Gateway School District held a 50th school year homecoming celebration, rededication and community open house during the 2007 homecoming weekend. During the event, the District rededicated the renovated high school and provided visitors an opportunity to view the most recent school additions and renovations. In 1955, the schools of Monroeville and Pitcairn joined to form the Monroeville-Pitcairn Joint School District. That same year, the Board of School Directors began making plans for a new senior high school. Official planning and architectural design began in February 1956 with a ground breaking held in January of 1957. The joint School Board selected the name of Gateway Senior High School and by September 1958, 900 students from Monroeville and Pitcairn were occupying the new high school. The first graduating class of 196 students received their diplomas in June of 1959.
This year, when over 1,500 students walked through the doors on the first day of school, Gateway High School began its 50th year of educating students. In June, the Class of 2008 will become the 50th class to graduate from Gateway High School.
http://www.inmonroeville.com/read.asp?articleID=144
Friday, November 2, 2007
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