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Mt. Lebanon School District
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To Provide the Best Education
Possible for Each and Every Student
Type public school district
Budget $70,890,733
Established July 1912
Grades K-12
Superintendent John Allison
Contact number (412) 344-2000
Teachers 460[1]
Staff 224[1]
Students 5,416[1]
Athletic Conference WPIAL
Colors blue and gold
Location Mt. Lebanon, PA
USA
Website http://www.mtlsd.org

Mt. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and School districts are a form of Special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Gold, also called golden, is a Yellowish orange Color which is a representation of the color of the element Mt Lebanon is a home rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lebanon School District is the public school system for residents of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mt Lebanon is a home rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.

The district has won multiple National Blue Ribbon School awards. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools [2] The high school was rated as one of the Top 500 high schools in the United States by Newsweek Magazine in 2000 and rated #1 in Western Pennsylvania by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2005. Western Pennsylvania consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. [3] The school district generates these results spending only $7,669/student, about 25% over the national average of $6,058/student. [4]

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Mission Statement

As defined by its constituents, students, staff, parents and community, this mission is that the Mt. Lebanon School District will provide the best education possible given local resources, and state and federal constraints. This means that the Mt. Lebanon School District provides the best education possible for each individual student and every or all students collectively. Mt. Lebanon School District constituents will know this mission has been accomplished when the five goals have been achieved.

Mt. Lebanon High School

Mt. Lebanon High School is the public secondary school for grades 9–12. Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes It is accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools and Colleges. As of 2007, Dr. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Ronald P. Davis is the head principal. Unit or assistant principals are: Alfred McGivern unit 1, Michelle Murray unit 2, and Lori Pavlik unit 3. Annual enrollment is approximately 2,000 students; it is 1,912 for the 2007-08 school year. [1]

Mt. Lebanon High School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education each of the three times it requested certification: 1983-84, 1990-91, and 1997-98. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department is a Cabinet -level department of the United States [5]Newsweek Magazine (March 8, 2000) also rated the high school as one of the Top 500 high schools in the United States. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

High school building

Mt. Lebanon High School is located on twenty-six acres of land. The building houses a 70,000 volume library; a planetarium; science (biology, chemistry and physics), math, computer and writing labs; a Fine Arts complex that includes two theaters, visual arts studios, an arts library, a professional dance studio, choral rooms, music studios, practice rooms, and a full production TV studio linked to the community's cable system. In addition, there are child care, food and nutrition, power technology, electronics, and wood working labs. Three full size gymnasiums, and indoor swimming pool. weight and wrestling rooms, six tennis courts, a 7200 seat stadium and an Astroturf football field with synthetic running track enhance opportunities for both student and community involvement.

The process for the renovation of Mt. Lebanon High School formally began in the summer of 2006. At that time, it was decided that an education specification team would be assembled for the purpose of identifying key needs related to the future use of a high school building. The team consisted of a variety of stakeholders who met for several work sessions during the fall and early winter. The team was led by William DeJong & Associates. The results of their work, including both general and specific suggestions, were presented to the Board of School Directors in January of 2007. Since then, the essential milestones with associated activities related to updating a high school building have been identified. Necessary outcomes from each phase (milestone) have been identified to monitor the progress of the project. A blog [1] has been set up to discuss further plans.


Graduates

The Class of 2007 graduated 411 students, 96% of whom went on to pursue a full-time or Armed-Service education. Similarly, the Class of 2006 graduated 461 students, 96% of whom went on to some form of full-time college or armed services education (89% four-year college or higher) and 93% of whom took the SAT. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the Their cumulative mean score of 1168 is 147 points higher than the national mean and 175 points more than the Pennsylvania mean score. [5] In the new writing assessment, the cumulative mean score of 573 was 76 points higher than the national mean and 90 points higher than the Pennsylvania mean score.

Based on national test results, Mt. Lebanon students rank among the highest achieving in the nation. Students have consistently scored above the national mean average in both the Critical Reading and Mathematics sections of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).

Mt. Lebanon students were top performers on the College Board SAT at the end of 2006. Of the 630 public schools in the state, Mt. Lebanon students posted a combined score of 1741 which ranks 4th in Pennsylvania and 1st in the county among public schools, catapulting Mt. Lebanon ahead of all public schools in Western Pennsylvania. In addition, the critical reading and math scores were the highest ever received by Mt. Lebanon students. [6]

Mt. Lebanon is the Alma Mater of, among others:

Athletics

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Since 1965 Mt. Lebanon has won 7 WPIAL Football championships and the last coming in 2000 with an offensive line that had every player go to a Division-1A school. Since 2000, Mt. Lebanon has made the playoffs in 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 which was also the first time since 2000 that a Mt. Lebanon football has made it to the WPIAL semifinals. Mt. Lebanon has had 3 losing seasons in the last 13 years (2001-02 and 2006-07) and 2007-08).

The Mt. Lebanon Girls' Volleyball team has won the PIAA State Title in 1997 and 2000. They have won the WPIAL championship in 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2007.

Mt. Lebanon made it to the last two WPIAL basketball championship games and won in 2006 against the McKeesport Tigers. McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US, at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers

The hockey team won the State Championship in 1976 and 2006. A few Blue Devil players were selected by Division I collegiate and professional teams throughout North America (Shane Ferguson, Matt Bartkowski, Tyler Murovich). Mount Lebanon was the 2005-2006 State Champions setting both scoring records and defensive records.

The Blue Devils have won 5 boys' lacrosse WPSLA Championships since 2000 and are nationally known for their excellence. The boys' lacrosse team advanced to the Pennsylvania state championship 3 times since the late 90's, most recently in the 2007 season.

The Baseball team has won the section title dozens of times, WPIAL 5 times, and States once in 1998. Their most recent championship came in 2006.

The Mt. Lebanon rifle team won the WPIAL Championship[11] for the 2006-07 year, and tied for first place in WPIAL Section One with their team record. They went on to place third in the state-level competition. They have also won the WPIAL Championship in: 2003, 1987, 1971, as well as the state shoot in 1958.

Rivalries

Mt. Lebanon has an ongoing rivalry with the Upper St. Clair High School, highlighted by meaningless taunts about the communities rather than individual athletes. Upper St Clair High School is part of the Upper St Clair School District [12] It is among WPIAL's most natural rivalries due to the close proximity of the two communities, which are adjacent. The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania.

The most notorious incident was a clash between the USCHS Principal and a Mt. Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an Elementary school, Middle school, or High school in some English-speaking Lebanon student after a basketball game at the USC High School. [13] An investigation of the incident by the Upper St. Clair School District cleared the Principal of any wrongdoing.

Other less notable rivalries include nearby towns Bethel Park and Peters Township.

Fine Arts

The Fine Arts Department was rated one of eight finest nation-wide by the United States Department of Education. [5]

Theater

In the 2002-03 school year, the high school received one of six Outstanding School Awards from the Educational Theatre Association. The Educational Theatre Association (abbreviated as EdTA) founded in 1929 is the Professional association for Theatre Education. [5] The school's theater program began in 1930, and has produced a number of notable actors. [14]

Music

See also: Mount Lebanon Percussion

In 2007, the American Music Conference listed Mt. Mount Lebanon Percussion is the percussion program for the high school of Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania. Lebanon High school as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education. " [15]

Mount Lebanon Percussion ensemble performed at the 2007 National Percussion Festival in Indianapolis. Mount Lebanon Percussion is the percussion program for the high school of Mount Lebanon Pennsylvania. [16]

The high school's chamber string orchestra, string orchestra and symphony orchestra, all under the direction of Robert J. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Vogel, have played twice at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City, in 1998 and 2004. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east The City of New York They also comprised three of only six ensembles chosen nationwide for the 2006 Orchestra America National Festival. Orchestra America (OA is a Nonprofit organization that promotes orchestral High school music education through positively life-changing events and workshops [17]

The Mt. Lebanon Blue Devil Marching Band performed under the direction of Louise Marino performed in the 2008 New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Forensics

The Mt. Lebanon Forensic Team won the Western Pennsylvania District Forensic Championship four years in a row (2001-2004). Individual events is a type of speech competition characterized by individuals competing in a variety of different events In 2004, the team won the state championship in dramatic interpretation and extemporaneous speaking and then earned a second-place title in extemporaneous speaking at the national competition in Salt Lake City. [18] George Savarese is the coach of the team and has been since the late 90's. George Savarese is an educator and radio personality Media career George Savarese is the longtime host of World Affairs Council 's Sunday "Global Press During Savarese's tenure Mt. Lebanon has become the dominant school in Western Pennsylvania winning the district championship five of the last six years, and in 2003, 2004, and 2005 sending record numbers of students to National Forensic League national tournament. The National Forensic League is one of three major US national Organizations which direct high school competitive speech events

In 2006, the team captured the Pennsylvania High School Speech League championship,[19] Events included extemp, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo, and original oratory. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Pennsylvania High School Speech League is a high school forensics league Extemporaneous Speaking, also known as "Extemp" is a high school and college speech event in which students speak persuasively about Current events.

Schools

All enrollment figures are for the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year. [1]

Note: Keystone Oaks High School is physically located in Mt. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Middle school or Junior High School serves as a "bridge" between the Elementary School and the High School Andrew William Mellon ( March 24 1855 &mdash August 27 1937) was an American banker industrialist philanthropist art collector Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Stephen Collins Foster (July 4 1826 – January 13 1864 known as the "father of American music" was the pre-eminent Songwriter in the United States Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 Julia Ward Howe (May 27 1819 &ndash October 17 1910 was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and Poet most famous as Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal For other uses see E A Markham. Charles Edwin Anson Markham ( April 23, 1852 - March 7, 1940) was an George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Keystone Oaks High School, built in 1969 is a public High school in the South Hills suburbs of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Lebanon, but it serves the youth of the adjacent communities of Greentree, Dormont and Castle Shannon. Green Tree is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and a suburb of Pittsburgh. Dormont is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Castle Shannon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area.

Teachers

As of the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year, the school employed 460 professionals. [1] Teachers are paid on an 18-step schedule, from $39,955 (minium with bachelor's degree) to $89,520 (maximum with master's degree plus credits). [1] Currently 68% of teachers have a master's degree or higher. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Mt. Lebanon School District (Sept. 2007). District Profile. Retrieved on 2008-03-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth
  2. ^ "Changes afoot for Blue Ribbon Schools", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2002-07-30. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons  
  3. ^ Lott, Ethan. "Mt. Lebanon tops 'PBT Honor Roll' rank of region's school districts", Pittsburgh Business Times, 2005-07-22. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons  
  4. ^ Neighborhood Profile. Sperling's Best Places Website. Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons
  5. ^ a b c d 2006 profile, Mt. Lebanon School District
  6. ^ The SAT rankings: Mt. Lebanon ranks highest among local schools
  7. ^ Time Magazine: A Bigger Screen for Mark Cuban, April 22, 2002
  8. ^ "Kurt Angle", The Washington Post. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D  
  9. ^ Associated Press. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio "Prank starts 25 years of computer security woes", CTV. CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia  
  10. ^ Head Coach - Carnegie Mellon University
  11. ^ O-R Online
  12. ^ Pace, Laura. "Rivalry in the bleachers", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007-01-25. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons  
  13. ^ Niederberger, Mary. "Mt. Lebanon student claims USC principal attacked him", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007-01-18. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons  
  14. ^ Mary Niederberger. "Mt. Lebanon High School marks 75 years of theater", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005-11-17. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Retrieved on 2007-02-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons  
  15. ^ The 2007 "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" Roster
  16. ^ Mt. Lebanon School District Fine Arts News, February 2007
  17. ^ Mt. Lebanon School District Fine Arts News, April 2006
  18. ^ http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/district%20report%20card%202003-04mt.pdf 2003-2004 Report Card, page 11
  19. ^ Microsoft Word - 06May.doc

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