Welcome, SSA Parents!

This section is designed to provide a centralized hub for information concerning your child's academic and student life at SSA. Explore the tabs below and the pages in the section menu for helpful links and information for all four SSA campuses.

Log in to the Veracross Parent Portal to access password-protected information such as the S-Book directory, your child's schedules and report cards, your VC Pay billing account, Magnus Health medical forms, household profile update form, school handbooks and forms, and more.
Log in to Canvas using your Veracross credentials to access teacher pages for your child’s classes.
Trouble logging in to Veracross or Canvas? Email the HelpDesk.

Veracross Parent Portal Login Canvas Teacher Pages login

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S-Book Directory

Log in to Veracross to access the S-Book via your web browser. To access the S-Book through the Shady Side app, tap Account, enter your Veracross credentials and click Remember Me (Note: returning parents must update their app login credentials to their new Veracross credentials.)

Trouble logging in? Email the HelpDesk.

Shady Side App (iOS)

The official Shady Side iOS app gives you on-the-go access to the S-Book directory, news, calendars, lunch menus and more!

Communications and Website Resources for Parents

Parent Volunteer Forms

PA law requires parents to complete these forms prior to volunteering at school functions. There are two types of volunteers:

Limited contact volunteer (parents helping at events with faculty present)
Substantial contact volunteer (parents alone with students with NO faculty present)

Please complete the appropriate form prior to volunteering and submit to:

Country Day School: Denise Durkt, front desk
Junior School: Megan Vrcic, front desk
Middle School: Kristan Fisher, front desk
Senior School: Erica Strafalace (scan and email forms)

Instructional Technology Resources

Visit the SSA Parent Instructional Technology Guides website for helpful information, resources and video tutorials on the following:

Canvas LMS
Zoom & Meeting Owl Pro
Seesaw
SSA’s 1:1 iPad program for K-5

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Order an SSA License Plate

license plate

To order an SSA license plate, complete and mail the Special Organization Plate application with a $50 check payable to SSA to: Shady Side Academy, Attn: Annamarie Turner, 423 Fox Chapel Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238.

#SSA Now

Visit the #SSANow section to check out SSA's social media feeds, read our blogs, watch our Day in the Life and YouTube videos, browse photos and download our apps!

Country Day School

Policies and Calendars

Country Day School Daily Dress Code
Country Day School Formal Dress Code (For Students in Grades 1-5 Only)
Technology Acceptable Use Policy - Student Edition
Learning Support at SSA

Helpful Links

After School Adventurers

Choosi Lunch Orders

Lunch orders for Junior School and Country Day School students must be placed online via the Choosi website or mobile app by Wednesday at 9 p.m. for the following week. Download the Choosi instructions PDF. Browse the PDF menus on the Lunch Menus page before ordering.