Swimming Parents/Guardians,

The athletic department, athletic trainers, and swimming coaches will host a “Technology Session" on Wednesday, October 30 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. in Room 121 at the High School. This session will assist swim team parents/guardians with creating a required Athletic Training System (ATS) account and upload athletic physical documents, and connect to the swim team Schoology account.

Parents can attend anytime between 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Enter door D5 at the Buchanan Office, take the stairs to the left of the lobby, and take a left at the top of the first set of steps. There will be signs providing direction.

In advance to the session, please establish a PowerSchool account. How to create a Power School account is available on the Hempfield School District under the Operations tab>Technology Department>PowerSchool. Also, please bring your student’s HSD school login information (username and password), insurance information (company name, policy number, etc.), and name of pediatrician. Insurance information and name of pediatrician will need to be uploaded into the ATS system, along with current athletic physical, before the first day of official PIAA practice on November 18.

Please contact the athletic office if have any questions. 

Go Black Knights!

Friday, October 25 is a Teacher In-Service Day and there will be no school. Classes will be back in session Monday, October 28. 

For full district calendar click here.

School bus safety is an important topic year-round, but there is a special focus on its importance at this time of year. National School Bus Safety Week is held during the third full week of October and that’s the topic of this month’s two minute talk. Watch the October 2 Minute Talk on YouTube.

On Tuesday, October 15, the following Hempfield High School freshman students volunteered with Mr. Pollis and Dr. Becker at Global Aid Network Distribution Center. 

• Nikita Ables
• Mariana Agadis
• Grant Decker
• Julia Glass
• Alana Halliday
• Anna Koger
• Tate Martin
• Molly Heilshorn
• Grayson Smith
• David Striggle

The students folded and packed clothes that will be sent to refugees around the world, helping to support the organization's mission to relieve suffering, restore dignity, and reveal hope.

Girls’ Basketball Parents/Guardians,

The athletic department, athletic trainers, and girls’ basketball coaches will host a “Technology Session" on Thursday, October 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Room 121 at the High School. This session will assist girls’ basketball  parents/guardians with creating a required Athletic Training System (ATS) account and upload athletic physical documents, and connect to the girls’ basketball Schoology account.

Room 121 is a computer lab with 30 computers. To help with the flow of parents/guardians, we are asking senior high parents to attend between 5:30-6:30 p.m. and junior high parents to attend between 6:30-7:30 p.m. (But if you can’t make the recommended time, please attend when you can). Enter door D5 at the Buchanan Office, take the stairs to the left of the lobby, and take a left at the top of the first set of steps. There will be signs providing direction. 

In advance to the session, please establish a PowerSchool account. How to create a Power School account is available on the Hempfield School District  website under the Operations tab>Technology Department>PowerSchool. Also, please bring your students HSD school login information (username and password), insurance information (company name, policy number, etc.), and name of pediatrician. Insurance information and name of pediatrician will need to be uploaded into the ATS system, along with current athletic physical, before the first day of official PIAA practice on November 18.

Please contact the athletic office if have any questions.