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Butler Area Senior High School
Butler Area Senior High School is a coeducational public senior high school in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States, serving grades 9–12. The school has a Butler, Pennsylvania post office address. It is the senior high school for the Butler Area School District. The school was founded in 1908, moved to a larger building on an adjacent site in 1917, and moved again to its current site in 1960.

History

Butler Senior High School was originally opened in a yellow-brick building on a site bounded by McKean, East North, Cliff, and New Castle Streets in central Butler. In 1917 it moved to a three-story red-brick building across Cliff Street, the original building becoming the junior high school. In 1937 it was named John A. Gibson High School, in honor of the district superintendent who retired that year. In 1960 it moved again, to a new building on Campus Lane. The 1917 building later became the junior high school, with an annex built in 1994–95 occupying the site of the 1908 building.

Previously Butler Area Senior High had grades 11-12, while the Intermediate High School had grades 9-10, and the Junior High School 7-8. The junior high, later a middle school, closed in 2022. Since then the Intermediate High School took over for middle school/junior high school grades, and the senior high school now has the grade span 9-12.

Attendance boundary

The district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) covers the City of Butler, the boroughs of Connoquenessing and East Butler, and the townships of Butler, Center, Clearfield, Connoquenessing, Oakland and Summit. Census-designated places in Butler Township include Homeacre-Lyndora, Meadowood, Meridian, and Oak Hills. CDPs in Center Township include Shanor-Northvue and Unionville.

Extracurricular programs

The Senior High is home to the Butler Golden Tornado athletics teams and offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Marching band

The Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band marches 175 students, who audition for their places.

Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps

Butler High School has an Army J.R.O.T.C. program battalion, the Tornado Battalion.

Notable alumni

BSHS alumnus Carl Yankowski as he gives the Palm keynote at the CES

Sports

Major League Baseball

National Football League

  • Rich Bartlewski, former NFL tight end for the Los Angeles Raiders (1990) and Atlanta Falcons (1991)
  • Tom Brown (1921–2013), former NFL tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1942)
  • Terry Hanratty, former American football quarterback who played in college at Notre Dame and in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, earned two Super Bowl rings with the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Scott Milanovich, former NFL, NFL Europe, XFL, AFL, and CFL quarterback. Coached multiple CFL teams and is the head coach for the Edmonton Eskimos
  • Bill Saul (1940–2006), former NFL linebacker for multiple teams (1962–1970). Older brother of Rich and Ron.
  • Rich Saul (1948–2012), former NFL center lineman for the Los Angeles Rams (1970–1981). Six-time Pro Bowler. Younger brother of Bill, twin brother of Ron.
  • Ron Saul, former NFL guard lineman for the Houston Oilers (1970–1975) and Washington Redskins (1976–1981). Younger brother of Bill, twin brother of Rich.
  • Paul Uram (1927–2017), American former gymnastics and flexibility coach, member of the U.S. Gymanstics Hall of Fame, coached on four Super Bowl-winning teams with the Pittsburgh Steelers

Sports, other

Film, Stage & Television

Music

Public Office and Military

Technology

Pageants

Other

References

  1. ^ "Administration - Senior High School". shs.basdk12.org. Butler School District. Retrieved Jan 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Butler Area Shs (420459001147)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
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  5. ^ "Zoning District Map" (PDF). Butler Township. Retrieved 2024-07-15. Butler Area High School (see area "C, 5")
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  11. ^ White, Mike (2009-06-23). "Clement gets job as Butler coach". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  12. ^ "Butler High-School Staff Bios". goldentornado.org. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
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  15. ^ "Millvale honors Slippery Rock alumnus/Hall of Famer Paul Uram". Slippery Rock University. March 30, 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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