Taylor Allderdice High School

Taylor Allderdice High School
"Know Something, Do Something, Be Something."[1]
Address
2409 Shady Avenue Pittsburgh, PA, 15217 United States
Coordinates	40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
Principal	Melissa Friez[2] (since July 2009)
Enrollment	1,390 as of October 2014[2]
Color(s)	Green and White[1]
Team name	Dragons[1]
Website	Taylor Allderdice High School
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark — PHLF
Location	2409 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°25′46″N 79°55′11″W / 40.42944°N 79.91972°WCoordinates: 40°25′46″N 79°55′11″W / 40.42944°N 79.91972°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1927[1]
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference #	86002641[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1986
Designated PHLF	2002

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The school opened in 1927 and was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation.^[4]

Feeder district

Allderdice's feeder district includes all or parts of the Glen Hazel, Hays, Hazelwood, Homewood, Greenfield, Lincoln Place, New Homestead, Park Place, Point Breeze, Regent Square, South Oakland, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill, and Swisshelm Park neighborhoods.^[5] Students from other Pittsburgh neighborhoods and the borough of Mount Oliver may also attend Allderdice through the pre-engineering magnet program; the Chinese magnet program, as Allderdice is the only district school to offer Chinese; or under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Recognition

• 1994 - designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education^[6]
• 1995 - designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education^[6]
• 1996 - designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education^[6]
• 2005 - ranked number 1,061 on the list of top performing U.S. high schools by Newsweek^[7]
• 2007 - ranked number 1,183 on the list of top performing U.S. high schools by Newsweek^[8]
• 2009 - ranked number 40 in Western Pennsylvania on the list of highest scoring juniors on the PSSA for a three-year period^[9]
• 2009 - awarded Silver Medal by U.S. News & World Report in their "Best High Schools" issue^[10]
• 2010 - ranked number 1,538 on the list of top performing U.S. high schools by Newsweek^[11]

Enrollment

As of October 2015^[2]

Subset	Number of students	Percent
All	1,437	100%
African-American	597	42%
American Indian	2	0%
Asian	53	4%
Caucasian	693	48%
Hispanic	36	3%
Multi-racial	56	4%
Male	765	53%
Female	672	47%

The Foreword

The Foreword, Allderdice's student newspaper, began with its first published issue on April 1, 1927,^[12] as a three-column-wide subscription newspaper. It publishes an edition every five to six weeks during the school year. It is supported solely by advertising sales and is distributed at no cost to students, faculty, parents, and members the local community. The newspaper's namesake is a play on words of Forward Avenue, the street located on the building's south side.

Notable alumni

Name	Graduating class	Notability
Gene Forrell	1933	Composer and conductor[13]
Bernard Fisher	1936	Scientist
Marty Allen	1940	Stand-up comedian and actor
Herb Douglas	1940	Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics
Myron Cope	1947	Color commentator, Pittsburgh Steelers; Radio announcer, WTAE-AM; Sports commentator, WTAE-TV
Richard Caliguiri	1950	Mayor of Pittsburgh
James S. Langer	1951	Professor of Physics
Murray Chass	1956	Sportswriter;[14] Recipient, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Stephen J. Lippard	1958	Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Recipient, National Medal of Science
Sara Alpern	1960	Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Bob O'Connor	1962	Mayor of Pittsburgh[15]
Iris Rainer Dart	1962	Author and playwright
Harvey V. Fineberg	1963	President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
Larry Lucchino	1963	President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres[16]
David P. Dobkin	1966	Dean of the Faculty and Phillip Y. Goldman '86 Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University
Howard Fineman	1966	Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group
Richard Pacheco	1966	Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director
Edward B. Montgomery	1973	Economist, academic and politician
Sally Lapiduss	1974	Television producer and writer
Nathaniel Philbrick	1974	Author[17]
Evan Wolfson	1974	Civil rights attorney[18]
Gary Graff	1978	Music journalist[19]
Maxine Lapiduss	1978	Comedian; Television producer and writer
Rob Marshall	1978	Theatre director, film director and choreographer[20][21]
Gary Green	1980	Shortstop, Major League Baseball[22]
Kathleen Marshall	1980	Choreographer and theatre director[21]
Antoine Fuqua	1983	Movie director[20]
Jonathan Rapping	1984	Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise
Steve Lieber	1985	Comic book illustrator[23]
Sharon Epperson	1986	Correspondent, CNBC
James Williams	1986	Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
Jesse Michaels	1987	Singer, Operation Ivy and Common Rider
Billy Porter	1987	Broadway performer and pop vocalist
Curtis Martin	1991	Running back, National Football League;[24] Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pittsburgh Slim	1997	Rapper
Beedie	2006	Rapper
Wiz Khalifa	2006	Rapper[25]
Mac Miller	2010	Rapper[26]

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.^[27]

References

1. "Allderdice: General Information". Pittsburgh Public Schools. April 3, 2013.
2. "Discover PPS: Pittsburgh Allderdice High School". Pittsburgh Public Schools. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
3. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. Lee, Carmen J. (March 16, 1998). "The name on a school stays, but memory of the person fades". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
5. "Discover Pittsburgh Public Schools". Pittsburgh Public Schools. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
6. "Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 1982-1983 through 1999-2002" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education via Archive.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
7. "The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools". Newsweek via archive.org. August 5, 2005. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006.
8. Eleanor, Chute (May 24, 2007). "7 high schools ranked among best in U.S.". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
9. "The Rankings: 11th Grade". Pittsburgh Business Times. May 5, 2010.
10. "U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools – Silver Medal for Pittsburgh Allderdice, Bronze for Pittsburgh CAPA". Pittsburgh Public Schools. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
11. "Nine Pittsburgh-area public high schools earn Newsweek honors". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 15, 2010.
12. Linn, Alex (December 21, 2007). "Looking backward on The Foreword". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
13. Monica L. Haynes (2005-09-28). "Obituary: Gene Forrell / Award-winning composer and conductor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
14. Mervis, Scott (October 11, 2012). "Gary Graff: Rock 'n' roll observer". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
15. Lord, Rich (2006-09-02). "Obituary: Mayor Robert E. O'Connor / His enthusiasm for city was unbounded". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
16. Donoho, Ron (June 1999). "Lucchino!". San Diego Magazine. Archived from the original on 2002-09-10. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
17. Authors, chef highlight Drue Heinz lecture series, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 25 April 2007
18. Rotstein, Gary (2004-04-22). "Gay marriage advocate says Time's honor good for cause". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
19. Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on December 12, 2006
20. Weiskind, Ron (2003-11-22). "Goldmann driven daffy by Looney Tunes film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
21. Rawson, Christopher (1994-03-06). "Broadway follows in their footsteps". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
22. Assad, David (July 3, 1991). "Texas recalls Allderdice grad Gary Green". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
23. John Hayes (April 27, 2001). "Squirrel Hill native works the mainstream and the underground". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
24. Finder, Chuck (2005-01-14). "AFC Playoffs / The Jets: Curtis Martin a football star by accident". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
25. Roberts, Josie (2005-06-28). "The hip-hop pulse". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
26. Todd, Deborah M. (August 12, 2010). "Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
27. Mervis, Scott (March 1, 2012). "Local Scene: Wiz Khalifa buzz builds for 'Taylor Allderdice'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

External links

• Taylor Allderdice High School
• Pittsburgh Public Schools