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Steel Valley School District News
The Steel Valley School District celebrated in a major milestone in the construction of the new Steel Valley Elementary with an official Topping Off Ceremony on Tuesday, June 24. As part of the celebration, the district announced a donation of $250,000 from U.S. Steel that will go to the new facility's dedicated STREAM room for science, technology, research, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
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In collaboration with Coach Dixon, our new girls basketball coach, we are proud to host our first basketball camp! Camp will take place from July 22 through July 24 from 9 a.m. to noon each day.
We have reached a very exciting and momentous time in our new school construction process - the placement of the final steel beam. To commemorate and celebrate this transition from creating the solid foundation and framework to building out the rest of the pieces that will make the structure our school, we will be holding a Steel Topping Off Ceremony on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 3:00pm.
Barrett held their very first Pre-K graduation on Thursday, May 29th. The students sang various songs after their red carpet entrance. They received Pre-K certificates. Families, teachers and staff enjoyed the performance and ceremony. A huge thank you to Mrs. Hughes, Ms. Bon, Ms Levy and Ms. Ollis for a wonderful job. Enjoy this special video from the celebration as well as a few photos!
There is pressure for high school seniors to have their future careers figured out when they accept their diplomas. Gabriel Gerson thought he did. But instead of a lifelong career in the sciences, he's now working in business for Citibank. The 2006 Steel Valley graduate and guest speaker at the Class of 2025's commencement ceremony shared how he made the successful pivot from engineering to business, and offered some guidance for future Steel Valley grads if they want to make a change of their own.
The Steel Valley School District honored the Class of 2025 on Friday, May 30 with the district's 54th Annual Commencement Ceremony. Read a full recap of the evening's festivities and see a gallery of photos.
Brick-by-brick, the Steel Valley School District is building a brighter future for our students and our community. The district has reached some major milestones and had some significant achievements this year, highlighted by the beginning of construction on the new Steel Valley Elementary School. Here are some highlights from throughout the school year.
On May 20th, Barrett Elementary proudly celebrated the incredible achievements of our 3rd and 4th graders during the Doris J. Hyde Merit Day Celebration—an evening dedicated to showcasing their hard work and growth throughout the school year. This inspiring event was generously sponsored by The Best of the Batch Foundation.
Everyone at Park had a blast during the annual Celebration in Education event today! With a theme centered around space, students spent the day exploring their own little galaxy of activities and fun.
Barrett Elementary students stepped into the spotlight on Thursday, May 22 and took the audience on a trip through some familiar Broadway, Disney, and Silver Screen tunes during their spring concert.
Steel Valley High School’s Apollo Chapter of the National Honor Society held its 54th annual induction ceremony earlier this month on May 9th. The formal ceremony, which includes a special candle lighting by its members, was held in the auditorium and 22 new members were inducted this year.
Students in the Steel Valley Middle School Drama Club presented a collection of short scenes and monologues on Wednesday, May 21.
As a collaboration between UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, Inc., the Care Mobile offers no out-of-pocket cost medical care to children throughout Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. The Care Mobile will be at Barrett Elementary, Steel Valley High School, and the Homestead Borough Building.
Generations of Steel Valley alumni returned to their alma mater on Friday, May 16 to share information about their career paths, current jobs, and general life advice as part of the first Steel Valley STEM Career Fair.
Fourth graders from Barrett and Park spent most of the day together on Friday for Step Up Day at the middle school. With the end of the school year just a couple of weeks away, Step Up Day is another opportunity for Barrett and Park students to connect before they become a unified fifth grade class at the middle school next fall.
The Class of 2029 moved one step closer to their eventual high school graduation as they received their Eighth Grade Promotion certificates during a special ceremony in the auditorium on Friday, May 16.
From the tongue twister "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to celebrating "The Bare Necessities" to taking a trip "Under the Sea," Park Elementary students took the audience on a journey from Broadway to the Silver Screen with their spring concert on Thursday, May 15.
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Fourth graders from Barrett Elementary and Park Elementary spent the day together exploring science at the Best of the Batch Foundation. The program was in partnership with volunteers from Bayer, who guided the students through a series of experiments and activities to help them learn more about biology, robotics, engineering, and more.
The Steel Valley Music Department kicked off the final slate of concerts this school year with performances by the 7th to 12th Grade Band and Steel Valley High School Concert Choir on Tuesday, May 6 inside the high school auditorium.
Over two dozen Steel Valley alumni, staff, board members, community organizations, and local businesses helped celebrate the Class of 2025 by awarding them scholarships as part of the district's annual Dr. Lawrence A. Griffin Senior Honor Awards Ceremony at St. John's Cathedral Center in Munhall on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
For the last few years, the Steel Valley School District has taken the opportunity to sit down with the class valedictorian and salutatorian to learn more about the impact Steel Valley had on them and their future plans. This year, that conversation includes three students - Class of 2025 valedictorian Darwin Burns and salutatorians Kylie Salopek and Elaina Tichon, who are sharing the honor.
Meet the Steel Valley High School Class of 2025 Top 10. Congratulations to valedictorian Darwin Burns, salutatorians Kylie Salopek and Elaina Tichon, Piper Olack, Abby Curran, Abigail Fitzgerald, Darrion Rozzo, Kamryn Hutching, Elbachir Benboujema, and Sophia Sabo.
Anyone Middle or High School student playing a sport next school year, physicals are scheduled for Friday, May 9th, Monday, May 12th and Friday, May 16th. All completed physicals forms must be turned into the Athletic Office by Wednesday, May 7th