Sto-Rox School District

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**Sto-Rox School District**
District type	Public
Religious affiliation	None
Location	McKees Rocks and Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Enrollment 2005-2006	Approx. 1,614 students
Grades	K-12
District location	Suburban
District Mascot	Vikings
District colors	Hunter green and White

The Sto-Rox School District is a school district in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The youth of the borough of McKees Rocks and Stowe Township are educated by the district.

The superintendent of schools is Ms. Fran Serenka.

As of 2006, the school districts' official colors changed from kelly green and white to hunter green and white. The official mascot is the viking.

[edit] Buildings

All kindergarten students of the Sto-Rox School District are educated at Foster Kindergarten Center, on Russellwood Avenue in Stowe Township, an old building which underwent an extensive renovation in recent years, including the addition of an enclosed entry room and elevator.

All students of the Sto-Rox School District in grades 1-5 attend Sto-Rox Elementary School in Kennedy Township. The school was built in 1997 and has an east and west wing.

All middle school students in grades 6-8 attend Sto-Rox Middle School in Kennedy Township. The state-of-the-art modern building was constructed in 2002.

All secondary students (grades 9-12) attend Sto-Rox High School in Stowe Township. The building was built in 1926 as the Stowe Township High School, but became Sto-Rox High School in the 1960s when Stowe Township School District merged with the School District of the Borough of McKees Rocks, thus forming Sto-Rox.