Oliver High School Explained

David B. Oliver High School
Established:1925
Closed:2012
Type:Public
District:Pittsburgh Public Schools
Grades:9 - 12
Principal:Dennis Chakey
Enrollment:500 as of August. 2010[1]
Colors:Orange and Seal Brown
Mascot:Bear
Free Label:Representative
Free Text:Floyd McCrea
Free Label2:Motto:
Free Text2:Believe! Attend to Achieve! Read to Succeed!
Location:2323 Brighton Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Country:USA
Website:David B. Oliver High School
David P. Oliver High School
Embed:yes
Location:Brighton Rd. and Island Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.4639°N -80.0258°W
Built:1924
Architect:Steen, James T., & Son
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:February 3, 1987
Refnum:86002698
Designated Other1 Name:City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure
Designated Other1 Date:November 30, 1999[2]
Designated Other1 Abbr:CPHS
Designated Other1 Link:List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations
Designated Other1 Color:black
Designated Other1 Textcolor:gold
Designated Other2:PHLF
Designated Other2 Date:2001[3]

David B. Oliver High School, commonly known as Oliver High School, was a public school that was located in the Northside area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

This school was one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was closed in 2012; however, the building remained open as offices.

History

Established February 3, 1925 it is named in the honor of David B. Oliver, President of Pittsburgh Public Schools from 1911–1922. Oliver was largely responsible for the increase in the number and size of Pittsburgh Public Schools. The school sits on land that once was a landfill and is one of ten high schools in the Pittsburgh Public Schools area. The school colors are orange and seal brown, also in reference to Oliver's name (David Brown Oliver).

The school's newspaper has run an advice column "Dear Moppet" since the 1920s. The school's alma mater, written in 1925, originally had as many as seven verses which can be found in several copies of the "Omicron" (the school year book) from the 1970s. Today, however, only one verse is widely known and is sung each day during morning announcements. The school is home to the Zeta Rho Chapter of the National Honor Society. The school's original motto 'On, Sail On!' was changed to "Believe, Achieve, Succeed!"

The school serves primarily as a neighborhood school for the surrounding North Side area, and also attracts non-local students to its magnet programs, JROTC and Law and Public Service. Oliver offers all academic programs at the Gifted, Scholars, Advanced Placement and standard academic levels. Oliver offers eight Applied Technology and Career Development Programs for students interested in vocational training.

On November 23, 2011, the Pittsburgh Board of Education approved a facility reform plan that would close Oliver as an active city high school for the 2012–13 school year. The staff and students would be relocated to the Pittsburgh Perry High School, and the Oliver building would remain open as the new home of the district special education offices.

Notable alumni

References

  1. Web site: Pittsburgh Oliver High School . 2009-03-21 . PPS Web Site .
  2. Web site: Local Historic Designations . Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation . Pittsburgh . 2011-08-09.
  3. Book: Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 . Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation . Pittsburgh, PA . 2010 . 2011-08-05.
  4. Web site: Oliver High School basketball team with sixteen players including Calvin Fowler third from left in back, and Don Clisby third from left in middle, and coach Harry Norris Sigel, cheering in locker room . Carnegie Museum of Art . 1957 .
  5. Book: Nestico, Sammy. The complete arranger. Boddicker, Michael; Piestrup, Don. 2014. 978-1-5027-4511-8. Revised. Carlsbad, CA. 324. 909390955.

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