Brownsville Area High School

Brownsville Area High School
Address
Map
9 Brasher Avenue

Brownsville
,
Fayette County and Washington County, Pennsylvania
,
Pennsylvania
15417
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1966
School districtBrownsville Area School District
NCES District ID4204080
NCES School ID420408004818
PrincipalJason Kushak
Faculty34.48 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment471 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.66[1]
Color(s)Black and gold
Athletics conferenceWPIAL / PIAA District VII
Team nameFalcons
Communities servedBrownsville, West Brownsville
Feeder schoolsBrownsville Area Middle School
Websitewww.basd.org/hs.htm
Map of Fayette County, Pennsylvania public school districts showing Brownsville Area SD in orange
Map of Washington County, Pennsylvania public school districts showing Brownsville Area SD in orange

Brownsville Area High School is a small, rural public high school serving students in southwestern Pennsylvania, near the Monongahela River. It serves students living in the Borough of Brownsville and Brownsville Township, Luzerne Township and Redstone Township in Fayette County. In Washington County, Pennsylvania it serves the Borough of West Brownsville. In the 2017–2018 school year, enrollment was reported as 471.[1]

Brownsville Area High School students may choose to attend the Fayette County Career and Technical Institute for training in the construction and mechanical trades. Fayette County Career and Technical Institute is located in Georges Township. Students attend for one-half day, each day while attending their home school the other half of the school day. The school offers school to career classes and dual enrollment courses in cooperation with Westmoreland County Community College.

The Intermediate Unit IU1 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.

Creation and history

Brownsville Area High School was constructed in the mid-1960s to accommodate students in the newly created Brownsville Area School District, which resulted in the consolidation of the Redstone Township, Luzerne Township, and Brashear High Schools. There was an addition in 1972. The school district closed Redstone Middle School in 2001 and moved the students to the High School until a $17 Million Addition/Renovation[2] process was completed in 2005, at which time the Middle School was placed into its separate facility.

Extracurriculars

Brownsville Area High School offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded, sports program.[3]

Athletics

Sport Boys Girls
Baseball Class AA
Basketball Class AA Class AA
Cross Country Class AA Class AA
Football Class AA
Golf Class AAAA
Soccer Class AA
Softball Class AA
Tennis Class AA Class AA
Track and Field Class AA Class AA
Volleyball Class AA

According to PIAA directory July 2015[4]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Brownsville Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Junker, Leann (5 September 2004). "Work continues as students head back to class at Brownsville Area". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  3. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013). "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities". Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  4. ^ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2015). "PIAA School Directory". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-26.
  5. ^ Hirsch, Paul (July 22, 2013). Mel Marmer; Bill Nowlin; Clem Comly; James Forr; Russ Lake; Len Levin (eds.). The Year of the Blue Snow. SABR, Inc. p. 176. ISBN 9781933599519.
  6. ^ Storey, Jerry (July 30, 2006). "Brownsville remembers 'Slugger". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  7. ^ "Tessa Dellarose - Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Archived from the original on 2024-12-19. Retrieved 2024-12-25.

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