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The school's motto is "Know something. Do something. Be something."
The school's motto is "Know something. Do something. Be something."
== The ''Foreword'' ==
The school has published its newspaper, the ''Foreword'', since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.<ref name="pittcat-1">Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on December 12, 2006.</ref> In the early 1990's, the entire run of the paper was archived in the [[University of Pittsburgh]]'s Hillman Library,<ref "WorldCat-1">The [[WorldCat]] record retrieved on December 12, 2006 was:
<p>Local Holdings: Univ of Pittsburgh 1-121 (1927-1992)
<p>Database: WorldCat
<p>
<p>Availability:    Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 1
<p>Find Items About: Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)8
<p>Title:            The foreword.
<p>Corp Author(s):  Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
<p>Publication:      Pittsburgh, PA : Taylor Allderdice High School,
<p>Year:            1927-
<p>Description:      Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1927)-; v. :; ill.
<p>Language:        English
<p>Standard No:      LCCN: sn 94-42407
<p>SUBJECT(S)
<p>Named Corp:      Taylor Allderdice High School -- Periodicals.
<p>Note(s):          Title from caption./ Reproduction:    Microfilm./ Pittsburgh, PA :/ Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh,/ 1994./ microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
<p>Material Type:    Periodical (per); Microfilm (mfl)
<p>Document Type:    Serial
<p>Entry:            19940830
<p>Update:          20040210
<p>Accession No:    OCLC: 31030797
<p>Provider:        OCLC
<p>Database:        WorldCat
<p>
''N.B.'' Note the Entry date and also see note above.</ref> and Taylor Allderdice remains one of fewer than sixty high schools in the world to have its newspaper archived on microfilm in a major library.<ref name="WorldCat-2">A [[WorldCat]] search of the OCLC database on December 12, 2006 for author>corporate and conference name = high school; material type = periodical; and material type = microform returned 56 hits. The ''Foreword'' was record #18.</ref> Faculty oversees the professionally styled newspaper's production, ensuring that "...the work focuses on students gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources...".<ref name="allderdicehs-1">http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.</ref> During the 1970's the school considered the ''Foreword'' to be "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"<ref name="Allderdice-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/Allderdice-051.pdf|title=''The Allderdice'':51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School,  1980. 74|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref>
reaching more than 5000 readers.<ref name="Foreword-099-1-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-1.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-2-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:2, March 17, 1978, 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-3-6-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-3.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:3, April 19, 1978, 6|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:02, 2 October 2007

Taylor Allderdice High School, built in 1927 in the Squirrel Hill neigborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, maintains a long history of superior academic performance among public high schools. The U.S. Department of Education recognized Taylor Allderdice as a Blue Ribbon school, its highest award, in 1994, 1995, and 1996.[1]

Though it has served students of grades 9-12 for most of its history, it has sometimes enrolled and instructed students in grade 8. The school has the largest enrollment of public city high schools in Pittsburgh.

The school's motto is "Know something. Do something. Be something."

The Foreword

The school has published its newspaper, the Foreword, since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.[2] In the early 1990's, the entire run of the paper was archived in the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library,[3] and Taylor Allderdice remains one of fewer than sixty high schools in the world to have its newspaper archived on microfilm in a major library.[4] Faculty oversees the professionally styled newspaper's production, ensuring that "...the work focuses on students gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources...".[5] During the 1970's the school considered the Foreword to be "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"[6] reaching more than 5000 readers.[7][8][9]

References

  1. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002, p.71. Accessed August 22, 2007.
  2. Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on December 12, 2006.
  3. The WorldCat record retrieved on December 12, 2006 was:

    Local Holdings: Univ of Pittsburgh 1-121 (1927-1992)

    Database: WorldCat

    Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 1

    Find Items About: Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)8

    Title: The foreword.

    Corp Author(s): Taylor Allderdice High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

    Publication: Pittsburgh, PA : Taylor Allderdice High School,

    Year: 1927-

    Description: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 1927)-; v. :; ill.

    Language: English

    Standard No: LCCN: sn 94-42407

    SUBJECT(S)

    Named Corp: Taylor Allderdice High School -- Periodicals.

    Note(s): Title from caption./ Reproduction: Microfilm./ Pittsburgh, PA :/ Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh,/ 1994./ microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

    Material Type: Periodical (per); Microfilm (mfl)

    Document Type: Serial

    Entry: 19940830

    Update: 20040210

    Accession No: OCLC: 31030797

    Provider: OCLC

    Database: WorldCat

    N.B. Note the Entry date and also see note above.

  4. A WorldCat search of the OCLC database on December 12, 2006 for author>corporate and conference name = high school; material type = periodical; and material type = microform returned 56 hits. The Foreword was record #18.
  5. http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.
  6. The Allderdice:51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School, 1980. 74. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
  7. Foreword, 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
  8. Foreword, 099:2, March 17, 1978, 8. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..
  9. Foreword, 099:3, April 19, 1978, 6. Retrieved on 2006-12-12..

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