Taylor Allderdice High School

Infobox School
name = Taylor Allderdice High School


motto = Know something. Do something. Be something.
established = 1927
type = Public
affiliation =
district = Pittsburgh Public Schools
grades = 9–12
originator = Taylor Allderdice
president =
principal = Robert Scherrer
head of school =
dean =
faculty =
staff =
students =
enrollment = 1,625 as of 1-May-2007cite web |url= http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/Allderdice.asp|title= Allderdice|accessdate=2007-05-12 |work= Pittsburgh Public Schools Web Site]
athletics =
conference =
colors = Green and White
mascot = Dragon
free_label = Representative
free_text = William Isler
free_label2 =
free_text2 =
location = 2409 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 coord|40.429514|N|79.919379|W|type:edu|display=title
country = USA
contact number = 412-422-4800
website = [http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/ Taylor Allderdice High School]

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Taylor Allderdice is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and it has the largest student population of any school in the district. The school is named for Taylor Allderdice, a former president of the National Tube Company.

Feeder district

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.

Recognition

The school has been consistently recognized as one of the best urban public high schools in America. During the 1994-96 school years, Taylor Allderdice High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , accessed May 11, 2006] the highest award an American school can receive. [ [http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department] , "Journal Inquirer", November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."] [Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; "The Washington Post". September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."]

In 2005, Taylor Allderdice was ranked as tied for 1,062^nd place in "Newsweek"'s ranking of America's top high schoolscite news |first= Barbara|last= Kantrowitz|coauthors= Julie Scelfo and William Lee Adams|title= The 100 Best High Schools in America|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8759025/site/newsweek/page/11/|publisher= Newsweek|date= 2005-05-16|accessdate=2006-11-22 ] , in 2006 it was ranked 1,036^thcite news |first= Barbara|last= Kantrowitz|coauthors= Pat Wingert|title= What Makes a High School Great?|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/?s=1100&np=12&sort=raa|publisher= Newsweek|date= 2006-05-08|accessdate=2006-11-22 ] , and in 2007 it earned the rank of 1,183, the 18th-highest ranked school in Pennsylvania. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=State&count=1327&Search=&start=1000&limit=100&year=2007& "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. schools"] , "Newsweek", May 28, 2007. Accessed June 4, 2007.] [cite news| first=Eleanor |last=Chute |title=7 high schools ranked among best in U.S. |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07144/788718-100.stm |publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=2007-05-24 |accessdate=2007-05-24]

In 2005, the school was ranked as 148^th of 601 high schools in Pennsylvania. [cite web |url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/PA/schools/1917000409/school.aspx |title=Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania / PA school information |accessdate=2005-01-05 |work=School Digger Website]

Current student body

As of 1 May 2007-
[Iris Rainer Dart (writer)|Beached]

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Weidman School of Economics

The Weidman School of Economics is an Advanced Placement economics class that was started and taught by Seth Weidman during the 2007-08 school year. At the time, Weidman was a senior at the school. Weidman started the class because the high school did not offer an Advanced Placement level economics class. The Weidman School of Economics is not officially a part of Taylor Allderdice High School. Instead, it is considered a form of home schooling. All of his students who took the Economics AP test ended up scoring either a 4 or 5 (the highest possible score) on the test. [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08192/896035-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml Student ensures econ is no longer the 'dismal science'] , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,July 10, 2008] [ [http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=ECON-PHENOM-07-13-08 Student ensures econ is no longer the 'dismal science'] , Scripps Howard News Service, 2008-07-13]

References

External links

* [http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/ Taylor Allderdice High School]
* [http://www.pghboe.net/ Pittsburgh Public Schools]