Taylor Allderdice High School
| Taylor Allderdice High School | |
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| Address | |
2409 Shady Avenue Pittsburgh , PA , 15217 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379Coordinates: 40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "Know Something, Do Something, Be Something."[1] |
| School district | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal | James McCoy[1] (since 2017) |
| Enrollment | 1,495 (as of October 1, 2017)[1] |
| Color(s) | Green and White[1] |
| Team name | Dragons[1] |
| Website | Taylor Allderdice High School |
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Pittsburgh Landmark — PHLF | |
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| Location | 2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°25′46″N 79°55′11″W / 40.42944°N 79.91972°W / 40.42944; -79.91972 |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1927[1] |
| Architect | Trimble, Robert |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Pittsburgh Public Schools TR |
| NRHP reference # | 86002641[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1986 |
| Designated PHLF | 2002 |
Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district.
The school opened in 1927 and was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation.[3]
Contents
1 Enrollment
2 Recognition
3 The Foreword
4 Notable alumni
5 In popular culture
6 References
7 External links
Enrollment
As of October 1, 2017[1]
| Subset | Number of students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| All | 1,495 | 100% |
| Male | 770 | 52% |
| Female | 725 | 48% |
| Caucasian | 744 | 50% |
| African-American | 559 | 37% |
| Multi-racial | 80 | 5% |
| Asian | 55 | 4% |
| Hispanic | 55 | 4% |
| American Indian | <5 | 0% |
| Pacific Islander | <5 | 0% |
Allderdice's feeder pattern, which determines the public school that children at every residential address will attend, includes all or parts of these neighborhoods: Glen Hazel, Hays, Hazelwood, Homewood, Greenfield, Lincoln Place, New Homestead, Point Breeze, Regent Square, South Oakland, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, and Swisshelm Park.[4]
Recognition
Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.[5] On Newsweek's list of top performing U.S. high schools, the school was ranked 1,061 in 2005,[6] 1,183 in 2007,[7] and 1,538 in 2010.[8] In 2009, Allderdice was awarded a silver medal by U.S. News & World Report in their "Best High Schools" issue.[9]
The Foreword
The Foreword, Allderdice's student newspaper, began with its first published issue on April 1, 1927,[10] as a three-column-wide subscription newspaper. It publishes an edition every five to six weeks during the school year. It is supported solely by advertising sales and is distributed at no cost to students, faculty, parents, and members the local community. The newspaper's namesake is a play on words of Forward Avenue, the street located on the building's south side.
Notable alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability or notability policies. (January 2019) |
| Name | Class year | Notability |
|---|---|---|
Lenny Levy | 1932 | Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates[11][12] |
Gene Forrell | 1933 | Composer and conductor[13] |
Bernard Fisher | 1936 | Scientist |
Alan Perlis | 1939 | Computer scientist[14] |
Marty Allen | 1940 | Stand-up comedian and actor |
Herb Douglas | 1940 | Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics |
Jerry Fielding | 1940 | Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer[15][16] |
Myron Cope | 1947 | Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM |
Richard Caliguiri | 1950 | Mayor of Pittsburgh |
James S. Langer | 1951 | Professor of Physics |
Murray Chass | 1956 | Sportswriter[17] |
Chuck Wein | 1956 | Entertainment promoter and manager[18] |
Stephen J. Lippard | 1958 | Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; |
Edgar Snyder | 1959 | Attorney, local television personality |
Sara Alpern | 1960 | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University |
Bob O'Connor | 1962 | Mayor of Pittsburgh[19] |
Iris Rainer Dart | 1962 | Author and playwright |
Harvey V. Fineberg | 1963 | President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University |
Larry Lucchino | 1963 | President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres[20] |
Devra Davis | 1964 | Epidemiologist; writer[21] |
David P. Dobkin | 1966 | Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University |
Howard Fineman | 1966 | Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group |
Richard Pacheco | 1966 | Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director |
Edward B. Montgomery | 1973 | Economist, academic, and politician |
Frances Arnold | 1974 | Chemist, Nobel Prize winner[22] |
Sally Lapiduss | 1974 | Television producer and writer |
Nathaniel Philbrick | 1974 | Author[23] |
Evan Wolfson | 1974 | Civil rights attorney[24] |
Joseph Koerner | 1976 | Art historian and professor[25] |
Gary Graff | 1978 | Music journalist[26] |
Maxine Lapiduss | 1978 | Comedian; Television producer and writer |
Rob Marshall | 1978 | Theatre director, film director and choreographer[27][28] |
Gary Green | 1980 | Shortstop, Major League Baseball[29] |
Kathleen Marshall | 1980 | Choreographer and theatre director[28] |
Antoine Fuqua | 1983 | Movie director[27] |
Jon Klein | 1983 | Author, Musician |
Jonathan Rapping | 1984 | Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise |
Steve Lieber | 1985 | Comic book illustrator[30] |
Sharon Epperson | 1986 | Correspondent, CNBC |
James Williams | 1986 | Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears |
Jesse Michaels | 1987 | Singer, Operation Ivy and Common Rider |
Billy Porter | 1987 | Broadway performer and pop vocalist |
Curtis Martin | 1991 | Running back, National Football League;[31] Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
Pittsburgh Slim | 1997 | Rapper |
Beedie | 2006 | Rapper[32] |
Wiz Khalifa | 2006 | Rapper[33] |
Lucian Wintrich | 2007 | Political artist and political commentator |
Will Clarke | 2009 | Defensive end, National Football League[34] |
Mac Miller | 2010 | Musician and artist[35] |
Scott W. Stern | 2011 | Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner[36] |
Tyrique Jarrett | 2012 | Nose tackle, Denver Broncos[37] |
In popular culture
In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.[38]
References
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^ Lee, Carmen J. (March 16, 1998). "The name on a school stays, but memory of the person fades". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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^ Monica L. Haynes (2005-09-28). "Obituary: Gene Forrell / Award-winning composer and conductor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 25, 2006.
^ "A.M Turing Award Winners: Alan J. Perlis". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
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^ Finder, Chuck (January 14, 2005). "AFC Playoffs / The Jets: Curtis Martin a football star by accident". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
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- Taylor Allderdice High School
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
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