North Allegheny Senior High School
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North Allegheny Senior High School (NASH) is a suburban high school in the North Allegheny School District
and is located in Wexford
, Pennsylvania
, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. The current building was built in 1974, the school has won numerous awards and was ranked in the top 1300 US high schools in 2008.
Principal Dr. Lawrence Butterini was recognized by the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals as the Pennsylvania High School Principal of the Year in 2006. Butterini was NASH principal and a figurehead of the school until his retirement following the 2009-2010 school year.
As of April 2007, North Allegheny had offered 14 AP courses.
North Allegheny features a large athletic program with a reputation for on-field excellence, winning the MSA Cup, a local scholastic trophy similar to the Director's Cup, every year the honor has been awarded. It is also home to AFJROTC unit PA-022.
In 2011 the football team won PIAA and WPIAL Class AAAA football
state titles in December 2010.
Next to Newman Stadium is the Baierl Center, which is a fitness center for North Allegheny Athletics and also has two gyms for cheerleading and practice squads, with one large track on the upper level which is left for baseball, softball, and the rowing team. The Baierl Center includes a weight room, an activity room, an exercise center, and a track. It is open free of charge to North Allegheny Athletics and also is available to district residents for a membership fee. The center is a 48000 square feet (4,459.3 m²) building that was available for public use since 2002 and expanded in 2004, opening a room solely for indoor biking.
North Allegheny School District
North Allegheny School DistrictDistrict typePublicReligious affiliationNoneLocationNorth of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAEnrollment 2010-2011Approx. 7844 studentsProjected Enrollment 2019-2020Approx...
and is located in Wexford
Wexford, Pennsylvania
Wexford is an unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The area known as Wexford is split among multiple municipalities, including Franklin Park, McCandless, Pine Township, and Marshall Township...
, 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...
, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. The current building was built in 1974, the school has won numerous awards and was ranked in the top 1300 US high schools in 2008.
Principal Dr. Lawrence Butterini was recognized by the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals as the Pennsylvania High School Principal of the Year in 2006. Butterini was NASH principal and a figurehead of the school until his retirement following the 2009-2010 school year.
As of April 2007, North Allegheny had offered 14 AP courses.
North Allegheny features a large athletic program with a reputation for on-field excellence, winning the MSA Cup, a local scholastic trophy similar to the Director's Cup, every year the honor has been awarded. It is also home to AFJROTC unit PA-022.
In 2011 the football team won PIAA and WPIAL Class AAAA football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
state titles in December 2010.
Newman Stadium & Baierl Center
NASH also is a hub for North Allegheny Athletics. It is located right next to Carl A. Newman Stadium, which houses numerous sports, with football being one of its attractions, as the North Allegheny Varsity Football team plays all home games there during their fall sports season. Newman Stadium was named after Carl A. Newman, a former North Allegheny superintendent and the main contributor to the stadium.Next to Newman Stadium is the Baierl Center, which is a fitness center for North Allegheny Athletics and also has two gyms for cheerleading and practice squads, with one large track on the upper level which is left for baseball, softball, and the rowing team. The Baierl Center includes a weight room, an activity room, an exercise center, and a track. It is open free of charge to North Allegheny Athletics and also is available to district residents for a membership fee. The center is a 48000 square feet (4,459.3 m²) building that was available for public use since 2002 and expanded in 2004, opening a room solely for indoor biking.
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