Fox Chapel Area School District

08/13/2026

Justin Patterson ready to fill big shoes for Foxes ➤ www.fcasdathletics.org/fall-sports/cross-country/justin-patterson-ready-to-fill-big-shoes

08/11/2026

Peter Torres returns to helm of Fox Chapel Area girls soccer team ➤ www.fcasdathletics.org/fall-sports/soccer-girls/peter-torres-returns-to-helm-of-girls-soccer

08/10/2026

Reminder: The mandatory PowerSchool Student Update form is now available in the PowerSchool parent portal!

It is imperative that the district has the most up-to-date information about your child(ren). Additionally, your child/children will not be able to receive medication at school if their student update is incomplete.

If your child is newly enrolling in the district for the 2026-2027 school year, you do NOT need to complete the student update.

Click on “PowerSchool Student Update” on the left-hand navigation menu to complete the information. Please complete the student update from a browser window, not the app. Be sure to click “Submit” when the form is completed.

Student schedules will be available starting Tuesday, August 18.

08/06/2026

As a reminder, the PowerSchool Student Update will be available beginning Monday. Parents/guardians must complete the student update, except those new to the district for the 2026-2027 school year. All parents/guardians will receive a reminder via email soon.

Student schedules will be available in PowerSchool and Schoology (grades 6-12 only) on Tuesday, August 18.

07/30/2026

We had some special visitors from Allegheny Health Network and the Pittsburgh Pirates at our Summer Learning Academy today! The students visited the AHN Chill Mobile, which works to reduce mental health stigma while teaching preventive, evidence-based coping strategies, and the Parrot visited classrooms and even played tag in the gym! What a fun day to celebrate the hard work of our Summer Learning Academy students!

07/24/2026

Best of luck to Fox Chapel Area High School physical education and health teacher Ellisyn Knapo, a member of the Pittsburgh Passion, which will play the Minnesota Vixen for the Women's Football Alliance Pro National Championship at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Mrs. Knapo, a running back, has played for the Passion for eight years.

The Passion finished the regular season with a 5-1 mark. Catch the action on ESPN2 and cheer Mrs. Knapo on!

Here, Mrs. Knapo talks about her teaching career and her role with the Passion. 🦊

🎥: FCAHS senior Aiden Drucker

07/23/2026

In the next few weeks, as we prepare for the start of the 2026-2027 school year, parents/guardians may receive an automated email from PowerSchool with credentials to log in to their PowerSchool account, the district's student information system. These emails will be sent to parents/guardians of children new to the district and current parents/guardians without a PowerSchool account. Please follow the steps in the email to gain access to your PowerSchool account.

Please be aware of the following dates:

Monday, August 10, 2026: Mandatory PowerSchool student update available for all students. (Parents/guardians of students new to the district for the 2026-2027 school year do not have to complete the PowerSchool update.)

Tuesday, August 18, 2026: Student schedules available.

If you have any questions or cannot access your PowerSchool account after following the steps in the email, please contact Jill Leonard, community engagement specialist, at (412) 967-2453 or [email protected].

We can't wait to see you for the first day of school on Tuesday, August 25!

07/21/2026

Mark your calendars for August 4! Come by from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to see what opportunities we have for the 2026-2027 school year!

The Fox Chapel Area School District is in need of substitute paraprofessionals and personal care aides, secretaries, cafeteria workers, nurses, and custodians for the 2026-2027 school year.

Open interviews will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, at the Fox Chapel Area School District administration building conference room, 611 Field Club Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238.

Full-time and part-time work, as well as flexible schedules, are available. Interested candidates must pass background checks and have current clearances.

Don't know how to obtain your clearances? Stop in and meet with a PrecisionHR representative to learn how.

For more information, please call 1-888-416-4338.

07/21/2026

We’re thrilled to share that we have been awarded a National Moonshot Grant from Remake Learning in conjunction with the Center for Innovation in Education! 🚀

We’re launching “Building the Village: Schools as Infrastructure for Community Prosperity”, an initiative designed to explore what it would take for the Fox Chapel Area to become a Blue Zone, a community where people live measurably longer, healthier, and more connected lives because of the environments and social structures around them.

We’re proud to be part of a network imagining bold futures for learning and taking meaningful steps toward them today. Read more about the project below.

We say “it takes a village to raise a child,” but when was the last time anyone asked what it actually takes to build one?