Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.
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Enrollment
As of October 1, 2016
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.
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Recognition
Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996. On Newsweek's list of top performing U.S. high schools, the school was ranked 1,061 in 2005, 1,183 in 2007, and 1,538 in 2010. In 2009, Allderdice was awarded a silver medal by U.S. News & World Report in their "Best High Schools" issue.
The Foreword
The Foreword, Allderdice's student newspaper, began with its first published issue on April 1, 1927, 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
In popular culture
In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.
References
External links
- Taylor Allderdice High School
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
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