Two Fox Chapel Area High School wrestlers, senior
Avery
Bursick
junior
Alexander W
• Fox Chapel
Area High
School student and
Hannah Petrucelli
was chosen
to be a part
of a national Pennsylvania
advertising campaign for Aerie. Hannah,
a
2019
Music
Educat
received the High School Scholar All-American Award.
The
is promotes
given
by
the
Nationa
senior, is featured
in the award
campaign, which
Special
Olympics,
positive body images, and celebrating differences. The campaign also
Senior
Megan
Hayes
was selected
features Olympic
gymnast Aly Corps.
Raisman and #AerieREAL
role model
Wrestling Coaches Association and the United States
Marine
The
candidates
for th
Iskra Lawrence. The #AerieREAL campaign uses unretouched ads and
pha-
Senior
Alexander
and
encourages
women to embrace
their power and positivity.
is
a
award must have at least a 3.5 GPA and be a varsity
letter
winner.
Avery Perez
and Hannah
Alex
are soph
two
member of the high school’s Best Buddies Club and is also a sprinter on
the Unified
Track & Field Team.
year.
PMEA
All-State
Concert
Band. West
Noa
15
wrestlers
from
across
Pennsylvania
to
receive
this
award,
and
the
only
two
from
ched,
• The Fox Chapel Area School District was named an ALICE Certified
for the PMEA All-State Orchestra.
of Pennsylvania.
a
Organization for the 2018-2019 school year, which means that the
School News
district “has successfully met the requirements of the ALICE Training
FOX CHAPEL AREA
Institute’s Certified Organization program, in active shooter response
preparedness. …” The district is one of several dozen organizations in
the nation to earn the certification. ALICE, an active shooter response
program, stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate.
Fox Chapel Area High School junior Brent Brewster • was
named
Pennsylvania’s
Eight
high Western
school students
were c M
Positive High School Athlete in boys swimming as part
of the I Eighth
Harper
Region
Honors Annual
Band, C. four
were Po
High School Athlete Awards. Additionally, senior Kate Jazz
Carnevale
was given
a Comeback
Ensemble,
and 10
were chos P
award.
• Four high school students were se
ents and staff
safe is the
High
school
boys’
soccer
coach
Erik
Ingram
was
named
the WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 Coa
part of the role is develop-
were
chosen for the PMEA Distric
h the
the students,
Year. which he
w
d
rity
an
as an armed officer in each
are retired federal agents;
eriffs.
me.
• Several all-star
Fox Chapel
Area High Sch
High school athletes continued to be named to prestigious
and all-conference
tea
and also were chosen to participate in all-star games. orchestras. Six students performe
11 were selected for the 2019 PM
2018 PMEA District 1 Honors Stri
ed really hard to get to
ols,” he said. “They have
ormally takes two to four
nts, and our officers did
great response out of the
he gap between youths
account for each and every student. Ruvna keeps track of students
in the event of a drill or actual emergency, facilitates faculty interac-
d facilitate safety drills at the
tion, School
and dispatches
help immediately to students or staff members
Fox Chapel
District
t the year to develop
relation- Area
who require assistance. It also provides messaging capability and
9 Message from the Superintendent
22 Science & Technology Recognitions
epartments, and emergency
access to resources such as the district’s safety plan and building
10 Highlights
23 Staff Awards & Achievements
n is the only Basic
and
floor plans. The implementation of Ruvna was made possible
l Resource Officers
12 instructor
New Kerr School Opens
24 New DMS Schedule Developed
through a $25,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on
or. He’s also a Certified
Physi-
13 Major
Security Crime
Upgrades
Effect
25 High School Recognized for Inclusion
and Take
Delinquency.
rtment of Homeland
Security
14 Student Achievement
26 Service to the Community
ate qualified by the Pennsyl-
18 Student Awards The
& Achievements
27 implemented
2018-2019 Fox Chapel Athletic Accomplishments
Raptor Visitor Management system was also
quency to perform security
20 Fine Arts & Music
Achievements
Fox sex
Chapel
Area High School Class of 2019
throughout
the district. In addition to offering 30
instant
offender
screenings, checking school visitors against databases for custody
alerts and banned visitors, and keeping accurate records for every visi-
r, the district implemented
tor who enters a school, the district’s clearances for volunteers are run
uvna, a replacement for
through the Raptor system. More than 2,300 visitors were screened
onjunction with Fox Chapel
from January-June 2019.
nable staff members to
8
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