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Community Connection Seminars
March 2023 Community Connections - Career Exploration and Opportunity Fair Recap
Thank you to everyone that attended the March 16 Career Exploration and Opportunity Fair.
Below are flyers from organizations that provided information about employment opportunities for our students.
In addition, during the next two weeks, prospective employers will visit NASH and NAI during lunch periods with information about job opportunities.
March 2023 Community Connections - Career Exploration and Opportunity Fair
On March 16, 2023, North Allegheny School District and the NA Citizen’s Advisory Committee will hold a career exploration and opportunity fair. The event is scheduled for Thursday, March 16, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at the North Allegheny Intermediate High School (350 Cumberland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237). The agenda for the event includes:
- 6:00-7:00 p.m. - Summer employment, internships, and/or volunteer opportunities fair.
- 7:00-8:30 p.m. - An information session and panel discussion.
This event will kick off a broader effort to build awareness about summer employment, internships, and/or volunteer opportunities in our community.Please complete this form to RSVP to the event. The form will also give you an opportunity to recommend questions for our panelists to answer during the information session from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
A representative from NASD will be available to issue work permits throughout the event.
From March 20-31, vendors with job opportunities for students will join us during student lunch hours at North Allegheny Intermediate (NAI) and North Allegheny Senior High School (NASH) for a summer employment, internships, and/or volunteer opportunities fair.
December 2022 Community Connections
On December 5, 2022, North Allegheny School District and the NA Citizen’s Advisory Committee held a discussion about Internet Safety presented by the United States Secret Service. The goal of this event was to bring safety resources and information related to online and personal safety to our community.
Topics that were covered included:
- Sharing location on apps like Snapchat
- Anonymous accounts on social media that "allow" bullying
- Parent apps to monitor children's use of social media
- Learn about how kids can circumvent settings
- How to lockdown the app store
- Information on online radicalization
- How to identify misinformation online
- Algorithms and how they affect access to content
- Tips for parents or kids getting their first device
Resources from the Presentation
- Being a Trusted Adult
- Gaming Safely
- Internet Safety at Home
- Parents' Guide to Smartphone Safety
- Protecting Your Kids Online
- Sextortion - What Parents Should Know
- Talking to Teens About Sexting
September 2022 Community Connections
The seminar was held on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, and the topic was Help Students Own Their Financial Future.
The featured speaker was Gene Natali, co-founder, and CEO of Troutwood, a financial technology company founded out of the Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center.
The combination of student loan debt, quickly changing retirement plan types, and investment accessibility makes this conversation imperative. All attendees had the opportunity to build and leave with a working "personal' finance plan that considers their unique college and/or career interests.
March 2022 Community Connections Seminar
The seminar was held on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, and the topic was Social Media 101 – What Parents Need to Know.
The featured speaker was Phil Little, Education and Outreach Specialist with the PA Office of Public Engagement. This presentation gives parents/guardians a foundational education on understanding the social media sites their children use and how to keep them safe while using them.
Parents/guardians learned how to navigate how to enable the security features on the “apps,” along with recognizing the importance of knowing their child’s passwords. Monitoring children’s behavior and interactions on the internet is very critical in today’s world. Children are being targeted by online predators and cyberbullying at an alarming rate.
2021 Fall Community Connections Seminar
The seminar was held on Thursday, October 21, 2021, and the topic was "Resources Available for All Students".
Topics discussed included the resources NA has available to help all students throughout the school year.
- Members of the NA Student Services team are available for students in all buildings.
- Support for students to be successful in overcoming any concerns with anxiety, depression, and other areas that create barriers in the learning process.
Presentations included:- ways to help develop and use coping strategies to be successful.
- how we utilize outside resources to help support us, including MAPs (Maximizing Adolescent Potentials) from the University of Pittsburgh.
- Rusty Hewitt from the Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health on how to help our students overcome adversity and the available resources from Allegheny County.
2019 Spring Community Connections Seminar
The seminar was held on April 3, 2019 and the topic was "The Teenage Brain & Drug Use: Forging the Path to Addiction".
This seminar featured speaker Dr. Tom Brophy. Dr. Brophy's goal is to explain the neuroscience of addiction in a way in which everyone can understand it. Having a grasp on this complex information helps us all understand why experimentation with various drugs can be so dangerous, and why it often escalates rapidly from "I'm just having fun" to the inevitable "this isn't fun anymore and I need help". As a physician that is board certified in both fields of emergency medicine and addiction medicine, this progression is something he is very familiar with and encounters on a daily basis. He has educated hundreds of thousands of people on this topic and is a highly respected member of the local medical community.
2018 Fall Community Connections Seminar
The seminar was held on October 23, 2018 and the topic was "Social Media 101: What Parents Need to Know".
Monitoring children’s behavior and interactions on the internet is very critical in today’s world. Children are being targeted by online predators and cyberbullying at an alarming rate. This presentation, featuring Mr. Phil Little from the Attorney General's Office, gave parents a foundational education on understanding the social media sites their children use and how to keep them safe while using them. Parents were informed how to navigate and learn how to enable the security features on the “apps,” along with recognizing the importance of knowing their child’s passwords.
2018 Spring Community Connections Seminar
The seminar was held on April 4, 2018 and the topic was "The Dangers of Teens and Vaping: What You Need To Know!".
Did you know that teen use of e-cigs and vaping devices increased 900% between 2011 and 2015? This program focused on the use of e-cigarettes and other vaping devices among teenagers, along with the risks these products pose to adolescent health and development. Specialists in the field will shared their knowledge and insight.
