GSHS World Language Department gave a stellar performance at the APPLES Foreign Language Competition at IUP with Spanish and French students earning a combined 30 awards – 14 of which were First Place recognitions. Pictured some of the Spanish students share their awards and the individual Overall Spanish Festival trophy won by Anna Kluber. reensburg Salem GREENSBURG SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
All parents will receive automatic notifications to the main household number that they designated. Parents and students who have previously signed up for Mobile Text / Phone e-Alerts will continue to receive those notifications. New students will receive information about Mobile Text / Phone e-Alert registration after the start of school. Remember that while e-Alerts are available for your convenience, they are not a substitute for conventional notifications through the local news media.
ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION …
Release of“ Directory Information”
As part of the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended(§ 9528), Greensburg Salem is required to release the names, addresses and telephone numbers( generally referred to as“ directory information”) of students to military recruiters and to an institution of higher education. Military recruiters and education institutions generally request directory information for members of the junior class. Parents, however, have the right to request that their son’ s or daughter’ s directory information or a specific part of it not be released. Parents who wish to exercise this option should do so in writing and mail the request to David Zilli, Principal, Greensburg Salem High School, 65 Mennel Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601.
Greensburg Salem maintains the security of student information and releases specific information only as required by law. Any parent can request that information be withheld by making this request in writing to the principal of each building in which his / her children are enrolled. The district will honor these requests as permitted by commonwealth and federal statute.
Student Record Information
The collection, maintenance, and dissemination of pupil records are legitimate and expected functions of a school system. The professional staff recognizes the confidential nature of such data and the need to strike a balance between the necessity for educationally relevant information about children and the protection of individual rights to privacy.
The Greensburg Salem School Board and staff believe that student files should contain only information of value in assisting students. In addition to academic records, student files often contain data from personality, psychological and intelligence tests; health records; reports from school psychologists and guidance counselors; and anecdotal records and evaluations by teachers and administrators.
Certain information gathered on students in the Greensburg Salem School District will be designated as“ Directory Type Information.” This includes the following information relating to a student: the student’ s name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards received, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student, and other similar information.
The above information is primarily used in publicizing public school functions and student achievements in the local media, for example, student participation, sports programs, band rosters, and so forth.
You have the right, as a parent or guardian or eligible student, to refuse to permit the school district to designate any or all of the above categories of personally identifiable information with respect to the“ Directory Type Information.”
In addition, the Greensburg Salem School District will release, upon request of a parent or another school, without notice to parents, records of a student who is entering another elementary or secondary school. If the school district fails to comply with the request of the parent or eligible student to review records, that parent or eligible student may file a complaint with the Office of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington D. C., and / or request a hearing as specified in the“ Challenge Procedure” section of the Policy on the Collection, Maintenance, and Dissemination of Records. The Policy on the Collection, Maintenance, and Dissemination of Records is available through the principal’ s office.
If English is not understood, the school district will attempt to notify parents of their rights in the language used at home.
Student Nutrition Accountability Program( SNAP)
Students in all district schools use the Student Nutrition Accountability Program( SNAP) at lunch and breakfast. SNAP is a computerized accounting system which can eliminate the need for parents to send money to school with their son or daughter on a daily basis to pay for food or drinks purchased in any of the district’ s cafeterias.
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