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Steel Valley Middle School News
The 7th and 8th grade dance will be held this Friday, February 3 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, February 1 and Thursday, February 2 in the cafeteria during lunch periods.
Beginning Monday, January 30, there will be a change to the student entry process. Students in 7th and 8th grades will continue to enter the building through the main high school entrance. Students in 5th and 6th grades will now enter the building through the middle school entrance.
Jordan Corcoran, the founder of the mental health organization Listen, Lucy, visited Steel Valley on Wednesday, January 25 to speak with middle school and high school students about erasing stigmas around mental health and the importance of caring about their own mental health.
The Caring Closet mission is to serve students who are financially struggling and in need of a little extra help with obtaining daily necessities; those students who are striving to do well academically, but need an extra boost to ensure their focus can be on their education and not on meeting their basic needs. If you have donations of school supplies, hygiene products, or "like new" or "gently used" school uniform clothing appropriate for middle school or high school aged students, please contact us. Thank you!
As a collaboration between UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, Inc., the Care Mobile offers no out-of-pocket cost medical care to children throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. The Care Mobile will be at Barrett Elementary - Jan. 23 & March 27 and Steel Valley High School - Feb. 27 & April 24
Students in the Middle School Stand Together club are working to raise awareness about mental health amongst their peers. They used lunch periods on Thursday, January 12 to engage their fellow students about mental health issues and the stigma around them.
Last week, students in Ms. Dunmire’s Math 8 class put their Linear Function knowledge to the test during our Bungee Barbie Lab.
Tuesday, January 10 was the first of a three-part series of Circle Talks co-hosted by the Steel Valley Middle School Stand Together team and the co-owner of Steel Valley Wellness and licensed professional counselor, Katie Whitney.
Steel Valley SADD is in contest to receive the most Pledges for NJM's Just Drive Campaign. Two years in a row, Steel Valley was the school to receive the most pledges in the State. Let's make it a third! The school with the most pledges will be awarded.
Casey Walker’s experience as a student growing up in the Baldwin School District helped shape her career and impacted her journey to Steel Valley. She joined Steel Valley this school year as a district-wide counselor, with a focus on the middle school and high school. She shared more about her background and detailed some of the programs and initiatives she is implementing for students.
On Wednesday, December 21, Steel Valley Middle School students had the pleasure of meeting Josh and Gab during an assembly. The musicians were brought in by both the middle school Stand Together program as well as the PBIS program.
Tuesday night was the annual Holiday Instrumental Concert, featuring the 5th-6th grade concert band and 7th-12th grade concert band under the direction of Mr. Michael Sisley. Mr. Sisley noted that this was the first time this particular selection of music had been performed at Steel Valley, which added to the excitement for the musicians.
The Steel Valley School District is pleased to announce it will host the PMEA Jr. High District 1 East Honors Band Festival on Thursday, March 2, 2023, and Friday, March 3, 2023. The guest conductor will be Dr. Christopher Marra, Director of Instrumental Activities at Seton Hill University. A number of Steel Valley Middle School students will participate in the District Band.
Middle school students visit Steel City Parkour, PGH Zoo, Benedum Center through REAL ticket raffles
Recently, the Middle School PBIS team raffled off a number of great opportunities for students who submitted REAL cards throughout the year. A few middle school students and their families had the opportunity to attend The Hip Hop Nutcracker, see the Pittsburgh Zoo's Holiday Lights, and take a trip to Steel City Parkour.
Steel Valley Vocal Ensembles featuring the SVMS Chorus and the SVHS Concert Choir on December 13, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the SVHS Auditorium. The Admission is FREE!
The Barrett Elementary I2 Days of Giving project is back and going strong! Please join us as we continue to collect donations for causes in and around our Steel Valley Community. Donations can be dropped off at Barrett or the High School now through November 22nd!
The Steel Valley Student Council hosted an information table during lunch periods for Children's Grief Awareness Day on November 17. Students and staff were encouraged to place a butterfly in the Memory Garden that the Art Club did such a wonderful job creating.
Congratulations! Your District has a Nominee for the MaxPreps Pennsylvania High School. The MP AOW awards are decided by fan vote. Voting is live and will conclude at Noon on Monday, Nov. 21. You may vote as often as you like.
There will be a shuttle bus for the Steel Valley varsity football game on Friday night. The shuttle will pick up fans in front of the high school beginning at 5:30 pm and shuttle to Campbell Field through 7:30 pm and then return shuttle after the game. Parking at Campbell Field will be limited because of the expected rainfall. This is a WPIAL sponsored event and NO parent passes, student passes, senior citizen passes or conference passes will be accepted. Pre-sale tickets for the Steel Valley vs. McGuffey football playoff game can be purchased on GoFan.com. All tickets at the gate will be $7.00.
If you participated in the Vision to Learn program during the 2021-2022 school year, you are not eligible to participate in the program this school year. However, if you did not receive your glasses from last school year or have lost or broken your glasses, please contact Vision to Learn at (248) 716-4393 or fill out the form at www.visiontolearn.org/glasses to receive a new pair of glasses.
Are you looking for something to do? The Middle School Drama Club will be performing their Fall Play called "Bad Auditions''. A comedy set during modern day where various people audition to be a part of the hit tv show Crime Court. The show runs Thursday, October 27th at 7 PM, Saturday October 29th at 7PM, and Sunday October 30th at 2PM in the High School Auditorium! Tickets are $2!
Friday was the Middle School's PBIS Fall Fest! As recognition for their positive behavior, the PBIS team put together an afternoon of activities for the students.
The Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health has partnered with the Middle School students for its "Stand Together" initiative. The objective of Stand Together is to decrease negative attitudes and beliefs among adolescents towards peers and adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorders, decrease social distance between adolescents and their peers who have mental illness and/or substance use disorder, and encourage adolescents to make positive change .
The latest edition of the Steel Valley Monthly Newsletter is now available. Check out photos from Homecoming, a story on the marching band, and information from around the district.
The return of middle school students to the Steel Valley Marching Band has helped the band grow to 36 members and provided more opportunity to the students.