064 or info@yswpcs.org to set up a time where you can come in and electronically submit your child’s re-enrollment form. Also, if you haven’t received a text message or email about Re-enrollment by Friday 1/18/19, please contact the school so that we can retrieve your account information.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Barnes & Noble Day
On Saturday, November 17th Young Scholars held their annual Barnes and Noble book fair at the South Hills Village store. Teachers, students, and families came together to celebrate a love of reading and Harry Potter!! We had musical performances by Mr. McClintock and cheerleading performances by the YSWPCS cheerleaders. Families were also able to make various crafts at our craft stations, go on a scavenger hunt around the store and get an early start on their holiday shopping. Proceeds from this years event will go to students in the school to promote a continued love of reading.
1st Trimester Award Ceremony
On November 21st, students in grades K-8, along with their families, gathered in the MPR to celebrate the great academic success of the first trimester. Families and students were greeted with breakfast, music, and great company. Students were then honored with many awards for their hard work and effort during the first few months of school. Awards given ranged from High Honor Roll to our Top Role Model scholar. This is a special ceremony that we at YSWPCS look forward to at the end of each trimester.