Butler Area Senior High School Explained

Butler Area Senior High School
Grades:9th - 12th
Opened:1908
Principal:John Wyllie and Jason Huffman [1]
Faculty:90.09
Enrollment:1464 (2018-19)[2]
Ratio:16.25
Athletics:Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Hockey, Lacrosse, Rifle, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Wrestling, Softball and marching band
Conference:Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (W.P.I.A.L.)
Colors:Metallic Gold and White with Blue trims
Mascot:Golden Tornado
Campus Type:Open
Location:120 Campus Lane
Butler, Pennsylvania postal address
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.8641°N -79.9171°W
Ceeb:390500

Butler Area Senior High School is a coeducational public senior high school in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States,[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] The junior high, later a middle school, closed in 2022.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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

Sports

Major League Baseball

National Football League

Sports, other

Film, Stage & Television

Music

Public Office and Military

Technology

Pageants

Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Administration - Senior High School . shs.basdk12.org . Butler School District . Jan 24, 2024 .
  2. Web site: Butler Area SHS. National Center for Education Statistics. June 8, 2020.
  3. Web site: Zoning District Map. Butler Township. 2024-07-15. Butler Area High School. (see area "C, 5")
  4. Web site: 150042 – Butler Junior High School . School Preservation: Historic Educational Resources of Pennsylvania, 1682-1969 . . August 26, 2015 . 2018-07-05 .
  5. Web site: Butler Area SD Schools for this District. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321181408/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4204590. National Center for Education Statistics. 2016-03-21. 2024-07-15.
  6. Web site: Trizzino. Eddie. Former Butler Middle School’s fate uncertain . Butler Eagle. Butler, Pennsylvania. 2024-01-09. 2024-07-15. Butler Middle School closed at the end of the 2021-22 school year,[...].
  7. Web site: Butler Area SD Schools for this District. National Center for Education Statistics. 2024-07-15.
  8. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Butler County, PA. U.S. Census Bureau. 2024-07-15. - Text list
  9. News: White . Mike . 2009-06-23 . Clement gets job as Butler coach . . dead . 2009-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110322084548/http://postgazette.com/pg/09174/979260-361.stm . 2011-03-22.
  10. Web site: Butler High-School Staff Bios . 2023-06-04 . goldentornado.org.
  11. Web site: Meyer . Paul . 2005-08-25 . Obituary: Milton E. Graff / Former Pirates player, scout and front-office man Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201123171301/https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2005/08/25/Obituary-Milton-E-Graff-Former-Pirates-player-scout-and-front-office-man/stories/200508250444 . 2020-11-23 . 2020-11-23 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  12. Web site: John Stuper Baseball Stats . 2023-06-04 . . en-us.
  13. News: Millvale honors Slippery Rock alumnus/Hall of Famer Paul Uram. December 22, 2011. Slippery Rock University. March 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615103311/http://www.rockathletics.com/news/2009/3/30/FB_0330093914.aspx. June 15, 2012. live.