Our School
Welcome to, Our School, GLSHS
Greater Latrobe Senior High School is a state-of-the-art educational facility incorporating the best academic and technological initiatives currently available. The building and our staff aid in our unwavering efforts to be Generation Leading for our students and in partnership with our community.
Being GL means pursuing excellence in five overarching pillars that include Academics, the Arts, Athletics/Fitness, Career/Future Readiness, and Citizenship. Success at GLSHS includes students navigating their personalized educational pathway in a safe, positive, and supportive school environment.
Throughout High School and by graduation, student success will include:
- Substantial classroom experiences that promote diverse, rigorous, relevant, and personalized learning opportunities.
- Real world experiences through our NEXT Career Pathways Program and beyond. These experiences promote and support classroom opportunities along with their personalized, interest-based career/future readiness pathways.
- A high school level approach to the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) process that assist necessary levels of academic needs, behavioral needs, and career/future readiness needs
- Completion of twenty-four (24) credits for eligibility.
- Core content areas include English, Math, Science, and Social Studies constitute a total of 19.5 credits.
- A very diversified field of elective programs constitute at least 5.5 credits.
- Qualifying for at least one of the PA Department of Education (PDE) and GLSD Pathways to Graduation requirements.
- Transformational Technology that includes SmartFutures and the GLSHS Team that thoroughly prepare all students for career/future readiness and life success. Beginning with the Class of 2027, all students will complete a Career/Future Readiness process and Portfolio.
In association and beyond, student success may also include:
- Eighteen (18) Advance Placement (AP) Courses
- Multiple College in High School Courses and multiple College/University partners
- An active and productive partnership with the Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center (EWCTC) for Grades 9-12 students.
In addition, GLSHS is very fortunate to have an extensive directory of community resource support that contributes to our school being GL. These supports include, but are not limited to:
- The Greater Latrobe Partners in Education Foundation
- GLSD Art Conservation Trust supporting the Arts
- Artwork is student student-selected, and, for the most part, student-purchased each year.
- GLSHS proudly has one of the largest art collection in a school in the country
- Our original art collection is over 65 years old with more than 185 works lining the halls and corridors of the building.
- Greater Latrobe NEXT Career Pathways Program
- Several community organizations supporting our career pathways-based mentorship, work study, and internship opportunities
As a result, according to multiple years’ data compiled by the PA Future Ready Index, our graduating classes consistently succeed. They earn over 99% in the Career Standards Benchmark. Over 95% graduate on time. Over 75% are involved in an industry-based learning opportunity. Almost 70% complete at least one work-based learning experience. Over 94% participate in rigorous courses of study. Over 90% participate in a college level course in high school. Over 98% who attend EWCTC earn at least one content area-based certification.
These initiatives, coupled with the support of our dedicated GLSHS Staff, strong community support, along with students being Generation Leading throughout their personalized high school experience form what we do and who we are. We are GL…Go Wildcats!