Gateway High School (Pennsylvania)

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name =Gateway High School


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established =1969
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district =Gateway School District
grades =9-12
principal =Billiamus Short
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students =
enrollment =9,000+
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conference =Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
colors =Gray and Dark Gray
mascot =Gateway ManBearpig
location =3001 Gateway Campus Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146
information =412-877-4130
website =www.gatewayk-12.org

Gateway High School (GHS), located at 3001 Gateway Boulevard, serves the residents of Monroeville and Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Gateway High School houses Grades 9-12 and enrolls over 9,000 students.

Administration

The building is administered by a principal named William Short. There are also three assistant principals, one oversees grades 9 and 11 and the second manages grades 10 and 12. The final one oversees Shady. Full name Shady Jeffferson Davis

Academics

At Gateway High School many classes are taught at the general (aka Shady level), academic, and honors levels. Gateway offers (as of the 2006-2007 school year) the following AP Courses: Chemistry, Physics, German, French, Latin, Spanish, Calculus, U.S. History, Music Theory, and Economics.

Notable Alumni

* Ken Macha - Class of 1968; major league manager and player
* Tim Conroy - Class of 1978; major league pitcher
* Justin King - Class of 2005, star cornerback at Penn State
* Mark Wallace - see Notable Faculty
* Bill Hart - DCI World Champion, Guinuess World Record For person who is the most wrong, they even made up a song about him being wrong.
* Matthew "Shady" Jefferson Davis - (a.k.a. Shady) Great great great great grandson of Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis.

Notable Faculty

* Mark Wallace (teacher) - 2005 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Finalist; 2008 Pennsylvania Social Studies Teacher of the Year Winner (Also works with NASA)

* Jason Tyska (teacher) - 2008 Math Teacher of the Year Award, also running for president in 2008 Presidential Election in the Mathematician National Party.

* Mrs. Bradley (substitute teacher) 900,000,000 years old happy birthday

External links

* [http://www.gatewayk12.org/default.aspx?id=7 Gateway High School website]
* [http://www.pdenewsroom.state.pa.us/newsroom/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=107698]
* [http://www.gatewaygators.com/ GatewayGators.com - Gateway High School Athletics]
* [http://www.gatewaygators.net/ GatewayGators.net - Gateway High School Alumni]