South Fayette remains highly dedicated to providing a learning
environment that is rich in innovation, routinely provides students
with collaborative learning experiences, and one where teachers
and students effectively and seamlessly integrate technology into
daily instruction and creative real-world learning opportunities.
The 1:1 technology rollout and implementation will finalize this
coming year as staff and students in grades 9-12 will also use the
HP Revolve laptops to aid instruction and learning.
The district’s Operational Planning theme for the 2016-2017
school year is “Exploration and Inventiveness.” The district
continues to build upon South Fayette’s strong foundation
and partnerships, such as with the Digital Promise: League of
Innovative Schools, Pittsburgh’s Remake Learning Network; the
Allegheny Intermediate Unit 3 (AIU 3); Dr. Sarah Tambucci,
Executive Director of the Arts Education Collaborative (AEC); and
others.
To support the development of this year’s theme, the South
Fayette Administrative Leadership Team recently participated in
its yearly “Operational Planning/Goals Meetings.” To attain such
goals, the district has been successful and fortunate in securing
grants from the Grable Foundation, Sprout Fund, Digital
Promise, and others in order to advance student and staff learning
opportunities, and reach out to other school district partners
enabling underserved student populations to become involved in
various district initiatives.
Together, as we begin our new 2016-2017 school year, please
encourage your children to “Explore” new facets of learning and
seek out various opportunities that will provide “Inventive,” “Maker,”
“Digital,” and “Real-World” learning experiences. We value your
support and genuinely need you as our best partners so that our
students will be best prepared for their next steps in our global and
digital world.
We are excited for the children to return on August 22!
All the best,
Dr. Bille P. Rondinelli
Superintendent of Schools
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high success rates on all state, local, and national assessments.
Our qualitative data indicates that students engaged in STEAM
and innovation learning experiences are asking deeper inquirybased questions, becoming advanced problem solvers, and
deeper engaged thinkers as a direct result of their overall learning
experiences.