Keystone Oaks High School
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Keystone Oaks High School, built in 1969, is a public high school
in the South Hills
suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. It is the only high school in the Keystone Oaks School District
. It is usually referred to as "KO."
, Dormont
and Castle Shannon
combined their students to form a common school district
. The high school was built on a 43 acres (174,015 m²) tract of land in neighboring Mount Lebanon, just outside the southwest border of Dormont. The site adjoined the Kelton Avenue Elementary School, which no longer exists.
The name 'Keystone Oaks' refers to the merger of the three school districts: 'key' for the 'door' in Dormont; 'stone' from the 'castle' in Castle Shannon; and 'oak' as a tree in Green Tree. The name was suggested by Thomas Clark, of the Class of 1965, and was chosen as part of a student competition to name the new school district.
Due to the deteriorating state of the district's Jay Neff Middle School (the original Dormont High School), a new middle school was attached to the old high school in 1996. This precipitated a massive redesign of the grounds, including the demolition of a little-used outdoor amphitheatre and the construction of a band practice field and new tennis courts. These tennis courts were later repaved in 2006.
Through the summer of 2001 and the 2001/2002 school year, the high school was extensively renovated.
In January 2007, the school officially decided to turn its Journalism and TV/Video Classes into clubs, so as to ease the strain of increased class sizes on English teachers.
s on: reading, writing, math and one year of science.
Graduation Rate:
2009 - 94%
2008 - 86%
2007 - 88%
PSSA Results
11th Grade Reading
2009 - 67% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 65% of 11th graders on grade level.
2008 - 60%, State - 65%
2007 - 72%, State - 65%
11th Grade Math:
2009 - 59% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 56% of 11th graders are on grade level.
2008 - 56%, State - 56%
2007 - 58%, State - 53%
11th Grade Science:
2009 - 33% on grade level. State: 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
2008 - 32%
College remediation According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 41% of Keystone Oaks School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education
, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.
For the 2009-10 funding year, the school district received a state grant of $9,415 for the program.
The pool has a 12 feet (3.7 m) deep end, and roughly a 4 feet (1.2 m) shallow end, and has a diving board, an electronic scoreboard, and bench-style stadium seating. The swim team has its own separate locker rooms, apart from the larger locker rooms designated for the basketball, wrestling, and football teams.
The High School contains a planetarium that had languished in disrepair from the mid 1980s into the late 1990s. It has since been refurbished and is one of the school's most interesting bits.
By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.
In February 2007, the high school hosted the PMEA District 1 West Band Festival,in which nine Keystone Oaks students participated. The school also regularly sends students to PMEA District 1 Honors Band, as well as to PMEA Region Band and occasionally to State Band.
Each year, Keystone Oaks High School students perform a spring musical.
Keystone Oaks Spring Musical History:
1989 Hello Dolly
1990 Brigadoon
1991 Anything Goes
1992 The Wizard Of Oz
1993 Oklahoma
1994 South Pacific
1995 Annie
1996 Guys and Dolls
1997 Leader Of The Pack
1998 Lil' Abner
1999 Bye Bye Birdie
2000 Grease
2001 Fiddler On The Roof
2002 Children of Eden
2003 Footloose
2004 Secret Garden
2005 Once On This Island
2006 Singin' In The Rain
2007 Anything Goes
2008 Brigadoon
2009 Barnum
2010 Footloose
2011 Fame: The Musical
), a Yearbook Club, Best Buddies and many others.
Some notable events are often held by the clubs as fundraisers, such as FBLA's All Night Dodgeball Game, and SADD's annual Grim Reaper Day. Students Senate and the Class planning committees organize the Junior-Senior Prom and Graduation. PJAS, the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, competes in a competition against many other schools every year. Forensics often competes in many regional and state competitions and are quite successful. Academic Team attends quiz competitions at local colleges, and form a team every year consisting of seniors for the local TV competition Hometown High-Q on KDKA, hosted by Ken Rice and attended the national competition in Chicago, IL in 2010. The Future Business Leaders of America is chapter of a national organization, and attands the regional, state and sometimes national competitions every year. Notable is their success in the category of Parliamentary Procedures, which they place in the top every year at the State Competition in Hershey, PA. At the 2011 SLC in Hershey, PA, the team placed in the top ten in three categories.
. While not known as any athletic powerhouse, the wrestling, swimming, and tennis teams have at times seen success.
As Keystone Oaks High School is located outside the southern end of Dormont, their football stadium is located at the northern end (Hillsdale Ave.) near the Banksville/Pittsburgh border.
The school only has a few rivalries of note. Chartiers Valley High School
can be considered a rival, but KO is especially at odds with Thomas Jefferson High School
. Both can be considered rivals of KO due to the similarities in demographics and because the three schools often are in the same section of WPIAL. In some sense, Mount Lebanon High School is also a rival by geography, since KO is located within Mount Lebanon, but has no student from there. Seton-La Salle Catholic High School
, located across the street from KO, was in former times a rival, but declining enrollment has led the two schools to be moved into different classes in WPIAL, and the rivalry has died down.
Starting with the 2008 football season,the Keystone Oaks/ Seton-La Salle Rival has been renewed. Keystone Oaks has moved to Class AA and plays in the Century Conference, in addition to Seton-Lasalle.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2009 regular season at 8-1. With a quarter-final win against Mt. Pleasant, Keystone Oaks advanced to the WPIAL semi-finals for the first time in school history.
graduated from Keystone Oaks. Supposedly one of his popular early routines was about an algebra teacher from the school.
Terry Haas, co-host of the HGTV
series Designed to Sell
, is also a Keystone Oaks alumna.
Michael J. Tobin, PhD, Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University Center for Environmental Research and Executive Director of Healthy Home Resources, graduated in 1975
Congressman and 2008 Presidential Candidate Ron Paul
of Texas also attended the school. (He graduated from Dormont High School, which merged into Keystone Oaks in 1965.)
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D., editor of The Informatics Review, an online serial devoted to helping clinicians and information technology professional keep up with the rapidly changing field of clinical informatics graduated in 1979. Dr. Sittig played basketball and tennis while at Keystone Oaks.
Thomas D. Russell, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Law at the University of Denver in Denver, CO attended KOHS from 1975 to 1979.
Michael Aubrecht Historian and author of books on Major League Baseball and Civil War history. Member of class of 1990.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in the South Hills
South Hills (Pennsylvania)
The South Hills is a term generally used to collectively describe the southern suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh south of the South Side Slopes. The city neighborhoods include Knoxville, Mt. Oliver, Allentown, Banksville, Beechview, Brookline,...
suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. It is the only high school in the Keystone Oaks School District
Keystone Oaks School District
Keystone Oaks School District is a public school district in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1969 after the merger of three smaller districts serving Dormont, Castle Shannon, and Green Tree...
. It is usually referred to as "KO."
History
The main building of the high school was built in 1969, four years after the three suburbs of Green TreeGreen Tree, Pennsylvania
Green Tree is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a suburb of Pittsburgh. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census.The town is the birthplace of U.S...
, Dormont
Dormont, Pennsylvania
Dormont is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 8,593 at the 2010 census and is the most densely populated municipality in Allegheny County. Dormont is a home to a diverse population including young professionals,...
and Castle Shannon
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
Castle Shannon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 8,316 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
combined their students to form a common school district
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
. The high school was built on a 43 acres (174,015 m²) tract of land in neighboring Mount Lebanon, just outside the southwest border of Dormont. The site adjoined the Kelton Avenue Elementary School, which no longer exists.
The name 'Keystone Oaks' refers to the merger of the three school districts: 'key' for the 'door' in Dormont; 'stone' from the 'castle' in Castle Shannon; and 'oak' as a tree in Green Tree. The name was suggested by Thomas Clark, of the Class of 1965, and was chosen as part of a student competition to name the new school district.
Due to the deteriorating state of the district's Jay Neff Middle School (the original Dormont High School), a new middle school was attached to the old high school in 1996. This precipitated a massive redesign of the grounds, including the demolition of a little-used outdoor amphitheatre and the construction of a band practice field and new tennis courts. These tennis courts were later repaved in 2006.
Through the summer of 2001 and the 2001/2002 school year, the high school was extensively renovated.
In January 2007, the school officially decided to turn its Journalism and TV/Video Classes into clubs, so as to ease the strain of increased class sizes on English teachers.
Academic achievement
In 2009, Keystone Oaks High School was ranked 83rd out of 123 western Pennsylvania high schools, by the Pittsburgh Business Times for academic achievement based on three years of the PSSAPennsylvania System of School Assessment
The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment is a standardized test administered to public schools in the state of Pennsylvania. Students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 11 are assessed in reading skills and mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 11 are assessed in writing skills...
s on: reading, writing, math and one year of science.
Graduation Rate:
2009 - 94%
2008 - 86%
2007 - 88%
PSSA Results
11th Grade Reading
2009 - 67% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 65% of 11th graders on grade level.
2008 - 60%, State - 65%
2007 - 72%, State - 65%
11th Grade Math:
2009 - 59% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 56% of 11th graders are on grade level.
2008 - 56%, State - 56%
2007 - 58%, State - 53%
11th Grade Science:
2009 - 33% on grade level. State: 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
2008 - 32%
College remediation According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 41% of Keystone Oaks School District graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a large public university system in the United States. It is the tenth-largest university system in the United States and 43rd largest in the world...
or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines. As the state education agency, its activities are directed by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, Gerald L. Zahorchak...
, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.
Dual enrollment
The high school offers a Dual Enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Students remain enrolled at their high school. The courses count towards high school graduation requirements and towards earning a college degree. The students continue to have full access to activities and programs at their high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offers a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books. Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.For the 2009-10 funding year, the school district received a state grant of $9,415 for the program.
The building
Keystone Oaks High School is a -story red brick building. Its shape is basically rectangular, with a one-story library bisecting its longest sides. Two arms extend out from its western and southern corners; the western arm houses the gymnasium, weight room, and pool, and the southern arm links to the middle school, auditorium, and art classrooms. The bottom floor of the main building houses lockers, administrative offices, and (since the 2001–2002 renovations) middle school classrooms. The top two floors are almost entirely classrooms.The pool has a 12 feet (3.7 m) deep end, and roughly a 4 feet (1.2 m) shallow end, and has a diving board, an electronic scoreboard, and bench-style stadium seating. The swim team has its own separate locker rooms, apart from the larger locker rooms designated for the basketball, wrestling, and football teams.
The High School contains a planetarium that had languished in disrepair from the mid 1980s into the late 1990s. It has since been refurbished and is one of the school's most interesting bits.
Extracurriculars
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.
The Arts
Keystone Oaks has a very talented group of students interested in music and the arts.In February 2007, the high school hosted the PMEA District 1 West Band Festival,in which nine Keystone Oaks students participated. The school also regularly sends students to PMEA District 1 Honors Band, as well as to PMEA Region Band and occasionally to State Band.
Each year, Keystone Oaks High School students perform a spring musical.
Keystone Oaks Spring Musical History:
1989 Hello Dolly
Hello, Dolly! (musical)
Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955....
1990 Brigadoon
1991 Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
1992 The Wizard Of Oz
1993 Oklahoma
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
1994 South Pacific
South Pacific (musical)
South Pacific is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The story draws from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, weaving together characters and elements from several of its...
1995 Annie
Annie (musical)
Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
1996 Guys and Dolls
1997 Leader Of The Pack
Leader of the Pack (musical)
Leader of the Pack is a musical with liner notes by Anne Beatts and additional material by Jack Heifner, music by Ellie Greenwich, and lyrics by Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector, George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Kent, and Ellen Foley.-Background:...
1998 Lil' Abner
1999 Bye Bye Birdie
2000 Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
2001 Fiddler On The Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
2002 Children of Eden
Children of Eden
Children of Eden is a two-act musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood...
2003 Footloose
Footloose (musical)
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...
2004 Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (musical)
The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's book and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon...
2005 Once On This Island
Once On This Island
Once on This Island is a one-act musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy, set in the French Antilles in the Caribbean Sea...
2006 Singin' In The Rain
2007 Anything Goes
Anything Goes
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...
2008 Brigadoon
2009 Barnum
Barnum (musical)
Barnum is a musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman. It is based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies. The production...
2010 Footloose
Footloose (musical)
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...
2011 Fame: The Musical
Fame (musical)
A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,...
Clubs and activities
The school has many after school clubs and activities, including language clubs for Spanish, German, and French, SADD, Pep Club, PJAS, Student Senate, Art Club, Environmental Club, Academic Team, The Gay Straight Alliance, Adventure Club, Math Club, Science Club, a chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Health Careers Club, Forensics (a Speech and Debate Club), Friends of Rachel (began by the program Rachel's Challenge, in memory of Rachel ScottRachel Scott
Rachel Joy Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, which claimed the lives of 12 students, one teacher and the two perpetrators, in one of the deadliest high school shootings in United States history.She has since been the subject of several books and is the...
), a Yearbook Club, Best Buddies and many others.
Some notable events are often held by the clubs as fundraisers, such as FBLA's All Night Dodgeball Game, and SADD's annual Grim Reaper Day. Students Senate and the Class planning committees organize the Junior-Senior Prom and Graduation. PJAS, the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, competes in a competition against many other schools every year. Forensics often competes in many regional and state competitions and are quite successful. Academic Team attends quiz competitions at local colleges, and form a team every year consisting of seniors for the local TV competition Hometown High-Q on KDKA, hosted by Ken Rice and attended the national competition in Chicago, IL in 2010. The Future Business Leaders of America is chapter of a national organization, and attands the regional, state and sometimes national competitions every year. Notable is their success in the category of Parliamentary Procedures, which they place in the top every year at the State Competition in Hershey, PA. At the 2011 SLC in Hershey, PA, the team placed in the top ten in three categories.
Marching band
The Keystone Oaks High School Marching Band under the direction of William Eibeck, allows students of the KO High School, and select students of the 8th grade class, to participate in supporting their school through various functions, such as football games, band festivals, and parades. However, the KO marching Band is a non-competitive band. In Spring of 2009 the band performed in the Magic Kingdom Parade at Walt Disney World. Florida. Additionally, the band performed in the 2010 Apple Blossom Festival Night Time Fireman's parade in Winchester, VA. In 2011, the band performed in the Strawberry Festival in Myrtle Beach.Athletics (Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles)
Keystone Oaks is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic LeagueWestern Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania. It is District 7 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The league is colloquially known as "WIP-ee-al"...
. While not known as any athletic powerhouse, the wrestling, swimming, and tennis teams have at times seen success.
As Keystone Oaks High School is located outside the southern end of Dormont, their football stadium is located at the northern end (Hillsdale Ave.) near the Banksville/Pittsburgh border.
The school only has a few rivalries of note. Chartiers Valley High School
Chartiers Valley High School
Chartiers Valley High School is a public school in the Bridgeville borough of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. The school's on-site stadium is home to the professional soccer team the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The school has an indoor swimming pool which is open to the public three evenings a...
can be considered a rival, but KO is especially at odds with Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Thomas Jefferson High School may refer to high schools in the United States:*Thomas Jefferson High School *Bloomington Jefferson High School*Thomas Jefferson High School...
. Both can be considered rivals of KO due to the similarities in demographics and because the three schools often are in the same section of WPIAL. In some sense, Mount Lebanon High School is also a rival by geography, since KO is located within Mount Lebanon, but has no student from there. Seton-La Salle Catholic High School
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School
Seton-La Salle Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, located across the street from KO, was in former times a rival, but declining enrollment has led the two schools to be moved into different classes in WPIAL, and the rivalry has died down.
Starting with the 2008 football season,the Keystone Oaks/ Seton-La Salle Rival has been renewed. Keystone Oaks has moved to Class AA and plays in the Century Conference, in addition to Seton-Lasalle.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2009 regular season at 8-1. With a quarter-final win against Mt. Pleasant, Keystone Oaks advanced to the WPIAL semi-finals for the first time in school history.
Notable alumni
The comedian Dennis MillerDennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, actor, sports commentator, and television and radio personality. He is known for his critical assessments laced with pop culture references...
graduated from Keystone Oaks. Supposedly one of his popular early routines was about an algebra teacher from the school.
Terry Haas, co-host of the HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
series Designed to Sell
Designed to Sell
Designed to Sell is an HGTV American reality television show hosted by Clive Pearse, Shane Tallant, Michael Johnson, and Rachel Reenstra, and produced by Pie Town Productions and Edelman Productions . Each 30-minute episode focuses on the fixing up and renovation of a home that is about to go on...
, is also a Keystone Oaks alumna.
Michael J. Tobin, PhD, Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University Center for Environmental Research and Executive Director of Healthy Home Resources, graduated in 1975
Congressman and 2008 Presidential Candidate Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
of Texas also attended the school. (He graduated from Dormont High School, which merged into Keystone Oaks in 1965.)
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D., editor of The Informatics Review, an online serial devoted to helping clinicians and information technology professional keep up with the rapidly changing field of clinical informatics graduated in 1979. Dr. Sittig played basketball and tennis while at Keystone Oaks.
Thomas D. Russell, J.D., Ph.D. Professor of Law at the University of Denver in Denver, CO attended KOHS from 1975 to 1979.
Michael Aubrecht Historian and author of books on Major League Baseball and Civil War history. Member of class of 1990.