Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy

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Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy 6-12
Dream. Discover. Design.
Location
107 Thackeray St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
Information
Type	Public - Magnet
Established	2009
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
Principal	Dr. Robert Scherer
Vice principal	Ms. Christine Mussomeli (STEM Director)
Teaching staff	23[1]
Grades	6–11
Enrollment	488 as of August, 2011[2]
Color(s)	White and Blue
Mascot	Sci-Tech Thundersharks
Newspaper	The Byte (retired)
Website	Pittsburgh Science and Technology
Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark
Northern side of the building
Location:	107 Thackeray Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°26′36″N 79°57′29″W / 40.44333°N 79.95806°W / 40.44333; -79.95806Coordinates: 40°26′36″N 79°57′29″W / 40.44333°N 79.95806°W / 40.44333; -79.95806
Area:	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built:	1927
Architect:	Ingham & Boyd
Architectural style:	Classical Revival
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP Reference#:	86002668[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	September 30, 1986
Designated PHLF:	2002[4]

Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy is a public school in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It currently serves grades 6-11 in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, however it will expand by one grade level each year up until 12th grade. Its building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 30, 1986.^[3][5]

History

Originally the building served as the home for the Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers, founded by Henry Clay Frick in 1927, which served a training school for teachers. In 1983 it became a middle school housed at Dilworth School in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of East Liberty. Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School moved to the building in 1986, and is now temporarily located at Reizenstein which is now call Obama Middle and Hight School. In June 2009, staff working on The Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy received possession of the Frick International Studies Academy building. Sci-Tech officially opened to students in September 2009.^[6]

Operating Schedule

Pittsburgh SciTech offers a block-schedule of classes; using this structure it allows students 80 minute classes with free blocks through the week for tutoring, project advancement, research and club activities. A small student to teacher ratio provides a safety net so that each student can receive individual attention in areas they may need extra help in as well as being moved to advanced classes if they need more of a challenge. Field trips to local attractions in the Oakland area are plentiful and make use of local libraries, museums, universities and seasonal attractions. Also students are given 60 minutes a day to entertain themselves in a list of activities which are not school related, this is call Activity Period.

Concentrations

Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy offers four fields of science for students to focus on. These fields, named "Concentrations", are split into the following categories:

• Computers and Connections
• Body and Behavior
• Form and Function
• Environment and Energy

These sub-categories cover a wide range of careers and offer early experience in classes they would not study otherwise. Students pick their concentration at the end of their Ninth-grade year. The pickings are chosen in a weighted lottery, biased on grades, behavior, and attendance.

Computers and Connections

The Computers and Connections concentration focuses on teaching students computational thinking; breaking easy problems up into harder steps.

Body and Behavior

In the body and behavior concentration, students focus on aspects of health and science. Also students are given accelerated teaching about different professions and health careers.

Form and Function

Form and Function focuses on engineering and the different aspects of it. The students have won a "Dream Team" competition for best design in the past.

Environment and Energy

Environment and Energy teaches students about Environment and Energy in the form of hands on activities in Panther Hollow creek and elsewhere, and learning about the aspects of each.

Enrollment

1. Total Students: 328
2. African-American: 177 (53.96%)
3. American Indian: 2 (0.61%)
4. Asian: 7 (2.13%)
5. Hispanic: 4 (1.22%)
6. Multi-Racial: 12 (3.66%)
7. White: 126 (38.41%)
8. Male Students: 212 (64.63%)
9. Female Students: 116 (35.37%)

References

External links

• Pittsburgh Public Schools

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