Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy
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{{Infobox school
| name = Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy
| image = Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers - IMG 1427.JPG
| motto = Dream. Discover. Design.
| established = 2009
| type = Public - Magnet
| affiliation = USO (U-Prep, SciTech, Obama) Sports
| district = Pittsburgh Public Schools
| grades = 6–12
| president =
| Principle = Ms. Angelique Benjamin (2023-present)
| teaching_staff =
| head of the school =
| dean =
| faculty =
| staff = 66
| enrollment = 616{{cite web |title=Sci-Tech Enrollment |url=https://discoverpps.org/scitech/enrollment |website=Discover PPS |publisher=Pittsburgh Public Schools |access-date=26 October 2022}} (as of October 1, 2022)
| athletics =
| newspaper = The Byte (retired), The Sextant (Future)
| athletics_conference =
| colors = White and blue
| mascot = Sci-Tech Thundersharks
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| location = 107 Thackeray Street
| city = Pittsburgh
| state = Pennsylvania
| zipcode = 15213
| country = USA
| pushpin_map = Pittsburgh#Pennsylvania#USA
| homepage = [http://www.discoverpps.org/school.php?id=306 Pittsburgh Science and Technology]
{{Infobox NRHP
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| name = Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers
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| image = Frick International Studies Academy.jpg
| caption = View from S Bouquet Street| coordinates = {{coord|40|26|36|N|79|57|29|W|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
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| built = 1927
| architect = Ingham & Boyd
| architecture = Classical Revival
| added = September 30, 1986
| area = {{convert|1|acre}}
| mpsub = Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
| designated_other1 = PHLF
| designated_other1_date = 2002{{cite book | url= http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf | title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | access-date=2011-07-28}}
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Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy (sometimes referred to as SciTech) is a public school in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It currently serves grades 6-12 in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. SciTech's first graduating class of seniors was 2013. Its building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 30, 1986.{{NRISref|2009a}}{{cite web | url=http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H005646_01B.pdf | title=Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Frick Middle School | date=April 1986 | access-date=2010-06-08}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
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.{{Cite web|title=New Teacher Being Evaluated at Frick School {{!}} Historic Pittsburgh|url=https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:MSP117.B015.F04.I03|access-date=2021-04-09|website=historicpittsburgh.org}} 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 was temporarily located at Reizenstein which in 2012 was renamed the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-8. and has since been demolished.{{Cite web|title=The Reizenstein Family|url=http://www.jewishfamilieshistory.org/entry/reizenstein-family/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Rauh Jewish Archives|date=2 October 2014 }} The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12 is now located in the former Peabody High School building in East Liberty. In June 2009, staff working on The Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy received possession of the Frick International Studies Academy building. SciTech officially opened to students in September 2009 after a pilot project by graduate students at Carnegie Mellon Heinz College.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/pst/site/default.asp |title=Pittsburgh Science and Technology |access-date=2009-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029170600/http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/pst/site/default.asp |archive-date=2009-10-29 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/newsletter-pages/pgh-sci-tech/index.aspx |title=Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy - Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College |access-date=2013-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213060511/http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/newsletter-pages/pgh-sci-tech/index.aspx |archive-date=2014-12-13 |url-status=dead }}
Operating schedule
Pittsburgh SciTech offers a block-schedule of classes; this structure allows students 80-minute classes.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=SciTech Bell Schedule |url=https://pittsburghscitech.com/school-information/scitech-bell-schedule/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy |language=en}} Field trips to local attractions in the Oakland area are plentiful and make use of local libraries, museums, universities, and seasonal attractions. Additionally, students are given 42 minutes a day to entertain themselves in a list of activities which are not school related, this is called Activity Period.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy Grades 6-12 Bell Schedules |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/production-constantcontact-v1-0-8/568/578568/B8USiSrA/095e6e0bbe674d178393b16b56107f09?fileName=SciTech%20Bell%20Schedules%202022-2023.pdf |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy}} This practice was suspended for the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year due to COVID-19, but was later reinstated.{{Cite web|date=2014-10-07|title=Activities|url=https://pittsburghscitech.com/athletics/academics/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy|language=en|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507061931/https://pittsburghscitech.com/athletics/academics/|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|date=2014-10-07|title=Academics|url=https://pittsburghscitech.com/academics/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy|language=en}}
=Computers and connections=
The Computers and Connections concentration focuses on teaching students computational thinking, breaking hard problems up into easier steps.
=Body and behavior=
In the body and behavior concentration, students focus on aspects of health and science. Students are given accelerated teaching about different professions and health careers.
=Form and function=
Form and Function focuses on engineering and the various aspects of it.
=Environment and energy=
Environment and Energy instructs students about Environment and Energy in the form of firsthand activities in Panther Hollow creek and elsewhere and learning about the aspects of each.
Enrollment
| class="wikitable"
! Group ! Number of students ! Percent |
| All
| 616 | 100% |
| Caucasian
| 296 | 48% |
| African American
| 234 | 37.9% |
| Asian
| 21 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic
| 19 | 3.08% |
| Multiracial
| 44 | 7.14% |
| American Indian
| <5 | <1% |
| Pacific Islander
|<5 |<1% |
| Male
| 396 | 64% |
| Female
| 220 | 36% |
References
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External links
- [http://www.pghboe.net Pittsburgh Public Schools]
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Category:High schools in Pittsburgh
Category:Magnet schools in Pennsylvania
Category:Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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