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The school has published its newspaper, the ''Foreword'', since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.<ref name="pittcat-1">Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on ] ].</ref> Faculty oversee students who produce the paper in an informal setting in conjunction with the English department's journalism courses, which teach "gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources in order to inform, educate, interest, or entertain student readers."<ref name="allderdicehs-1">http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> During the 1970s, the paper carried the motto "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"<ref name="Allderdice-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/Allderdice-051.pdf|title=''The Allderdice'':51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School, 1980. 74|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref> and claimed to reach more than 5,000 readers.<ref name="Foreword-099-1-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-1.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-2-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:2, ] ], 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-3-6-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-3.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:3, ] ], 6|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref> The school has published its newspaper, the ''Foreword'', since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.<ref name="pittcat-1">Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on ] ].</ref> The English department's journalism courses, which teach "gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources in order to inform, educate, interest, or entertain student readers."<ref name="allderdicehs-1">http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> During the 1970s, the paper carried the motto "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"<ref name="Allderdice-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/Allderdice-051.pdf|title=''The Allderdice'':51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School, 1980. 74|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref> and claimed to reach more than 5,000 readers.<ref name="Foreword-099-1-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-1.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-2-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:2, ] ], 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-3-6-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-3.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:3, ] ], 6|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref>


The newspaper has spawned such career journalists as ],<ref name="Graff-1">Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> who wrote for it in 1977-1978<ref name="Graff-3">Cf. ''Foreword'', 97:3, 5; 97:4, 3; 97:5, 5; 97:6, 3, 5; 98:3, 3, 7; 99:1, 4, 6; 99:2, 1, 6; 99:3, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> and professional writers such as ]<ref name="Lapiduss-2">Cf. http://www.hellodere.com/alp2.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> The newspaper has spawned such career journalists as ],<ref name="Graff-1">Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> who wrote for it in 1977-1978<ref name="Graff-3">Cf. ''Foreword'', 97:3, 5; 97:4, 3; 97:5, 5; 97:6, 3, 5; 98:3, 3, 7; 99:1, 4, 6; 99:2, 1, 6; 99:3, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> and professional writers such as ]<ref name="Lapiduss-2">Cf. http://www.hellodere.com/alp2.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref>

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Public school in the United States
Taylor Allderdice High School
Location
2409 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379
United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoKnow something. Do something. Be something.
Established1927
School districtPittsburgh Public Schools
PrincipalBernard Komoroski
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,638 as of 1-Apr-2007
Color(s)Green and White
MascotDragon
RepresentativeWilliam Isler
WebsiteTaylor Allderdice High School

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public school located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Its feeder district includes all or parts of East Hills, Homewood, Hazelwood, Greenfield, Hays, New Homestead, Lincoln Place, Point Breeze, Regent Square, Park Place, Squirrel Hill, and Swisshelm Park. Students from other neighborhoods within Pittsburgh and the borough of Mt. Oliver may also attend Allderdice through the pre-engineering magnet program or through the No Child Left Behind Act, because the school has the district's highest State Standardized Test scores.

Taylor Allderdice is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and it has the largest student population of any school in the district. It is consistently recognized as one of the best urban public high schools in America, with a gifted and honors programs for those who qualify. It won a Blue Ribbon award from the U.S. Department of Education in 1996, in 2005 was ranked as tied for 1,062 place in Newsweek's top high schools and in 2006 it was ranked 1,036. In 2005 it was ranked as 148 of 601 high schools in Pennsylvania.

Current student body

As of 1 April 2007

Subset Number of students Percent
All 1,638 100%
White 915 55.86%
African American 641 39.13%
Asian 27 1.65%
Hispanic 13 0.79%
Mulitracial 40 2.44%
American Indian 2 0.12%
Male 865 52.81%
Female 773 47.19%

The Foreword

The school has published its newspaper, the Foreword, since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927. The English department's journalism courses, which teach "gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources in order to inform, educate, interest, or entertain student readers." During the 1970s, the paper carried the motto "Serving Allderdice High School and the community," and claimed to reach more than 5,000 readers.

The newspaper has spawned such career journalists as Gary Graff, who wrote for it in 1977-1978 and professional writers such as Maxine Lapiduss whose bylines appear in 1977-1978. In 1979, the Foreword's news editor, Aaron Zitner, was a finalist in the American Newspaper Publishers Association's annual competition, and the paper received a first place rating in Columbia University's annual Scholastic Press contest. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University has recognized the paper and members of staff with its Crown Newspaper awards--the highest recognition it gives to a student print or online medium for overall excellence--since the awards' inception in the early 1980s. Staff achieved Gold Circle awards in 1989, and 1990, and the paper itself a Silver Crown award in 1991. Today, the paper carries the motto "The student newspaper of Taylor Allderdice High School." The school displays a front page of the paper at its web site, which documents its coverage of such topics as the school's fund raising efforts, school board politics and the school's prosecution of "the war on drugs in school".

Notable alumni

References

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  12. Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on December 12 2006.
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