Announcements

2021-22 Enrollment Fees are due May 15th

3 / May

Enrollment fees ($100 for 1st child in family; $25 for each additional) for the 2021-22 school year are due in the school office by midnight on May 15th. A $25 late fee will be automatically assessed if not paid by then. After June 30th, a second $25 late fee will be assessed. These due dates do not apply to new enrollments. Thanks to many of you who have already paid!

6th Grade CogAT Testing – given the week of May 3rd

26 / April

The Cognitive Abilities Test is intended to estimate students' learned reasoning and problem solving abilities through a battery of verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal test items. In simpler terms it is not a test of what students know, but their abilities to process information. It will be administered to the 6th grade class starting with the practice tests on Monday, May 3rd and progressing through the week until completed. Please make every effort for your child to be present on these days. No makeup tests will be given.    

In addition, each child should be well rested and have two or three sharpened #2 pencils with good erasers.

2021-22 Policy on Tuition & Fees and School Calendar

24 / February

Both the Policy on Tuition and Fees (with tuition rates) and the School Calendar for 2021/2022 have been posted on the school website under downloads.

Free/Reduced Price Meals Eligibility – memo from DOE

21 / January

• The following is an announcement from a 1/19/21 DOE memo:

Covid-19 relief packages recently passed
by the United States Congress contain numerous benefits for families
financially impacted by the pandemic.  Some
of these benefits are available to students who are eligible for free or
reduced-priced school meals.

If you believe your school-aged
child(ren) may qualify for free or reduced-price meals this school year and
have not yet submitted the application for free or reduced-price meals to the
school, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible.  The application is listed in downloads on the
Cheswick Christian Academy website, entitled Free/Reduced Lunch Application.

The application then will be used to
determine which benefits your child(ren) and/or household may be eligible to
receive.  Please be aware that applying
for free or reduced-price meals will not impact meals that your child(ren)
currently receives through the school.

Tuition

15 / January

Tuition must be paid by midnight on the last day of the month it is due or a $20 late fee will automatically be assessed. If payment is late 2x, the academy reserves the right to REQUIRE payment for enrollment to continue. Paying tuition on time is the responsibility of the parent, not the student.

If you know you will be late with a tuition payment, you may call Star
in the main office at (724) 274-4846 BEFORE the payment due date,
telling us when to expect payment and the late fee may be waived, but
you must call BEFORE the payment is due.

Parent Teacher Conferences

24 / September

We are no longer having set days for parent teacher conferences in our school calendar. If you would like to discuss your child's progress at any time during the school year, please call the school and leave a message for the teacher, with whom you wish to speak, to return your call. You may call either the elementary building 724-274-4325 between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. or the high school building 724-274-4846 or 724-274-4566 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and we will get the message to the particular elementary or high school teacher.

Covid PLAN updated AGAIN – 8/25/20

24 / August

As stated earlier, our PLAN is very fluid. We will probably be posting more revised plans as we begin the school year. Revisions to the plan for 8/24/20 & 8/25/20 were made in red. Go to DOWNLOADS, COVID 19 PLAN, in this website to read the revisions in red.

Free & Reduced Lunches

23 / March

We are thankful to a parent who researched the following for us. These are contact numbers and locations for parents whose children qualify for free and reduced lunches where they can obtain free/reduced meals during this time. At the time of this posting, Fox Chapel Area School District had not yet responded.

Allegheny Valley Students (Pre-K - Gr. 12)

What: Free Meals During District Closure

Where: Springdale Jr-Sr High School (Drive into the Colfax
Street parking lot to the D-Wing entrance double doors.)

When: Beginning Monday, March 23, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

How: Contact the District to Register at
meals@avsd.k12.pa.us or 724-274-2118

Burrell School District

What: Free breakfast and lunch during school closure

Where: Pickup and delivery options available

When: Ongoing

How: Contact Andrew Klipple, district food service manager
at andrew.klipple@burrell.k12.pa.us
to sign up and receive more information.

Butler Area School District

What: Free breakfast and lunch

Where: Center Avenue Community School or the Emily Brittain
Community Partnership and Demonstration School. Delivery available if needed.

When: From 11 am and 1 pm Monday through Friday

How: Fill out a meal order form at this link.  https://forms.gle/tDNZnANZFznNHEGn8
If link does not work, find the order form directly on the district website.

Deer Lakes School District

What: Grab and Go meals

When: Monday through Friday 9-11am

Where: High School Entrance (163 East Union Rd., Cheswick,
PA 15024).

East Allegheny School District

What: Student bagged lunches

When: Monday through Friday

Where: St. John’s Lutheran Church (11:00-11:45 a.m.)

715 Lincoln Highway North Versailles, Pa 15137

West Wilmerding VFD Station 211 (11:00-11:45 a.m.)

330 Kline Avenue North Versailles, PA 15137Ma’s Pantry (11:00-11:45
a.m.)

1000 Broadway Avenue East McKeesport, PA 15035

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church (11:00-11:45 a.m.)

90 Port Perry Road North Versailles, PA 15137

Linway United Presbyterian Church (12:00-12:45 p.m.)

600 Lincoln Highway North Versailles, PA 15137

Wilmerding Borough Building (12:00-12:45 p.m.)

301 Station Street Wilmerding PA 15148

Green Valley Primary School (12:00-12:45 p.m.)

 3290 Crestview Drive North
Versailles, PA 15137

East Allegheny Sr. High School-Front entrance (12:00-12:45
p.m.)

1150 Jacks Run Road North Versailles, PA 15137

Student Lunch Van delivery Locations

An EASD School Van will be delivering lunches to the
following satellite locations at the indicated times. We ask that students
please be prompt yet patient.   Our
delivery personnel are doing their very best to accommodate all needs. 

**Apartment complexes: delivery location will be at the main
entrance.

Rolling Woods Apartment Complex: 11:00a.m.

Eastland Apartments Complex: 
11:15 a.m.

Castle Apartment Complex: 11:30 a.m. (van will drive around)

Middle/Airbrake Ave. Intersection: 11:50 a.m. (van will make
2 loops)

Wall Borough Building:  
12:10 p.m.

Ice Plant Apartments: 12:30p.m.

Fairhaven Park: 12:50 p.m.

Elizabeth Forward School District

What: Parents in the Elizabeth Forward School District will
be able to receive lunch during our school closure for children 2-18 years
old. 

When: Meals will be provided on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays. Between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm.

Where: Elizabeth Elementary School (207 South 3rd Avenue,
Elizabeth, PA 15037) or Elizabeth Forward Middle School (401 Rock Run Road,
Elizabeth, PA 15037)

How: Sign up via the district website or at this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4UZsWWHDmbqnM7S6aCSQ-BbTarbPlpx_hXGl1EflO2ITPWA/viewform

Fox Chapel School District

• Information for this district and distribution sites seem to change daily. I could not get a confirmation on any future dates/times etc.

What:

When:

Where:

How:

Highlands School District

What: Daily lunch to go

When: Monday-Friday 11a.m.-1p.m.

Where: Highlands High School entrance door #22 and The
Hayden Center at Sheldon Park

Kiski Area School District

What: Free Breakfast and Lunch program, open to all 18 and
under

When: Monday- Friday between 11 am and 1 pm.

Where: Meals can be picked up at Kiski Area East Primary
School

How: Sign up at https://forms.gle/ZwXcuSPWY9sUFSpM8
 or contact the Food Service Department
at 724-842-0467

Leechburg Area School District

What: Drive-thru lunch program for everyone under 18

When: Monday through Friday 11am-1pm

Where: Outside of the High School cafeteria entrance

How: Students must be present; however, you do not need to
be a Leechburg district student. The district asks that you drive up, and
remain in the vehicle.

New Kensington Arnold School District

What: Free breakfast and lunch daily to all 18 and under

When: Monday through Friday 10am-1pm

Where: H.D.Berkey Elementary

Martin Elementary

Roy A. Hunt Elementary

The old Fort Crawford building

The Arnold Police station.

Penn Hills School District

What: Grab and Go meals 18 and under

When: Monday through Friday 12p,-2pm

Where: Linton Middle School

How: Children must be present.

Pittsburgh Public School District

What: Grab and Go meals

When: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Monday, Tuesday and Friday

Where:

Region	Location	Address
North	Pittsburgh Morrow – Primary Building	1611 Davis Ave, 15212
Pittsburgh Perry High School	3875 Perrysville Ave., 15214
Northview Heights Public Safety Center	441 Mount Pleasant, 15214
Pittsburgh Project	2801 N Charles St., 15214
Pittsburgh Spring Hill	1351 Damas St, 15212
South	Arlington Recreation Center	2201 Salisbury Street,
Pittsburgh Beechwood	810 Rockland Ave, 15216
St. Paul AME Church	400 Orchard Place, 15210
Tree of Life Brookline	1036 Brookline Boulevard, 15226
Pittsburgh Roosevelt – Intermediate	17 W Cherryhill St, 15210
Warrington Recreation Center	329 E. Warrington Ave. 15210
Pittsburgh West Liberty	785 Dunster St, 15226
Pittsburgh Whittier	150 Meridan St, 15211
East	Pittsburgh Colfax	2332 Beechwood Blvd,15217
East Hills Community Center	2291 Wilner Dr. 15221
Pittsburgh Faison	7430 Tioga St, 15208
Glen Hazel Community Center	895 Johnston Avenue, 15207
Pittsburgh Greenfield	1 Alger St, 15207
Pittsburgh Mifflin	1290 Mifflin Rd,15207
Pittsburgh Obama	515 N Highland Ave, 15206
Paulson Recreation Center	1201 Paulson Ave. 15206
Salvation Army Homewood	8020 Frankstown Ave. 15221
West	Pittsburgh Chartiers Early Childhood Education Center	3799 Chartiers, 15204
Emanuel United Methodist Church for Kids Meal Network	825 Lorenz Ave. 15220
The M Garden	3049 Chartiers Ave, 15204
Salvation Army – Westside	1821 Broadhead Fording Rd. 15205
Pittsburgh Westwood	508 Shadyhill Rd, 15205
Hill District	Pittsburgh Miller	2055 Bedford Ave, 15219
Pittsburgh Weil	2250 Centre Ave, 15219

How: Open to all students

Plum Borough School District

What: free carryout breakfasts and lunches

When: Breakfast is available from 8:00-9:00 a.m. and lunch
will be available from 11:00 am to 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Where: Holiday Park (entrance 4) and Plum High School
(cafeteria entrance)

How: Visit this link to sign up https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2woyGU-WusjfWTcaXklrfWtl-3MOYHXQ9L0VJ_WMMc0eG9g/viewform

 If there are special
dietary needs or special accommodations, please contact Mrs. Jessica Griggle at
412.798.6367 or email at grigglej@pbsd.net

Riverview School District

What: 2 grab and go breakfast/ lunch meals

When: Monday Wednesday Friday 11a.m.-1p.m.

Where: Verner Elementary in Verona

Shaler Area School District

What: Free grab and go breakfast and lunch

When:  Monday through
Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 66 Grant Avenue, Etna, or
the Northern Area Boys and Girls Club, 100 Howard Street, Millvale.

Sto Rox School District

What: Grab and go lunch 18 and under

When: Monday Wednesday Friday Times vary and are listed
below

Where: Sto-rox Jr- Sr HS 11:30-12:30

Pleasant Ridge 11:30-12pm

Helen & Catherine Street 12pm-12:30

Meyers Ridge 12pm-12:30

Hayes Manor 12:30-1pm

2020-21 Calendar and 2020-21 Policy on Tuition & Fees

14 / February

Under "Downloads" in this website is next school year's 2020-21 Calendar and new Tuition Rates in the 2020-21 Policy on Tuition and Fees. In each block, the current year is still visible; scroll down for next year's calendar and policy.

Amazon Smile

5 / December

When doing your online shopping at Amazon, choose Amazon Smile (https://smile.amazon.com) instead of Amazon.com.  Then, select CCF as your charitable organization!  Every eligible purchase will count towards $ for us.  The shopping is exactly the same with the same products and prices.  The only difference is Amazon sends us a portion of your purchase in the form of a check because we are a 501(c)(3) organization!  Many people are already doing this, so we are getting frequent checks from Amazon.  It is a great deal for us!

Parking and Checks

4 / September

Regarding Parking:

The faculty parking lot is NOT to be used for student dropoffs or pickups during the school day from 8:00 to 3:30.  Do not pick up your child at the end of the day in the faculty lot unless your child has a doctor's medical excuse.  Avoid parking in bus zone areas, in Cheswick Fire Department zones (marked red on Spruce Street), in the elementary school turnaround or blocking anyone's driveway.  Short stay dropoffs and pickups can happen on Pittsburgh Street, Highland Avenue, and the opposite side of Spruce Street.

 

Checks:

Checks for lunch are to be made separate from tuition checks.  If combined, they will be returned to you.  The lunch account and the school account are two different accounts.

Student Rules

22 / August

The updated student rules for 2019-20 have now been posted on this website.  The first two pages are the secondary student rules.  The next two pages are the secondary student rules with a place for the secondary student to sign, which we will have them do the first day of school.  We keep these on file in the office.  The last two pages are the elementary rules.  One page lists the rules and the second page is our demerit system.

General Mills Box Tops – now has an app to submit upc’s

12 / July

Hello all.

We can still submit General Mills Box Tops the old way and receive cash for them, so please keep sending them in.  However, they have notified us that they will gradually be phasing that procedure out in lieu of submissions by app.

For those of you who want to try something new...

Download the General Mills Box Tops app.  You will have to register yourself and our school (you only need the name of our school).  Then you just have to scan your receipt when buying the products and it will immediately register to our school.  I just tried it and it does work, and ok,... it's a little bit fun!  😉  Ah, technology.

The downside for us is that we can no longer do the Box Tops contest in May because those people using the app will not be able to designate the student and class to which their submissions apply.

Unexcused Absences & Tardies

4 / April

As stated in our rules, when a student is absent (either for a whole day or half day) or tardy, an excuse from the parent or doctor is required within 3 days.  If an excuse is not received, the absence or tardy becomes unexcused.  We have been informed of a new PA law, effective immediately, which states that as a non-public school we are not required to take action on unexcused absences or tardies, but we are to report them to the student's home school district once the number of unexcused absences or tardies passes three.

Food Assistance Programs

12 / December

Foodfinder.us is a nonprofit website that offers the location and contact information of more than 40,000 food pantries and similar food programs across the country.  If you, or someone you know, could benefit from this program, please look into it.

Giant Eagle, Shop ‘n Save, Goodsearch, & Printer Cartridges

5 / December

If you link your Giant Eagle Advantage Card to our school (#0194), they will give us a percentage of your costs each time you shop.

If you link your Shop 'n Save Card to our school (#217), we can use points for Carnegie Science Center assemblies.

If you sign up to use the search engine, Good Search (also known as Good Shop) and link our school, they also send us a check each year.

We also collect used printer cartridges (small ones; not big ones).  Please place in a sealed zip-lock type bag and send them in.

Thanks for all your help in these little ways.