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Back to School Shaler Area will kick off the 2019-2020 school year with an orientation day on Tuesday, August 27, for students in Kindergarten and grades 4, 7 and 9. The first day of school for all students is Wednesday, August 28. Bus assignments will be released the week of August 19. Shaler Area is accepting registrations for students entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2019. If you have a child who will be 5 years old ON or BEFORE August 31, your child is eligible to attend Kindergarten. Registrations are being accepted daily at: Shaler Area School District Administrative Offices, 1800 Mount Royal Blvd. Glenshaw, PA 15116 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m. Shaler Area’s PA Pre-K Counts program also is accepting applications for the pre-kindergarten program at Marzolf and Reserve Primary schools for the 2019-2020 school year. The free program provides high quality pre- kindergarten programming for families that qualify. (A family of 4 can make up to $77,250 annually.) Teachers are certified in Early Childhood Education; classrooms provide a safe, well-equipped learning environment and the curriculum and education programming is designed to help your child be prepared for kindergarten. Give your 3- or 4-year-old child a great preschool opportunity with PA Pre-K Counts. Call for an application: 724.437.2590. Shaler Area wins 1st in Fairchild Challenge at Phipps Shaler Area High School students spent the entire 2018-19 school year competing in the Fairchild Challenge at Phipps and were awarded for their efforts with the top award. The Shaler Area High School team placed first overall in the high school category in the yearlong environmental challenge that consisted of five different challenges. Students receive scores for each challenge and the scores are totaled for the overall winners. The students competed against 14 area high schools. The high school students received $1,000 for their school as part of their first-place award. Shaler Area High School has been awarded 1st place in 7 of the 9 years students have competed in the Fairchild Challenge at Phipps. 34 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com Shaler Area senior named 2019 PSMLA Global Scholars Graduate Shaler Area senior Kayleigh Hegerle has been named a 2019 Global Scholar through the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Global Scholars Program. The PSMLA Global Scholars Program parallels programs in other states and is designed for students to complete over a four-year period. The PSMLA Global Scholars Program is completing its fourth year in the state of Pennsylvania. The Global Scholars Program provides high school students the opportunity to develop global awareness and competency through the completion of interdisciplinary studies and activities over the course of their high school career. Over four years, students must complete requirements in four components: academic courses (four years or the equivalent of the same world language and an additional four credits of study in courses that are global in nature), active participation in four extra-curricular activities that focus on global aspects, a minimum of 20 hours of community service with a global focus, and a minimum of eight literature or media reviews, including at least four books. Kayleigh Hegerle has always been interested in the humanities and global studies and was excited by the challenge of completing the requirements for the Global Scholars program. “It felt good to have a focus in my studies,” says Hegerle, who plans to attend Nazareth College, in Pittsford, N.Y., to major in history and museum studies with a minor in French. “The different courses opened a lot of doors in terms of global studies.” Hegerle was able to complete all of the program requirements through her coursework at Shaler Area High School, participation in the History Club and French Honor Society, a field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a three-week study abroad trip to France and independent work. She received a special cord to wear at commencement on June 7.