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An Upper St. Clair High School ninth grader was recently named a second prize winner in the eighth annual Creative Expressions Contest, part of Gandhi Day 2024.
For the first time in over a decade, Upper St. Clair High School students have the opportunity to add a media class to their course schedule.
Six Upper St. Clair High School students successfully auditioned for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Honors Band.
Upper St. Clair High School celebrated its annual Homecoming Week Sept. 23 through Sept. 28, 2024. The theme was Cirque du St. Clair.
Upper St. Clair High School administrators named five outstanding students to the monthly Deans’ List. Honorees and the teachers who nominated them were recognized at a special breakfast event on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.
Ten individuals have been selected for induction into the Upper St. Clair High School Halls of Fame. Eight alumni and two retired teachers will be honored at the 25th annual event on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.
Students in the Upper St. Clair School District recently participated in an interactive program and workshop with Cello Fury, a nationally recognized music ensemble that features three cellists and a drummer.
Four Upper St. Clair High School musicians were recently selected for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 1 Honors String Orchestra.
Seventeen Upper St. Clair High School seniors were recently named Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Upper St. Clair High School junior Medha Misra spent part of her summer participating in a program experience that greatly impacted her passion for science and technology. The program, offered through the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Science Education Outreach, provides educational experiences to benefit medical students, health professional students, undergraduate and high school students to inspire students to seek careers in science, technology, and healthcare.
Upper St. Clair High School world language teacher Cephus Moore was recently selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). Mr. Moore, who teaches French and Spanish, was nominated by Upper St. Clair senior Maya Hamade.
Upper St. Clair High School will host its annual RUSH event during lunch periods on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. The event serves as a recruitment fair for the school’s more than 100 clubs and activities.
A Fort Couch Middle School student recently earned Honorable Mention in the Rube Goldberg Crazy Contraption Cartoon Contest. Seventh grader Tyler Marsh competed in the 18 and under Animation Division.
New families with children in grades 1-12 enjoyed the annual New Family Welcome Event hosted by the Parent Teacher Council (PTC) on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in the high school’s nutrition center.
Six Upper St. Clair High School seniors were recently named Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition. The following students scored in the top one percent of all juniors completing the PSAT in October 2023: Jamie Barrett, Roshan Mishra, Shriya V. Narasimhan, Ishaan Sharma, Isabel Vilensky and Sophia Whitman.
An Upper St. Clair High School robotics team – BotsBurgh 11792 – hosted a summer outreach event 7,456 miles away at Hakimi School in Karachi, Pakistan.
Upper St. Clair High School junior Arth Italiya is one of three student winners in the national essay contest sponsored by IndustryWeek and the Subortus Project.
The College Board recently announced that 158 Upper St. Clair High School students and 2024 graduates earned AP Scholar recognition for their exceptional achievement in the college-level Advanced Placement Program during the 2023-24 school year.
Upper St. Clair High School senior Kriti Gupta is passionate about helping students from underfunded communities succeed. Through the non-profit organization Chance to Change Lives-Kids (CCL-Kids), Kriti has positively impacted hundreds of elementary students in a nearby community.
More than 100 Upper St. Clair High School students enhanced their leadership skills during the school’s summer Leadership Academy, hosted in July. The program offers four sequential phases that can be completed over the course of a student’s high school experience.
An Upper St. Clair High School sophomore competed in the 2024 USA Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.
Seven members of the Upper St. Clair High School Speech & Debate team earned Academic All American awards from the National Speech & Debate Association.
The Upper St. Clair School District celebrated the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year totals just over 4,000 students. We have compiled a photo galleries featuring students and staff from each of our six schools.
The Upper St. Clair School District kicked off the 2024-25 school year on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, with its annual Opening Day celebration for staff members. Opening Day marks the first day back for teachers, teacher aides, school counselors, school nurses and school psychologists.
Forty-one rising seventh and eighth-grade students recently spent a summer week developing leadership skills while serving others in the community. The annual Fort Couch Leadership Academy was held from July 22-26, 2024. Throughout the week, students worked individually and collaboratively through tasks that challenged them to define their own concept of what leadership looks like and sounds like to them.
Several members of the Upper St. Clair High School Speech & Debate team were among the top performers at the 2024 National Speech and Debate Tournament, held June 16-21, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. As the world’s largest academic competition, the tournament included more than 6,700 students from over 1,500 schools throughout the nation.
Avik Pandey, a rising eighth grader at Fort Couch Middle School, recently placed sixth among 148 competitors in the National Science Bee. The event, one of several national bees sponsored by the International Academic Competitions, was held May 23-27, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.
Upper St. Clair Panther fans can purchase their annual athletic passes beginning July 1, 2024. New this year, the Panther Pass can be purchased online and tickets will be distributed via the Eventbrite mobile app.