Gateway High School (GHS) serves the residents of
Monroeville and
Pitcairn
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four isl ...
,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. It is part of the
Gateway School District
The Gateway School District is a large, suburban, public school district located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. It also serves residents of Pitcairn. Gateway School District encompasses approximately . Per the 2000 federal census data, the Gatew ...
and serves grades 9 through 12.
History
Gateway High School was built in 1958 and dedicated on November 15, 1959.
Athletics
Gateway High School is a member of the
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc., also known by its acronymn PIAA, is one of the governing bodies of high school and middle school athletics for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
The PIAA's main ...
(PIAA) and the
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) is an interscholastic athletic association in Western Pennsylvania. It is District 7 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.
History
The Western Pennsylvania Inte ...
(WPIAL), District 7. The mascot of the school district is the Gateway Gator, a stylized alligator.
Notable alumni
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Curtis Bray (Class of 1987) - College football coach
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Bob Buczkowski (Class of 1982) -
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
player
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Darienne Driver Darienne Driver Hudson (born 1978) is an American education official and nonprofit executive. She joined United Way for Southeastern Michigan as president and CEO in July 2018.
Before joining United Way, Driver Hudson spent the previous four years ...
(Class of 1996) - School superintendent
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Paul Graham (Class of 1982) - Computer scientist, entrepreneur, author, and investor
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Kathy Keller Kathy Louise Keller (born 1950) is an author, lecturer, church founder, and Christian theologian from New York City who has appeared on the New York Times best seller list. She is the wife of pastor Tim Keller of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Ch ...
(Class of 1968) - Author and church founder
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Don Roy King
Donald Roy King (born October 9, 1947) is an American television director, and also a producer, writer, and actor. He served as the director for ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2006 until 2021. He has "directed more hours of live network television th ...
(Class of 1965) - Television director
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Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (born January 3, 1950) is an American television writer and producer. She was one of only three female writers on the original staff of ''Saturday Night Live'' and was also a writer for such 1970s sitcoms as ''The Odd Coupl ...
(Class of 1967) - Television writer and producer
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Montae Nicholson
Montae Nicholson (born December 4, 1995) is an American football free safety for the DC Defenders of the XFL. He played college football at Michigan State and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Hig ...
(Class of 2014) - NFL player
[Harlan, Chri]
"Gateway's Nicholson, Shaler's Schwartz named Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Athletes of the Year"
''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', also known as "the Trib," is the second largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Although it transitioned to an all-digital format on December 1, 2016, it rem ...
'', June 28, 2014, retrieved February 7, 2018.
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Jaquan Brisker
Jaquan Monte Brisker (born April 20, 1999) is an American football safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Lackawanna College and Penn State prior to being selected by the Bears 48th over ...
- NFL Player
References
External links
Gateway High School website
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Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Education in Pittsburgh area