Sandy Trozzo

05/16/2023

Some familiar names here

Tigers for life! 🖤💛🐯 This afternoon we celebrated and recognized our retirees for their combined 782 years of service! Thank you for your dedication to the District and best wishes for a happy retirement!

10/18/2022

The world is your runway! North Allegheny Family & Consumer Science students took home first place in the annual Salvation Army Runway RePurposed competition benefitting the Family Caring House. To read more, visit: https://nasd.school/news

09/28/2022

When Virginia “Ginny” Fronk and her parents learned that she had Hodgkin lymphoma, Vicki Fronk cried. Ginny did not. She immediately started...

09/19/2022

Seeing the difficulties his grandfather is experiencing with Parkinson’s disease led Sritej Padmanabhan to develop an algorithm to chart hand tremors...

09/04/2022

Jack Howell knows that a lot of children come into school with negative feelings based on the experiences of parents or others, and he strives to change...

08/15/2022

There is nothing like movement to heal mind and soul, says Samuel Johnson. Johnson, a retired Army colonel, and Adam Rosenwald, a veteran and Shaler Area...

07/24/2022

Siddharth Jayakrishnan does not consider himself to be very competitive, so he wasn’t sure that he would like the Model United Nations club in the...

06/23/2022

Did you know that we have been serving ice cream sodas, milkshakes, banana splits, homemade soups, Frizzle burgers, breakfast and lunch at our lunch counter since 1959? We continue to take great pride in offering great food, great service and great prices and look forward to serving you and your family!

06/19/2022

You know that it is going to be an emotional time when they place a large box of tissues before the honoree. “How do you say 'thank you’ to...

05/08/2022

Arshia Zaidi turned her free time during COVID-19 quarantines into good deeds. Arshia, 14, of Franklin Park, completed 104.5 volunteer hours in six months,...

05/02/2022

The campaign, in its fifth year, uses competition among students to raise funds for the charity. This year’s campaign raised $830,915.92.

04/28/2022

North Hills' Joe Welch, a finalist, back row, seventh from left.

04/28/2022

The North Allegheny School District has appointed Dr. Michele Dowell to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education. Dr. Dowell will succeed Dr. James Bradley, who will retire on July 11 after serving the District for 28 years. For more information, visit: https://conta.cc/3rW8xYN

04/01/2022

It seems odd that John Schalcosky — the man behind two local historical societies, historical pages, a weekly radio spot and a new interactive...

03/20/2022

All around the region, high school students are honoring teachers, relatives and friends who have been diagnosed with cancer by raising funds for Leukemia...

03/14/2022

My latest for Public Source

One of the major police reform ideas — to improve mental health response — is taking hold in the form of internships and some full-time positions for social workers.

02/20/2022

Fingers crossed for Joe....

Joe Welch’s immersive and imaginative style of teaching U.S. history has won several awards in the past four years. And now he is a finalist for...

01/23/2022

When his father was diagnosed with colon cancer last January, Pratik Yarlagadda set out to learn everything that he could about it. “That causes...

01/22/2022

Good luck to Joe Welch from North Hills Middle School!

Congratulations to the CCSSO - The Council of Chief State School Officers 2022 National Teacher of the Year finalists! President Joe Biden and I are grateful for the difference you make, the joy you bring, and the hope you give to students and their families.

01/20/2022

https://www.publicsource.org/school-masking-controversy-drawn-out-in-north-allegheny-by-court-order-board-ban-on-virtual-comments/

The on-again, off-again masking requirements in the district north of Pittsburgh continue to draw parents on both sides of the issue to school board meetings.

01/19/2022

I just wanted to let you all know that I WILL be tuning into tonight's North Allegheny meeting, only not for the Post-Gazette. I've been recruited by another media outlet. So, stay tuned to this space....

01/17/2022

Everyone in the North Allegheny School District will have to wear a COVID mask starting tomorrow, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Marilyn...

01/17/2022

Ross Township commissioners will hold a public hearing on a development for the former Sam’s Club property off McKnight Road at their meeting Tuesday. McKnight...

01/13/2022

Scott Heinauer said he intends to reapply as the school’s football coach.

01/12/2022

The Post-Gazette is moving away from covering of municipal and school board meetings, beginning next week. They want the suburban freelancers to cover trends or do features for some of the Sunday sections, such as the story I wrote on the award-winning dress made from black face masks by some senior FCS students at North Allegheny that ran in the goodness section on 1/2.

There were only 3 suburban freelancers in the first place, and one has already quit. I will give it a shot but covering night meetings worked well with my daytime job.

However, if the PG is not paying me to cover meetings, I doubt very much that I am going to torture myself with 5 hours of NA meetings just to post here and on Twitter. I will keep checking agendas and, if something looks promising, may tune in as long as they all continue to stream.

So....if anyone knows of any "trends," interesting features, good deeds or health stories, send them my way. If you are p---ed about the lack of local government coverage, direct your ire to the powers-that-be at the Post-Gazette.

01/11/2022

The North Hills School District will not change its requirement that students and staff wear face masks during the school day when Allegheny County is...

01/07/2022

01/07/2022

The Mars Area school board will invite residents back into the board room next month. The board voted Tuesday to resume in-person meetings with an audience...

01/07/2022

Ross Township is looking for a resident of the Ninth Ward who is interested in serving on the Board of Commissioners. Jack Betkowski, who represented that...

01/02/2022

When tasked with coming up with a dress design that reuses everyday items, North Allegheny seniors Abby Rapp and Madison Krause only had to look at their...