Gateway High School (Pennsylvania) Explained

Gateway High School
Location:	3000 Gateway Campus Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146
District:	Gateway School District
Principal:	Justin Stephans^[1] ^[2]
Grades:	9–12
Enrollment:	1,135 (2022-2023)
Conference:	Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Mascot:	The Gateway Gator
Website:	http://www.gatewayk12.org
Colors:	Black and gold

Gateway High School (GHS) serves the residents of Monroeville and Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Gateway School District and serves grades 9 through 12.

History

Gateway High School was built in 1958 and dedicated on November 15, 1959.^[3]

Athletics

Gateway High School is a member of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA)^[4] and the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), District 7.^[5] The mascot of the school district is the Gateway Gator, a stylized alligator.^{[6] [7]}

Notable alumni

• Curtis Bray (Class of 1987) - College football coach^{[8] [9]}
• Bob Buczkowski (Class of 1982) - NFL player^{[10] [11]}
• Darienne Driver (Class of 1996) - School superintendent
• Paul Graham (Class of 1982) - Computer scientist, entrepreneur, author, and investor^[12]
• Kathy Keller (Class of 1968) - Author and church founder^[13]
• Don Roy King (Class of 1965) - Television director^[14]
• Marilyn Suzanne Miller (Class of 1967) - Television writer and producer^[15]
• Montae Nicholson (Class of 2014) - NFL player^[16]
• Jaquan Brisker (Class of 2017) - NFL Player

External links

• Gateway High School website

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Notes and References

1. News: Carr . Dillon . Gateway High School has a new principal, assistant principal resigns . August 14, 2022 . Triblive.com . July 27, 2018.
2. Web site: Gateway High School: Staff: Justin Stephans, Principal . Gateway School District . August 14, 2022.
3. Web site: Gateway Senior High School . Historic Pittsburgh . The Pittsburgh Library System . August 14, 2022.
4. Web site: Gateway High School - PIAA. www.piaa.org. 2018-01-05.
5. Web site: WPIAL : WPIAL Member Schools. klunevich. www.wpial.com. 2018-01-05. 2018-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105123158/http://www.wpial.com/memberschools.asp. dead.
6. Web site: Athletics . Gateway School District . August 14, 2022.
7. Web site: Hartmann . Jillian . Local high school athletic director warns of livestream scams ahead of big playoff game . WPXI . August 14, 2022 . March 15, 2022.
8. Web site: 2014-01-15 . Cyclones D-line coach Bray dies at age 43 . 2024-05-27 . ESPN.com . en.
9. Web site: Peterson . Randy . Iowa State football assistant Curtis Bray dies at 43 . 2024-05-27 . USA TODAY . en-US.
10. Web site: Bob Buczkowski Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College . 2024-05-27 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
11. Web site: Appreciation: Bob Buczkowski, former Gateway and Pitt star, 'was a true friend' . 2024-05-27 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . en.
12. Web site: Gateway High School, 1981 . 2024-05-27 . paulgraham.com.
13. Kathy Kristy, "Gateway Schools' Christmas Defended," The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 20 Dec 1966, Tue, p. 20 (accessed on newspapers.com)
14. News: Live from New York, there's a Western Pennsylvania guy behind the scenes. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. December 9, 2010. February 19, 2019.
15. News: The Last Day I Spent With Gilda Radner. Miller. Marilyn Suzanne. April 18, 2018. February 19, 2019. The New York Times.
16. Harlan, Chris."Gateway's Nicholson, Shaler's Schwartz named Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Athletes of the Year", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 28, 2014, retrieved February 7, 2018.