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Plum School District adopts new alert system to reduce emergency response time
When Plum School District students return to classes this fall, teachers and staff will be equipped with a new alert system intended to reduce response time in an emergency. Plum will be the first district in Pennsylvania to use the Centegix CrisisAlert system, Assistant Superintendent Ashley Boyers said. It will be in use in all of the district’s schools and its transportation department.
High school connected to Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship to open in Wilkins
The Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship is getting an affiliate high school. Charter school officials got the go-ahead last month from Wilkins commissioners to transform the office building at 703 Rodi Road, near the Penn Hills-Wilkins border, into Dominus High School. The target opening date is fall 2025, with...
WPIAL Profiles: Upper St. Clair 2025 Linebacker Van Hellmann
WPIAL Profiles is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling some of the up-and-coming talent out of the Pittsburgh area high schools. Favorite hobby outside of football? Golf. Favorite type of song, music or artist to get you ready for a game? I don’t have a particular favorite type of music or artist.
Allegheny Valley looks into cellphone restrictions for students during classroom time
Is there a reason why the Allegheny Valley School District isn’t restricting students’ access to their cellphones during instructional time in the classroom?. That’s the question school board directors asked administrators Wednesday to look into. Board member Larry Pollick suggested the district implement a policy restricting cellphone...
Two BC3 students picked from national applicants to conduct research at CMU, UMass
For the first time since the National Science Foundation began to fund residential programs, two Butler County Community College students have been chosen in the same year and bring to five the number picked by faculty members of host research institutions in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The selection in 2024...
High school reunions going strong despite presence of social media
Debbie Gathagan, 67, said planning a class reunion is a lot like planning a wedding. Gathagan’s last name was Tedesco when she graduated from Penn Hills in 1974. She stayed in the area until she moved to Plum about two years ago. After 20 years without seeing most of...
6,300 University of Pittsburgh staffers gain chance to join Steelworkers union
Jul. 26—For University of Pittsburgh staff who watched as 3,400 faculty colleagues gained collective bargaining rights a few years back, what's coming in the mail soon represents their own moment of choice. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board will oversee another union election at Pitt. This time, it's for 6,300 staff. Ballots for the month-long voting will be mailed out on Aug. 15. They ...
Pitt-Bradford to Name New Field After Alumnus
BRADFORD, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will name its new artificial turf field Rathburn Family Field in honor of a $500,000 gift made by Gary Rathburn ’68-’70 and his wife, Anita. A ceremony to commemorate the naming of the new home for the Panthers’...
Forward march! Woodland Hills High School band prepare for upcoming season
PITTSBURGH — The first day of school is just around the corner, as thousands of kids prepare to go back to the classroom across western Pennsylvania. This also means high school bands have been taking steps to get ready for the upcoming season. Woodland Hills High School, in particular,...
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