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=== Recent Decades === |
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During the 2011-2012 school year, the school absorbed students from the [[East Liberty (Pittsburgh)|East Liberty]] neighborhood due to the closure of nearby [[Peabody High School (Pennsylvania)|Peabody High School]]. Due to increasing violence throughout the city, and the shooting of 15 year old Westinghouse High School Student Dayvon Vikers,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yorgey |title=15-year-old boy shot and killed while riding bike in Homewood |work=Pittsburgh Action News 4 |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/homewood-shooting-boy-in-critical-condition/39590435#}}</ref> students from Westinghouse High School organized a youth-led protest against violence on April 2, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh-area youth hold protest against violence in Homewood |url=https://fnb-reporter.com/pittsburgh-area-youth-hold-protest-against-violence-in-homewood/}}</ref> |
During the 2011-2012 school year, the school absorbed students from the [[East Liberty (Pittsburgh)|East Liberty]] neighborhood due to the closure of nearby [[Peabody High School (Pennsylvania)|Peabody High School]]. Due to increasing violence throughout the city, and the shooting of 15 year old Westinghouse High School Student Dayvon Vikers,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yorgey |title=15-year-old boy shot and killed while riding bike in Homewood |work=Pittsburgh Action News 4 |url=https://www.wtae.com/article/homewood-shooting-boy-in-critical-condition/39590435#}}</ref> students from Westinghouse High School organized a youth-led protest against violence on April 2, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pittsburgh-area youth hold protest against violence in Homewood |url=https://fnb-reporter.com/pittsburgh-area-youth-hold-protest-against-violence-in-homewood/}}</ref> |
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=== Overview === |
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At Westinghouse High School there are many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs including business administration, sports and entertainment, carpentry, cosmetology, culinary arts, emergency response technology, and health careers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPS |url=https://discoverpps.org/westinhouse}}</ref> All certificate programs give students the opportunity to receive college credit for their work. |
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=== Business Administration === |
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In Business Administration, Sports & Entertainment (B.A.S.E), students learn about marketing and accounting and get certificates in Microsoft Office and OSHA. Students also go on field trips to sports facilities. This program partners with Point Park University<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPS Business Administration |url=https://www.pghschools.org/page/5132}}</ref> |
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=== Culinary Arts === |
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Culinary arts is a CTE program at Westinghouse High School and Carrick High School. Students in this program are offered the following ServSafe certificates: food manager, food handler, and food allergen. They also can become competent in safety and pollution prevention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPS Culinary Arts |url=https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5135}}</ref> |
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Students in these courses learn how to apply skills and tech knowledge required to perform duties like law enforcement, emergency medical services, and firefighting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPS ERT |url=https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5133}}</ref> |
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=== Carpentry === |
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Students in carpentry CTE learn to build things like tables and dog houses. Allderdice High School students in the nearby neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh have the opportunity to come to Westinghouse to participate in these courses. Students in carpentry learn to use hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, site preparation and layout, footings and foundations, framing, floor construction, wall construction, roof construction, exterior finish, interior finish, estimation, and other skills.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PPS Carpentry |url=https://www.pghschools.org/cms/lib/PA01000449/Centricity/domain/1352/competencies/Carpentry%20-%20460201%20Task%20Grid%202024.pdf}}</ref> |
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=== Cosmetology === |
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The cosmetology program helps students enrolled learn about beauty treatments of the hair, complexion, and hands. These include facials, waxing, eyebrows, nails, haircuts, and hair dying. Students tour salons around Pittsburgh to see how they run their businesses.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pittsburgh Public Schools Makeover Perry's Cosmetology |work=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/life/goodness/2022/03/17/pittsburgh-public-schools-salon-perry-cosmetology-program-traditional-academy/stories/202203200003}}</ref> At the end of the program, and after earning 1250 hours of training, students may earn a Pennsylvania state cosmetology license. (<nowiki>https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5134</nowiki>). |
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== National Landmark Status == |
== National Landmark Status == |
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Revision as of 13:41, 25 April 2022
Westinghouse High School, also known as The Academy at Westinghouse or Westinghouse Academy is one of 10 high schools and of four 6-12 schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It is located in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is named for Pittsburgh resident and entrepreneur George Westinghouse. As of October 2019, Westinghouse has an enrollment of 697 students, 95% of whom are African American. Westinghouse High School serves East Hills, East Liberty, Highland Park, Homewood North, Homewood South, Homewood West, Larimer, Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar, and Point Breeze North, as well as the nearby town of Wilkinsburg.[1] The school's mascott is a bulldog.
History
Early years
Westinghouse High School opened in 1917 and served a diverse population of middle and working class individuals who lived in the neighborhood of Homewood in Pittsburgh, PA.[2] The school was built and opened by industrialist George Westinghouse whose home and electric business was loacted in Homewood. While the school opened in 1917, the building was not completed until 1924, and another annex was added in 1932 to give space for the 3,300 puils that were enrolled at that time.[3] The school employed well-regarded faculty and offered English, mathematics, history, science and technical programs like engine repair for boys and home economis for girls. [4]
1940's and 1950's
Midcentury marked a change in the racial makeup of Homewood as more Italian immigrants moved to the neighborhood and their children attended Westinghouse. Furthermore, African Americans made up larger percentages of the students at Westinhouse as White residents began moving to the suburbs. [5] By 1955, African American students made up 53.4% of enrolled students at Westinghouse.[6]
By this time Westinghouse had produced several notable alumni including musciians Billy Strayhorn, Mary Lou Williams, and Errol Garner.
1960's
White families continued to move to the suburbs during this time which considerably changed the racial makeup of the school. The school's budget was also affected by the changing demographics of the area. Even in this time of great change, many students continued to recieve scholarships and other accolades.[7]
Recent Decades
During the 2011-2012 school year, the school absorbed students from the East Liberty neighborhood due to the closure of nearby Peabody High School. Due to increasing violence throughout the city, and the shooting of 15 year old Westinghouse High School Student Dayvon Vikers,[8] students from Westinghouse High School organized a youth-led protest against violence on April 2, 2021.[9]
Courses and Training Programs
Overview
At Westinghouse High School there are many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs including business administration, sports and entertainment, carpentry, cosmetology, culinary arts, emergency response technology, and health careers.[10] All certificate programs give students the opportunity to receive college credit for their work.
Business Administration
In Business Administration, Sports & Entertainment (B.A.S.E), students learn about marketing and accounting and get certificates in Microsoft Office and OSHA. Students also go on field trips to sports facilities. This program partners with Point Park University[11]
Culinary Arts
Culinary arts is a CTE program at Westinghouse High School and Carrick High School. Students in this program are offered the following ServSafe certificates: food manager, food handler, and food allergen. They also can become competent in safety and pollution prevention.[12]
Emergency Response Technology (E.R.T.)
Students in these courses learn how to apply skills and tech knowledge required to perform duties like law enforcement, emergency medical services, and firefighting.[13]
Carpentry
Students in carpentry CTE learn to build things like tables and dog houses. Allderdice High School students in the nearby neighborhood of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh have the opportunity to come to Westinghouse to participate in these courses. Students in carpentry learn to use hand tools, power tools, blueprint reading, site preparation and layout, footings and foundations, framing, floor construction, wall construction, roof construction, exterior finish, interior finish, estimation, and other skills.[14]
Cosmetology
The cosmetology program helps students enrolled learn about beauty treatments of the hair, complexion, and hands. These include facials, waxing, eyebrows, nails, haircuts, and hair dying. Students tour salons around Pittsburgh to see how they run their businesses.[15] At the end of the program, and after earning 1250 hours of training, students may earn a Pennsylvania state cosmetology license. (https://www.pghschools.org/Page/5134).
National Landmark Status
Westinghouse High School's building recieved Historic Landmark Status in 2001.[16] The architectural style of the school is classical revival, and the design firm was Ingham & Boyd.[17]
Sports
Alma Mater
Oh,Westinghouse forever, loyal and true.
Nothing can ever change our love for you.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Oh,Westinghouse forever we're true to you,
we love our colors of GOLD and BLUE
Notable Alumni
- ^ "Westinghouse High School".
- ^ "History of Westinghouse High School".
- ^ "Westinghouse High School".
- ^ "Throughout the Decades".
- ^ "Throughout the Decades".
- ^ The Quest for Racial Equality in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Pittsburgh Board of Public Education. 1965.
- ^ "Throughout the Decades".
- ^ Yorgey. "15-year-old boy shot and killed while riding bike in Homewood". Pittsburgh Action News 4.
- ^ "Pittsburgh-area youth hold protest against violence in Homewood".
- ^ "PPS".
- ^ "PPS Business Administration".
- ^ "PPS Culinary Arts".
- ^ "PPS ERT".
- ^ "PPS Carpentry" (PDF).
- ^ "Pittsburgh Public Schools Makeover Perry's Cosmetology". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
- ^ "Plaques".
- ^ "Westinghouse High School".