South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School

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name = South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School


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district = South Allegheny School District
grades = 7–12
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principal = Keith Gephart (High School)
Jeff Solomon(Middle School)
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enrollment = 2500 (2005-6)
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colors = Blue and Gold
mascot = Gladiator
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location = 2743 Washington Blvd., McKeesport, PA 15133 coord|40.324135|N|79.867272|W|type:edu|display=title
information = 412-675-3070
website = [http://www.southallegheny.org/hs/ South Allegheny Middle/High School]

South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School is part of the South Allegheny School District located in Allegheny County, PA. The building houses both middle school students (grades 7 and 8) and high school students (grades 9 through 12). The school serves students from Glassport, Port Vue, Liberty, Lincoln, and parts of Elizabeth.

The school provides all of its students with curriculum aligned to Pennsylvania standards, as well as the opportunity to attend Steel Center Vocational Technical School. With five computer labs, three mini-labs, and two portable notebook computer labs, the school offers extensive offerings in technology studies. [http://www.southallegheny.org/hs/]

History

District

South Allegheny school district was formed in 1966 with the merger of Port Vue-Liberty School District, Lincoln Boro School District and Glassport School District.

Mascot and School Colors

With the announcement of the planned Port-Vue Liberty and Glassport merger; there was speculation as to which school's mascot and colors would be used for the new South Allegheny School District. Port Vue-Liberty had their royal blue and gold Bulldogs. Glassport had their red and black Gladiators. It is thought that the mascot was determined by the outcome of a football game between Port-Vue Liberty and Glassport in which the Glassport Gladiators won. The colors are thought to be determined in a similar way with the losing team's colors being chosen as South Allegheny's school colors.

Glassport Memorial Stadium

Glassport Memorial Stadium was officially opened to the public on October 16, 1950, and as of 2008 is still used by South Allegheny. On the night of the $225,000 stadium's opening, 4243 tickets were sold -- though the stadium only seats 4167 -- for the field's maiden football match between Glassport High School and Elizabeth High School. The Glassport Gladiators won the game, 26-6.

Athletics

South Allegheny High School competes in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). It also is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL).
*Baseball
*Basketball
*Cheerleading (Coach Mallory Morris, Middle School)
*Golf
*Football
*Soccer (Coached by Anthony Territo)
*Softball
*Swimming
*Track
*Volleyball (girls)
*Wrestling

Extracurricular Student Activities

Band

The [http://www.saband.org South Allegheny Band] participates in many local activities including community parades and concerts. The band is noted as an organization that has achieved excellence and credit for its students, school, and community. Each year the South Allegheny Band performs at several non-competitive band festivals, and for the past 38 years have hosted its own band festival, traditionally on the weekend after Labor Day. The band has also performed at Steelers and Pirates games, in addition to many Pittsburgh parades and Washington & Jefferson College football games. In November 2007 the band traveled to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida to participate in their Magic Music Days parade in the Magic Kingdom. [http://www.saband.org/about.html]

Chorus

Consisting of students in grades 5 through 12, the South Allegheny Chorus meets daily during the regular school day to learn and rehearse songs for their winter and spring concerts, as well as public performances. The chorus makes frequent field trips to music-related events such as musical theater performances in Pittsburgh.

DeNobis (High School Yearbook)

The yearbook committee, grades 11 and 12, meets daily during the regular school day, and occasionally after school, to produce a memorable high school yearbook.

Theater

2008: "Employees Must Wash Hands... Before Murder" (play)
2007: "Harvey" (play)
2006: "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" (musical)
2005: "Honk!" (musical)
2004: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (musical)
2003: "Cinderella" (musical)
2002: "Footloose" (musical)
2001: "Bye Bye Birdie" (musical)
2000: "The Wizard of Oz" (musical)
1999: "Hello Dolly" (musical)
1998: "Annie" (musical)
1997: "The Music Man" (musical)

ATV

SATV South Allegheny Television is a school news program intended to inform the general student population of school events and rewards, provide fun programming alternatives, and video taping major events, as well as provide students interested in the communication industry an opportunity to learn the basics of video taping, editing, creative development, and communication technology.

cience Fair

The Science Fair Team goes to two Science Fairs a year. The team consists of a mere twenty people, but for the past 24 years they have always taken home awards. The Science Fair team is headed by Doctor Skraly who has been the head of the Science Department in the South Allegheny School District for years.

cience Society

The Science Society makes regular field trips to various local attractions such as the Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and National Aviary in Pittsburgh, among others. Additionally, an out of state trip is conducted.

tudent Council

Student Council is a group of enthusiastic students whose main priorities are to encourage school spirit and pride. Some activities governed by the student council include the homecoming parade, bonfire, and Spirit Week; the annual Winter Formal; White-Out Day; and Donkey basketball.

Class Officers

Class Officers are the hardworking, diligent leaders of each high school class. There are a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer for each class. The officers design and engineer events such as the senior banquet, the concession stand at high school football games, Breakfast with Santa, Prom, and Powder Puff.

Peer Helpers

Peer Helpers is a hard-working, dedicated group of trained young adults who will listen, offer support and reference materials to guide others toward a healthy living. This will assist in creating a more emotionally supportive environment for the school and community. Any student in grades 7 through 12 has the opportunity to benefit from the program.

Alma Mater

Words and music by Robert S. Piatt.:"South Allegheny staunch and true,":"As stately as the pine tree.":"We'll always think of Gold and Blue,":"Right after God and Country.":"Hail to thee dear alma mater,":"Loyalty we pledge to you.":"South Allegheny everlasting,":"Alma mater Gold and Blue."

References

External links

* [http://www.southallegheny.org South Allegheny School District]
* [http://www.saaaa.20m.com/ South Allegheny Academic and Athletic Association]
* [http://www.saband.org South Allegheny High School Band]