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Welcome to
Neil Armstrong
Middle School

5800 Murray Avenue
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Phone: (412) 854-8751
Fax: (412) 833-5029
District Voice Mail: (412) 833-5005

School Hours: 8:05 AM to 3:05 PM

 
* School Contact

Ms. Janet O'Rourke, Principal
Mr. Michael Brookie, Assistant Principal

 
* About Our School
 

Our program, based on middle school philosophy, has been enhanced and refined to address the needs of its learners by providing a variety of educational experiences. Our administrative, teaching, and support staff have created a nurturing yet challenging learning environment that encourages success and self-development. Together, our staff, learners, and parents make Neil Armstrong a very special part of the Bethel Park School District.

 
* Latest News
•  Get Ready to Register for Battle of the Books!  The annual Battle of the Books will be held on Friday, February 20, 2009 but it's not too soon to start forming teams.  Registration forms are available from Mrs. Walko in the Library.  Teams consist of up to six members (you can combine fifth/sixth graders and boys/girls). Please click here for more information about the Battle of the Books!
 
•  Save Your Pink Yoplait Yogurt Lids and Help Find a Cure for Breast Cancer--The Neil Armstrong Morning Announcement Crew and AV Club will be collecting the pink Yoplait yogurt lids to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.  There will be a collection bag taped to the Tech Ed Office Door or you can send your labels directly to:

Save Lids to Save Lives

P.O. Box 420704

El Paso, TX 88542-0704

Please mark on the envelope that the lids should be credited to Team BP (NAMS) and Team #112340.  Twelve lids can be mailed with one stamp.  If you want to follow the collection on the web, you can sign up at www.yoplait.com/slsl/default.aspx and join Team BP (NAMS).  If you sign up electronically, you'll get Yoplait will send you yogurt coupons.

Lids will be collected through December 31, 2008 and please, make sure your lids are clean before you donate them.  Thanks for making a difference!

 
• Cafeteria Earns Eight Black Diamonds from ACHD--Congratulations to the Neil Armstrong Cafeteria Staff, for earning eight Black Diamond Awards from the Allegheny County Health Department during its most recent inspection!  Black Diamonds are the highest awards given by the ACHD and are given only to those facilities with exceptional standards of cooking, cooling, reheating, hot and cold food holding, protection from cross-contamination and sanitation, as well as having a certified manager on staff.
 
•  District to use ALERTNOW Notification Service as an additional communication tool between the school district and parents--Keeping parents informed is a top priority of the Bethel Park School District, and we will be using the ALERTNOW Notification Service to send telephone and/or email messages to parents and/or employees to notify them of things such as school delays or cancellations due to inclement weather.  With ALERTNOW, you won't have to watch television to wait for Bethel Park's status to scroll onto the screen.  Parents will be notified by phone when the district makes the decision to close or delay.  ALERTNOW can also be used to remind parents of upcoming events at school.  But most importantly, in an emergency, ALERTNOW has the capability to launch 12,000 phone calls a minute, so parents don't have to rely on Phone Chains to get emergency information.  In an emergency, ALERTNOW has the capability to call up to three phone numbers per student.  ALERTNOW also has the capability to send out email messages to one email address per student.   Please click here to learn more about ALERTNOW.  We hope you will agree that ALERTNOW is another way the district can keep parents up to date.
 
• Edline Now Available for Neil Armstrong Parents—Parents whose children attend Neil Armstrong Middle School now have electronic access to their child’s academic progress through Edline.  In September all parents received an Edline Activation Code via U.S. Mail.  Parents are encouraged to go to www.edline.net and activate their child’s account.  The website will guide you through the process.  Once an account is activated, parents can see their child’s interim grades posted for the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th weeks each quarter for assignments, tests and quizzes, as well as attendance and final report card grades.  Parents who have difficulty accessing Edline can contact LuAnn Sautel (412-854-8756) or Nita Wright (412-854-8751).  We encourage all parents to stay up to date with their child’s progress via Edline.  Parents who do not have access to the Internet can do so at the Bethel Park Library.  Librarians are available to assist.
 
• Visitor Sign-In Procedures Revised for ALL Bethel Park Schools. The following sign-in procedures have been adopted for ALL visitors to Bethel Park schools. We appreciate your cooperation as we continue to provide a safe environment for our students and staff.
  1. ALL visitors to Bethel Park schools will report directly to the main office upon entry into the building.
  2. Visitors will log-in their name, date, time and reason for visit on a standardized log-in sheet in each school office.
  3. The building secretary will verify the information is complete and will obtain photo identification from the visitor, which will be held in the office for the duration of the visitor’s time in the building.
  4. Visitors will be issued visitor’s tag that must be worn visibly during the time of the visit.
  5. At the conclusion of the visit, the visitor will return the visitor’s tag to the office, log out and their photo identification will be returned to the visitor.
 
• The Bethel Park School District has purchased subscriptions to the Online Edition of your child's textbooks for Science in Grades 1-4, and for Social Studies in Grade 4. The Harcourt Brace e-books feature the student edition pages, plus a variety of dynamic and engaging resources to enhance students' learning experiences. We are excited about the extensions of learning that can take place without taking books home from school. The e-books provide interactive graphics, animations, along with audio, vocabulary words, and printable pages to support learning.
 
• All Bethel Park elementary students have been given a log-in and password to allow access to these two textbooks from home (or any computer) via the website. We encourage parents to log-in with their children to experience the learning opportunities these e-books provide.
The directions are simple:
  1. Go to www.eharcourtschool.com
  2. Enter your log-in (you can find your log-in name on the Welcome letter that was sent home)
  3. Type your password
  4. Select your on-screen textbook by pointing and clicking on it.
Read more about the latest Neil Armstrong Middle School news here...
 
* Upcoming Events
  • Friday, November 7 -- School Store and Popcorn Sale
  • Tuesday, November 11 -- PTO Meeting at 9:30 AM
  • Wednesday, November 12 -- Picture Re-Take Day
  • Wednesday, November 12 -- Report Cards Distributed
  • Thursday, November 13 -- Autistic Class Field Trip
  • Friday, November 14 -- Bingo from 7 to 9 PM
  • Thursday, November 20 -- GATE Field Trip
  • Tuesday, November 25 -- SHIM Shopping Trip
  • Thursday-Monday, November 29-December 1 -- Fall Recess--NO SCHOOL