Taylor Allderdice High School
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| Established | 1927 |
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| School type | Public |
| District | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Principal | Dr. Cassandra Richardson-Kemp (Acting) |
| Students | 1,658 as of 1-Dec-2006[1] |
| Colors | Green and White |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Representative | William Isler |
| Location | 2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 |
| Website | Taylor Allderdice High School |
Taylor Allderdice High School is a public school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Its feeder district includes all or parts of East Hills, Homewood, Hazelwood, Greenfield, Hays, New Homestead, Lincoln Place, Point Breeze, Regent Square, Park Place, Squirrel Hill, and Swisshelm Park. Students from other neighborhoods within Pittsburgh and the borough of Mt. Oliver may also attend Allderdice through the pre-engineering magnet program or through the No Child Left Behind Act, because of the school has the district's highest State Standardized Test scores.[citation needed]
It has the largest student population of any school in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It is consistently recognized as one of the best urban public high schools in America, with a gifted and honors programs for those who qualify. It won a Blue Ribbon award from the U.S. Department of Education in 1996, in 2005 was ranked as tied for #1062 in Newsweek's top high schools[2] and in 2006 it was ranked #1189.[3]
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[edit] Current student body
As of 1-Dec-2006[1]
| Subset | Number of Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| All | 1,658 | 100% |
| White | 923 | 55.67% |
| African American | 652 | 39.32% |
| Asian | 28 | 1.69% |
| Hispanic | 13 | 0.78% |
| Mulitracial | 40 | 2.41% |
| American Indian | 2 | 0.12% |
| Male | 878 | 52.96% |
| Female | 780 | 47.04% |
[edit] The Foreword
The school has published its newspaper, the Foreword, since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.[4] In the early 1990's, the entire run of the paper was archived in the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library,[5] and currently Taylor Allderdice remains one of fewer than sixty high schools in the world to have its newspaper archived on microfilm in a major library.[6] Faculty oversee students who produce the paper in conjunction with the English department's journalism courses, which teach the "gathering (of) accurate information and interviews from official sources in order to inform, educate, interest, or entertain student readers."[7] During the 1970's, the school considered the Foreword to be "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"[8] reaching more than 5000 readers.[9][10][11]
Along with its archival distinction at the University of Pittsburgh, the newspaper has spawned such career journalists as Gary Graff,[12] who wrote for it in 1977-1978[13] and professional writers such as Maxine Lapiduss[14] whose bylines appear in 1977-1978.[15] In 1979, the Foreword's news editor, Aaron Zitner, was a finalist in the American Newspaper Publishers Association's annual competition,[16] and the paper received a first place rating in Columbia University's annual Scholastic Press contest.[16] The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, which also awards the Pulitzer Prize, has recognized the paper and members of staff with its Crown Newspaper awards, since the awards' inception in the early 1980's. Staff achieved Gold Circle awards in 1989,[17] and 1990,[18] and the paper itself a Silver Crown award in 1991.[19] Today, the school administration represents the paper as "The student newspaper of Taylor Allderdice High School,"[20] using it on the school's web site to document its fund raising efforts, the school board's politics, and to demonstrate the school's prosecution of "the war on drugs in school" and security environment where authorities' surveillance of the student body via cameras extends beyond the school campus "even as far as Pittock" Street.[21]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Marty Allen, stand-up comedian and dramatic actor.[22][23]
- Myron Cope, retired Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer and sports commentator; worked on school newspaper.[24]
- Howard Fineman, political journalist, Newsweek editor and columnist[25]
- Gene Forrell, composer and conductor[26]
- Antoine Fuqua, movie director[27]
- Bernie Goldmann, director[27]
- Wiz Khalifa, hip hop artist.[28]
- Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and the San Diego Padres[29]
- Kathleen Marshall, choreographer, theater and film director[30]
- Rob Marshall, theater and film director[27][30]
- Curtis Martin, New York Jets running back[31]
- Bob O'Connor, Pittsburgh politician and former mayor[32]
- Evan Wolfson, civil rights attorney.[33]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Allderdice. Pittsburgh Public Schools Web Site. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
- ^ Kantrowitz, Barbara, Julie Scelfo and William Lee Adams. "The 100 Best High Schools in America", Newsweek, 2005-05-16. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- ^ Kantrowitz, Barbara, Pat Wingert. "What Makes a High School Great?", Newsweek, 2006-05-08. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- ^ Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ The WorldCat record retrieved on December 12, 2006 was:
Local Holdings: Univ of Pittsburgh 1-121 (1927-1992)
Database: WorldCat
Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 1
Find Items About: Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)8
Title: The foreword.
Corp Author(s): Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Publication: Pittsburgh, PA : Taylor Allderdice High School,
Year: 1927-
Description: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1927)-; v. :; ill.
Language: English
Standard No: LCCN: sn 94-42407
SUBJECT(S)
Named Corp: Taylor Allderdice High School -- Periodicals.
Note(s): Title from caption./ Reproduction: Microfilm./ Pittsburgh, PA :/ Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh,/ 1994./ microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Material Type: Periodical (per); Microfilm (mfl)
Document Type: Serial
Entry: 19940830
Update: 20040210
Accession No: OCLC: 31030797
Provider: OCLC
Database: WorldCat
N.B. Note the Entry date and also see note above.
- ^ A WorldCat search of the OCLC database on December 12, 2006 for author>corporate and conference name = high school; material type = periodical; and material type = microform returned 56 hits. The Foreword was record #18.
- ^ http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ The Allderdice:51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School, 1980. 74. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
- ^ Foreword, 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
- ^ Foreword, 099:2, March 17, 1978, 8. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
- ^ Foreword, 099:3, April 19, 1978, 6. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
- ^ Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Cf. Foreword, 97:3, 5; 97:4, 3; 97:5, 5; 97:6, 3, 5; 98:3, 3, 7; 99:1, 4, 6; 99:2, 1, 6; 99:3, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Cf. http://www.hellodere.com/alp2.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Cf. Foreword, 97:3, 1; 97:4, 1; 97:5, 7; 97:6, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ a b Foreword, 102:4, May 16, 1979, 1. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
- ^ Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/1989-scholastic-circles.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/1990-scholastic-circles.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/1991-scholastic-crown.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
- ^ Marty Allen at the Notable Names Database
- ^ Marty Allen & Karon Kate Blackwell. Retrieved on 2006-11-28.
- ^ Collins, Mark. "Everything is Cope-aesthetic", Pitt Magazine, [University of Pittsburgh], September 1996. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ Howard Fineman at the Notable Names Database
- ^ Monica L. Haynes. "Obituary: Gene Forrell / Award-winning composer and conductor", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005-09-28. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ a b c Weiskind, Ron. "Goldmann driven daffy by Looney Tunes film", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2003-11-22. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ Roberts, Josie. "The hip-hop pulse", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2005-06-28. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
- ^ Donoho, Ron (June 1999). Lucchino!. San Diego Magazine. Archived from the original on 2002-09-10. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ a b Rawson, Christopher. "Broadway follows in their footsteps", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1994-03-06. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Finder, Chuck. "AFC Playoffs / The Jets: Curtis Martin a football star by accident", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005-01-14. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Lord, Rich. "Obituary: Mayor Robert E. O'Connor / His enthusiasm for city was unbounded", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006-09-02. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Rotstein, Gary. "Gay marriage advocate says Time's honor good for cause", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2004-04-22. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
[edit] External links
- Taylor Allderdice High School
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Scans of issues of the Foreword, in pdf format at an online file repository maintained at the University of California, Berkeley.
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