- Peabody High School
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name = Peabody High School
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established =
type = Public
affiliation =
district =Pittsburgh Public Schools
grades = 9–12
president =
principal = Mrs. Melissa Friez
head of school =
dean =
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students =
enrollment = 507 as of 1-May-2007cite web |url=http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/peabodyhighschool.asp |title=Peabody High School Fact Sheet |accessdate=2007-05-12 |work=PPS Web Site ]
athletics =
conference =
colors = Maroon and Gray
mascot = Highlander
free_label = Representative
free_text = Thomas Sumpter
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location = 515 N. Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 coord|40.46694|N|79.92333|W|type:edu|display=title
country = USA
contact number = 412-665-2050
website = [http://peabodyhighschool-pa.com/ Peabody High School]Peabody High School is a
public school in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania , USA, in the neighborhood of East Liberty.Special programs and services for students include the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS); Pittsburgh Scholars Program (PSP); Advanced Placement courses; Public Safety Academy-magnet (training and certification for health related, law enforcement and public safety careers; partnerships with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI); Information Technologies Academy-(courses offered in Microsoft applications and operating systems,
Cisco Networking systems, and A+ Computer repair; students may earn professional certification in all courses);Health Careers Academy prepares students for careers in direct patient care or health related business;Culinary Arts Academy prepares students for careers in the restaurant and catering industry; Additional academies are planned for2005 school year; Career Development courses include Business Education, Fashion Clothing, Foods and Nutrition; Peer Mediation Team;Adolescent Health and Wellness Center of Western Pennsylvania Hospital; Student Assistance Team; Women’s Center and Shelter Outreach Services; St. Francis Adolescent Outreach Program; YWCA and YMCA Outreach Programs; Healthy Start; Teen Parenting Program; Microsoft Certification Test Center; Cisco Systems Local Academy; Educational partnerships with West Penn Hospital,Manchester Craftsmen's Guild , Pittsburgh Glass Center,University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health,Duquesne University .Peabody is one of ten high schools in the
Pittsburgh Public Schools .Notable alumni
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Kevan Barlow , professional football playercite news |first=Ron |last=Cook |title=Cook: Barlow ensures he will leave Pitt a legend |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/columnists/20001125cook.asp |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=2000-11-25 |accessdate=2006-12-02 ]
* Mike Barnes, professional football player [cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BARNEMIK02 |title=Mike Barnes |accessdate=2007-04-09 |work=databaseFootball.com ]
*Romare Bearden , artist [cite web|url=http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/bearden.htm|title=Know the Artist: Romare Bearden|publisher=Princeton University Art Department|accessdate=2007-12-12]
*Mel Bennett , professional basketball player [cite web |url=http://www.cavshistory.com/menupages/playerpage.php?player=13 |title=Mel Bennett |accessdate=2007-04-09 |work=Cleveland Cavaliers History Website ]
*Kenneth Burke , writercite web |url=http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/LitMap/bios/Burke__Kenneth.html |title=Burke, Kenneth |accessdate=2006-12-02 |last=Dickstein |first=Bekah Shaia |work=The Pennsylvania Center for the Book |publisher=Pennsylvania State University ]
*Malcolm Cowley , writer and literary critic
*Jack Gilbert , poet (failed out)cite web |url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/feature.onpoets.html?id=177759 |title=The Ghost Inside |accessdate=2006-12-04 |work=Poetry Foundation Web Site ]
*Frank Gorshin , actorcite web |url=http://www.therealfrankgorshin.com/biography.html |title=Biography |accessdate=2006-12-03 |work=The Official Frank Gorshin Web Site ]
*Charles Grodin , actorcite web |url=http://us.geocities.com/alies_visser/biography.html |title=Biography |accessdate=2006-12-03 |work=The Charles Grodin Fanpage ]
*Gene Kelly , dancercite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/665/000031572/|title=Gene Kelly|publisher=NNDB|accessdate=2007-12-12]
* Dave Logan, professional football player,Tampa Bay Buccaneers ;sportscaster [cite web |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LOGANDAV02 |title=Dave Logan |accessdate=2007-05-03 |work=databasefootball.com]
* Dr. Sanford Markowitz, Cancer ResearchFact|date=June 2007
*Edith S. Sampson , lawyer, judge, and UN delegate [cite web|url=http://womenslegalhistory.stanford.edu/papers/edith.html|title=Edith S. Sampson|last=Gordon|first=Kathleen E.|work=The Women's Legal History Website|publisher=Stanford Law School |accessdate=2006-12-08]
*Burton Tansky , department store executive [cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07322/834662-28.stm |title=Siblings team up to raise $1 billion for Pitt |accessdate=2007-11-18 |work=post-gazette.com]
*David Tepper , billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist [cite news | title = A kid from Peabody High School| work = Tepper Magazine | pages = 6 | publisher =Tepper School of Business ,Carnegie Mellon University | date =Fall 2004 | url = http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/magazine/pdfs/fall04.pdf | accessdate = 2006-12-08 ]
*Regis Toomey , actor [cite web |url=http://tv.yahoo.com/regis-toomey/contributor/1021016/bio |title=Regis Toomey Biography |accessdate=2007-04-09 |work=Yahoo! TV]
*Fritz Weaver , actor [cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/156/000093874/|title=Fritz Weaver|publisher=NNDB|accessdate=2007-12-12]
*John Edgar Wideman , writer [cite web |url=http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/contemporary/wideman_jo.html |title=John Edgar Wideman - Author Page |accessdate=2006-12-08 |work=e Heath Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition |publisher=Houghton Mifflin College Division |last=Coleman |first=James W. ]References
External links
* [http://peabodyhighschool-pa.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.pghboe.net Pittsburgh Public Schools]
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