Mt. Lebanon School District

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Mt. Lebanon School District is the public school system for residents of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The district has won multiple National Blue Ribbon School awards.[1] The high school was rated as one of the Top 500 high schools in the United States by Newsweek Magazine in 2000 and rated #1 in Western Pennsylvania by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2005.[2] The school district generates these results spending only $7,669/student, about 25% over the national average of $6,058/student.[3]

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[edit] Mt. Lebanon High School

Mt. Lebanon High School is the public secondary school for grades 9–12. It is accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools and Colleges. As of 2006, the former school principal Dr. Zeb Jansante stepped down to act as Principal at Bethel Park High School. Filling in is former teacher and interim principal Mr. Joe Butera. Soon the new head principals position will be filled by Dr.Ronald P. Davis on April 2, 2007. Unit or assiant principals are: Brendan Hyland unit 1, Michelle Murray unit 2, and new this year Lori Pavlik unit 3.


[1]  Annual enrollment is approximately 2,000 students; it was 1,945 in 2005.[4]

Mt. Lebanon High School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education each of the three times it requested certification: 1983-84, 1990-91, and 1997-98.[4] Newsweek Magazine (March 8, 2000) also rated the high school as one of the Top 500 high schools in the United States. Mt. Lebanon is the Alma Mater of Billionare and owner of the Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban[citation needed], and Former WWE superstar Kurt Angle.[5]

The Class of 2005 graduated 443 students, 97% of whom went on to some form of full-time college (88% four-year college or higher) and 92% of whom took the SAT. Their cumulative mean score of 1150 is 122 points higher than the national mean and 146 points more than the Pennsylvania mean score.[4]

[edit] Athletics

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Mt. Lebanon has won numerous titles in many sports, such as States in Hockey, and the WPIAL in 7 sports in 2005-2006 school year.[citation needed] They have also produced many Profesonal athletes such as Kurt Angle. School Colors are Blue and Gold.

[edit] Football

Since 1965 Mt. Lebanon has won 7 WPIAL championships and the last coming in 2000 with an offensive line that had every player go to a Division-1A school. Have had many strong teams through the years and are typically rated in the top 10 in the WPIAL. Mt. Lebanon has had on two losing seasons in the last 13 years under their currents head coach coming in 2004 and 2006.

[edit] Basketball

Mt. Lebanon has a strong tradition in Basketball. They play in one of the toughest conferences in the WPIAL. Mt. Lebanon made it to the last two WPIAL championship games and won in 2006 against the Mckeesport Tigers.

[edit] Lacrosse

The Blue Devils women's lacrosse team is recognized by the WPIAL. The men's team is a club sport which is not fielded by the WPIAL. The Blue Devils have won 4 of the last five championships in Lacrosse and are nationally known for their excellence.[citation needed]

[edit] Baseball

The Baseball team has won Numerous championships. They have won the section title Dozens of times, The WPIAL 5 times, and States once in 1998. Their most recent championship coming in 2006. They are among the top in WPIAL rankings every spring. They are coached by Mt. Lebanon High School History/Economics teacher Mr. Patt McCloskey.

[edit] Rifle

The Mt. Lebanon rifle team won the WPIAL Championship[6] for the 2006-07 year, and tied for first place in WPIAL Section One with their team record. They went on to place third in the state-level competition hosted by McGuffy High School. One shooter, Tim May, placed third at the WPIAL Individual shoot for and go on to place ninth at the state shoot. They have also won the WPIAL Championship in: 2003, 1987, 1971, as well as the state shoot, in 1958.

[edit] Rivalries

Mt. Lebanon has an ongoing rivalry with the Upper St. Clair High School.[7] This has led to a number of incidents, including a clash between the USCHS Principal and a Mt. Lebanon student after a basketball game at the USC High School.[8] An investigation of the incident by the Upper St. Clair School District cleared the Principal of any wrongdoing.

[edit] Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Department was rated one of eight finest nation-wide by the United States Department of Education.[4]

[edit] Theater

In the 2002-03 school year, the high school received one of six Outstanding School Awards from the Educational Theatre Association.[4] The school's theater program began in 1930, and has produced a number of notable actors.[9]

[edit] Music

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The high school's percussion ensemble was one of only three nationwide to be selected for the 2006 Malletech Artist Ensemble.[citation needed] In addition, Mt. Lebanon Percussion was selected in 2006 to perform at the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) in Salt Lake City, Utah[citation needed] and was the only percussion group in the nation invited.[citation needed] In 2007 the group, will perform at the National Percussion Festival in Indianapolis.[10]

The high school's chamber string orchestra, string orchestra and symphony orchestra, all under the direction of Robert J. Vogel, have played twice at the prestigous Carnegie Hall in New York City, in 1998 and 2004.[citation needed] They also comprised three of only six ensembles chosen nationwide for the 2006 Orchestra America National Festival.[11] Larry Livingston, a distinguished conductor, educator, and administrator said the Mt. Lebanon Orchestras were part of the "top 1% in the world"[citation needed].

[edit] Forensics

The Mt. Lebanon Forensic Team won the Western Pennsylvania District Forensic Championship four years in a row (2001-2004). In 2004, the team won the state championship in dramatic interpretation and extemporaneous speaking and and then earned a second-place title in extemporaneous speaking at the national competition in Salt Lake City.[12]. George Savarese is the coach of the team and has been since the late 90's. During Savarese's tenure Mt. Lebanon has become the dominant school in Western Pennsylvania winning the district championship five of the last six years, and in 2003, 2004, and 2005 sending record numbers of students to National Forensic League national tournament. One of which won second place in the nation at the 2006 National Tournament in Dramatic Interpretation.

In 2006, the team captured the Pennsylvania High School Speech League championship,[13] Events included extemp, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo, and original oratory.

[edit] Schools

Note: Keystone Oaks High School is physically located in Mt. Lebanon, but it serves the youth of the adjacent communities of Greentree, Dormont and Castle Shannon.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Changes afoot for Blue Ribbon Schools", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2002-07-30. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  2. ^ Lott, Ethan. "Mt. Lebanon tops 'PBT Honor Roll' rank of region's school districts", Pittsburgh Business Times, 2005-07-22. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  3. ^ Neighborhood Profile. Sperling's Best Places Website. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e Mt. Lebanon High School. Profile 2005. Mt. Lebanon Schood District Website.
  5. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/wrestlng/freebios/angle.htm
  6. ^ http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/2_21_WPIAL_rifle_champions_story
  7. ^ Pace, Laura. "Rivalry in the bleachers", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007-01-25. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  8. ^ Niederberger, Mary. "Mt. Lebanon student claims USC principal attacked him", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  9. ^ Mary Niederberger. "Mt. Lebanon High School marks 75 years of theater", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005-11-17. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
  10. ^ Mt. Lebanon School District Fine Arts News, February 2007
  11. ^ Mt. Lebanon School District Fine Arts News, April 2006
  12. ^ http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/district%20report%20card%202003-04mt.pdf 2003-2004 Report Card, page 11
  13. ^ http://www.susqu.edu/phssl/Communicator/06May.pdf

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