Parent Communications

The Upper St. Clair School District makes a concerted effort to enhance the ways we communicate with our families and the community and to enable that communication to become more effective, efficient and timely. The information outlined below is intended to serve as a quick reference for families. Please let us know if you have suggestions for other resources that would make this page more helpful. Email us at tvojtko@uscsd.k12.pa.us. Thank you!

Please note that some of the resources below (Parent Portal and SchoolCafe) will require your student's ID number to create an account. This information is available from your school office.

Focus/Parent Portal

Focus/Parent Portal is used annually for Back-to-School Online for ALL students K-12 and provides families with secure online access to information regarding their child(ren)'s academic progress, including report cards, attendance and schedules.

We want to emphasize how important the Back-to-School Online process is to the health and welfare of your child while at school. When you receive your Back To School email in August, please take a few minutes to go online and verify the data that we have for your child via Parent Portal.

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Automated Alert System

In the event of a school-wide or district-wide urgent situation (i.e. school delays/cancellations, evacuation, lockdown, relocation, emergency dismissal), information will be shared via our Automated Alert System. Phone calls, emails and/or texts will be sent to the numbers/emails that are designated by parents/guardians through the Back-to-School Online process.

To make sure you receive important messages from the school district, our technology team has created a short guide with best practices for receiving notifications from the USCSD automated alert system. This guide will walk you through a few simple steps to ensure your phone or device is set up correctly to receive these messages.

Best Practices for Receiving Notifications from the USCSD automated alert system

Most importantly, please add the following contacts to your phone:

412-838-9604 -- USCSD Call
412-833-1600 -- USCSD Call
70656 -- USCSD Text

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Online Bulletin Board

The USC Online Bulletin Board provides information about non-district sponsored community events, activities, camps, classes, concerts, and other opportunities that might be of interest to our families and community members. Information is updated as it is received - check back often for the latest information. Click here to visit the Bulletin Board.

To access the Bulletin Board from the district's website, select the lowercase pushpin icon, located below the rotating photo.

Volunteering in USC schools

Hundreds of parent and community members volunteer each year in our schools and classrooms. Background checks, which are valid for 5 years, are required for school volunteers. The Upper St. Clair School District Human Resources Department manages the volunteer clearance process for the district. Click here for information the step required to become an approved volunteer.

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