News & Announcements

Excella Health is holding several Covid-19 vaccination clinics through July and August to provide the Pfizer vaccine for students 12 years and older as well as for adults. Click the "Read More" link below for additional information.

The NKASD General School Board Meeting will be held Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The meeting will be held in the Board Room at VJSHS, 703 Stevenson Boulevard, and also via Zoom. This meeting is open to the public.

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Webinar ID: 968 3812 1365

Bus stops and times for Summer School Transportation can be found here: https://www.nkasd.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1086743&type=d&pREC_ID=1372917

The Comprehensive Planning Meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 15th has been cancelled.

Please click here to see the Schedule of Graduation Activities.

The District will be submitting an application to the Pennsylvania Department of Education to be able to implement Remote Instructional Days (RID) during the 2021-22 school year.

If approved, additional information will be provided to all families on how the the days will be implemented and utilized for emergency circumstances that may occur during the upcoming school year.

On June 30, Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 66 of 2021 (Act 66) into law. Act 66 permits students that were enrolled during the 2020-21 school year to repeat their grade level in an effort to make up for any lost educational opportunities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even if the student met the requirements to be promoted to the next grade level. Based on this Act, parents/guardians and students, at or over the age of 18, have until July 15, 2021, to elect to have their child or themselves repeat a grade level for the 2021-22 school year.

Additionally, Act 66 permits a student with a disability who was enrolled during the 2020-21 school year and turned age 21 during the 2020-21 school year, or between the end of the 2020-21 and the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, to attend a school entity during the 2021-22 school year and receive services as outlined on their most recent Individualized Education Program (IEP) with all the protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

As required by Act 66, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) developed a standard form for parents/guardians to notify school entities of their child’s plan to remain in the school and/or current grade level for the 2021-22 school year.

Parents/guardians or students who wish to take advantage of Act 66 must complete, sign, and submit the Act 66 of 2021 Student Grade Level Retainment Notification Form to the student’s district and/or school on or before July 15, 2021.

Please note, students 18 or older who plan to repeat a grade level during the 2021-22 school year must complete and submit their own form. For a student with a disability who turned 21 during the time periods listed above, both the parent/guardian and the student must complete the form. Forms are to be submitted to the district and/or school in which the student will attend in the 2021-22 school year - they may not be submitted to PDE.

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A General Meeting of the New Kensington-Arnold School Board will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Valley High School Board Room, 703 Stevenson Boulevard, New Kensington, PA 15068. The meeting will also be available on Zoom. This meeting is open to the public.

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The New Kensington-Arnold School Board will hold an Education Committee Meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the VJSHS Board Room, 703 Stevenson Boulevard, New Kensington, PA and also virtually via zoom. The meeting is open to the public.

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Webinar ID: 961 3196 4185