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Important Dates for Incoming Kindergarten Parents
Schools

Parent Orientation

Registration

Screening

Moore Contact: 412-881-7776

March 17 @7pm

April 6-8

April 6-8

Elroy Contact: 412-881-4484

May 24 @ 6pm

April 4-8

May 2-May 5

MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL

Considering Steel Center for Career and Technical
Education is a Wise Choice
At Brentwood High School, our goal is to
make sure that students who are graduating
from our institution are college and career
ready. In this article, we would like to
focus on the “career” piece of a student’s
education. We have developed a mind-set,
over time, that in today’s world our children
cannot be successful or productive without
a college degree. According to U.S. News
and World Report, one in three college
freshmen will not return as sophomores.
Many students who enter college either
change majors or have no idea what career
field they want to study, compounding their
investment of time and money. There is a
place for a college education for the student
who knows what they want to major in and
what career field will warrant a degree, and
possibly an advanced degree. However,
there are a growing number of students
who drop out of their college program, or
have to find employment in fields unrelated
to their degree. Is this a good use of their
time and money?
There is an educational option that has
a high number of students who complete
their program and become gainfully
employed in their field of study. That option
is Career and Technical Education. Career
and Technical Education encompasses 94
percent of high school students and 12
million postsecondary students. The skilled

job market is an area of great need in our
Nation’s economy leaving a large number
of employment opportunities unfilled.
The skilled trades are the hardest jobs to
fill in the United States, with recent data
citing 806,000 jobs open in the trade,
transportation and utilities sector and
293,000 jobs open in manufacturing.
Brentwood 9th grade students explore the Meat
Cutting Program during an informational tour of
Health care occupations, many of which
Steel Center.
require an associate degree or less,
make up 12 of the 20 fastest growing
Some people believe that when
occupations. These jobs are filled by people
entering these career fields there is no
who are competently trained in a particular
need or reason for a degree. That is not
set of skills that are not easy to find in
totally accurate. Depending on the area
the current job market. A person with a
of study that you enter, you can transfer
CTE-related associate degree or credential
credits earned at Steel Center for Career
will earn on average between $4,000 and
and Technical Education to community
$19,000 more a year than a person with a
colleges and universities with articulation
humanities associate degree. Career and
agreements. You can earn associate and
Technical Education jobs are not minimum
bachelor degrees in many of these Career
wage jobs with no upside. Career and
and Technical areas. Fifty-eight percent
Technical Education fulfills employer needs
of Steel Center graduates have combined
in high-skill, high-wage, high-demand areas
their industry certifications and their handsand prepares students to be college- and
on training with two or four-year college
career-ready by providing core academic
degrees. This is a huge upside when you
skills, employability skills and technical,
compare the cost of four-year colleges to
job-specific skills. Steel Center for Career
the cost of earning a degree in a Career and
and Technical Education provides an
Technical field based on the work that you
opportunity to gain these skills and to enter
have already completed in high school. The
the work force with well-paying jobs that
difference in savings is substantial.
have potential for growth and movement
within the industry.
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SC HOOL DI STRI C T N E WS

Please know that children must be five-years-old on or before September 1, 2016 to enroll in Kindergarten. According to school district
policy, placement of Kindergarten students will be made using the attendance zones established by the school district as a guideline.
Parents must register their children at the school they will attend.
Parents may download Kindergarten registration forms from the school district’s website at www.bb-sd.com. The following forms
must be completed: Brentwood Enrollment Record, Home Language Survey, Speech and Language Questionnaire, Health History and
Certification for Immunization Status, Private Physician’s Report of Physical Examination of a Pupil of School Age, Residency Verification
Package, Student Residency Questionnaire. At the time of registration, we must see the child’s birth certificate, current immunization
records, a mortgage or lease agreement and 2 proofs of residency. Registration cannot be completed without all of these documents.
To serve the needs of our students, we will administer a readiness screening to all new Kindergarten students during registration. The
purpose of the readiness screening is to determine each child’s developmental readiness, give our teachers important information about
the needs of the Kindergarten group, and give parents suggestions for how they may help their child prepare for the 2016-2017 school
year. Plan to spend 15 to 30 minutes at the registration/screening appointment.
We are looking forward to meeting our new students and working with them throughout the 2016-2017 school year!

Brentwood Borough

District Kindergarten Registration Information