A year after reintroducing seventh and eighth graders to its ranks, the Steel Valley Marching Band has continued to grow and improve through a summer marked by transition.

The Steel Valley School District could not be more excited to have its students back for the start of the 2023-24 school year. Check out some photos from Transition Day and the first few days of school being back in session.

John Sabo developed an appreciation for work ethic, perseverance, leadership, and the power of mentorships while at Steel Valley. Now the Vice President of Business Development for Deep Well Services, Sabo is taking what he learned to help connect recent Steel Valley graduates with career opportunities in the oil and gas industry.

Kimberly Winters’ to-do list is long, but it can’t match her excitement to be the new principal at Barrett Elementary.

With an extensive background in special education, new middle school principal Mr. Clay Stone is bringing an inclusive, trauma-informed approach to the role.

With a shift of their tassels and a countdown from senior class president Gabrielle Matusky, the Steel Valley Class of 2023 launched their caps into the air and took a giant leap toward the next stage of their lives. Congratulations to the Steel Valley Class of 2023!

Madeleine L'Engel's "A Wrinkle in Time" won the Newberry Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award when the book was first published in 1962. The Steel Valley Middle School Drama Club brought an adaptation by Morgan Gould to the stage May 18-20, taking audiences on a fantastic voyage that spanned time and dimensions.

The Steel Valley School District celebrated the Class of 2023 with the annual Dr. Lawrence A. Griffin Senior Honor Awards Program on May 4. The ceremony celebrates seniors who have maintained a minimum grade point average of 3.25 and who have been selected to receive a scholarship award from a local business, organization, alumni or community. As part of the ceremony, alumnus Richard Bazzy awarded 26 students $5,000 a scholarship.