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We celebrated commencement with 374 seniors on June 7, 2025.
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Students in grades 7-12 were recognized this spring for outstanding academic achievement.
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Junior Sanika Das and sophomore Karisha Patel work on a STEM project during the SWE Next Club event on May 17.
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Eleven AP German 5 seniors were inducted into the Delta Epsilon Phi (ΔΕΦ) National Honor Society for High School Students of German this year.
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Seniors gathered early on their last day of school to pose for the annual senior sunrise photo.
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On May 17, PRHS' Gay Straight Alliance held a picnic with other GSA groups from Seneca Valley, Fox Chapel and Knoch.
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Pine-Richland High School's Peer2Peer Club hosted its annual Color Run on May 18. The event aims to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention efforts.
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Four Pine-RIchland High School students were named 2025 Outstanding Young Citizens by Trib Total Media.
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Fourteen Pine-Richland High School sophomores placed on the Level 3 National Spanish Exam this year.
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Pine-Richland High School's production of 42nd Street earned two Gene Kelly Awards and six nominations.
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Pine-Richland High School students raised over $30,000 for pediatric cancer in this year's Mini-Thon.
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In honor of National Poetry Month, Mrs. Harshman's Honors English 10 classes hosted their annual Poetry Jam on April 24, an opportunity for students to understand poetry as performance.
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Forty-two high school Spanish IV, IV Honors and AP Spanish students traveled to Spain April 9-16, taking in sites in Madrid, Toledo, Granada and Sevilla including the Royal Palace, Alahambra and a flamenco show. Students practiced their Spanish throughout the trip while shopping, on tours and in restaurants.
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Congratulations to ninth-graders Keerthana Visveish, Piya Dargan and Sonaya Arora who recently took first place at North Allegheny Intermediate High School's 2nd Annual Creative Convention! In this event, student teams were asked to design a museum of the future that focused on one area of life (transportation, medicine, food) and predicted the progress made in that area over the next 100 years.
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Mrs. Bruno's students performed in their annual Theater Showcase on April 8.
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Pine-Richland High School students earned four awards in the annual Digital Media Arts Consortium’s Student Competition Awards at Robert Morris University on April 9.
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Members of Pine-Richland High School's marching band performed in the Tartan Parade in New York City on April 5.
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Pine-Richland High School's Taylor Swift Club hosted a mixer for third-grade students to help prepare them for their move to Eden Hall next school year. It was a chance for all third graders to meet new friends from other elementary schools while enjoying fun Taylor Swift-themed activities. Students also raised $685 for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh!
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Five Pine-Richland students earned placement in PMEA All-State events: Mackenzie Mercuri, Thomas DeVito, Ryan Noir, Ashlyn Casale and Sophia Priore.
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Four Pine-Richland High School sophomores were selected to advance to the 2025 National History Day in Pennsylvania state competition.
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Pine-Richland High School's Chess Club and GATE hosted the PR Chess Open on March 31, welcoming over 60 students from eight area schools to compete in a chess tournament.
Congratulations to Pine-Richland, Northgate and North Allegheny for taking the top three team spots, and to the top five players, Harshith Dhanapal, Varshith Dhanapal, Lance Mahfoud, Tyler Harold and Matt Le Nguyen.
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Six Pine-Richland High School teams qualified for the national TSA TEAMS competition.
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Eighteen Pine-Richland High School students competed in the annual Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Championships March 21-22, placing second in medium school sweepstakes.
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On March 13, Pine-Richland High School’s Peer2Peer Club members hosted the Mind Matters Conference, welcoming students from Mars, North Allegheny, Riverview, Seneca Valley and The Neighborhood Academy.
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Students in Spanish III Honors were transported to the Prado Museum in Spain in their art unit. Each student researched a painting and presented it to the class.
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On February 25, seniors John Folino and Jillian Uzelac won Best Scene in the Pittsburgh Public Theater's Showcase of Finalists. Teacher Michelle Bruno was awarded the Rob Zellers Award for Excellence in Arts Education.
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Members of Best Buddies and Unified Bocce raised $3,443.65 for the Special Olympics and participated in the Pittsburgh Polar Plunge in February.
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Seniors Tiffany Gathers, Noah Mackie and Mackenzie Mercuri were recognized as Students of the Month by Rich-Mar Rotary in February for academic achievement and service.
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Five seniors have been named National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists. Sean Burk, Thomas DeVito, Tim Peng, Charlie Ozelski and Heath Cwynar join a group of 15,000 students nationwide who will now compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships.
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Ten seniors were named to Pine-Richland High School's Winter Court in February. Ben Dudkowski was crowned king.
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Pine-Richland Middle School and High School GATE hosted their annual Writing Workshop at Pine-Richland Middle School on February 12. More than 100 middle school students from the Northern Area Gifted Consortium participated in creative writing activities.
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Fifteen talented seniors proudly committed to continuing their athletic journeys at the collegiate level on February 5's National Signing Day, representing baseball, football, track and field, cross country, golf, rowing and volleyball.
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Twenty-one high school art students recently won 33 awards in the regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition, including four Gold Key Awards and 11 Silver Key Awards.
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Pine-Richland Mars Air Force JROTC competed on February 1 at McDowell High School, earning second place in three varsity events and one junior varsity event, and third place in one varsity and one junior varsity event.
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Pine-Richland hosted the 71st annual Allegheny Valley Honors Band Festival on January 17. Twenty-eight Pine-Richland High School and Pine-Richland Middle School students were selected via competitive audition to participate.
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Pine-Richland High School's Mock Trial team recently captured first place in the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral Classic Mock Trial Tournament.
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Senior Ryan Kim, juniors Ashlyn Casale, Ryan Noir and Morgan Radi, and sophomores Eleanor DeMann and Alex Goss were selected to participate in the 2025 PMEA District 1 Senior High Orchestra January 9-11.
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More than 70 Pine-Richland High School graduates and retired staff members visited on December 20 for Past Grad and Staff Day.
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Students in Mr. Dereck Majors' Honors English 9 participated in a mock trial based on the novel A Separate Peace.
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Members of the Student Government Association led a district-wide toy drive to donate to KISS 96.1 FM's annual Stuff-a-Bus program.
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Pine-Richland High School presented The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon November 22-23, earning six awards and 13 nominations in the Prime Stage Drama Awards, including Best Overall Production.
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Five Pine-Richland High School students participated in the PMEA District 1 Honors Band: senior Thomas DeVito, trumpet, juniors Ashlyn Casale, flute, Jiwon Li, clarinet, and Ryan Noir, clarinet, and sophomore Alex Goss, trumpet. Nearly 700 students from Western Pennsylvania auditioned for the honors band festival held November 22-24 at North Hills High School.
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Twenty seniors affirmed their commitments to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level on November 13’s National Signing Day, representing swimming, field hockey, track and field, baseball, softball, wrestling, and lacrosse. Learn more about these students »
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Pine-Richland/Mars Air Force JROTC cadets hosted a Veterans Day assembly for students to honor staff and community members who served in the military.
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The Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has named Pine-Richland High School their 2023-2024 Educator Award recipient. Each year, AFSP chooses an organization that shows excellence in suicide prevention awareness and education programs.
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The Dance Team visited Eden Hall to provide entertainment as part of their first quarter RAMS Way reward, a sustainable confetti concert.
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Members of the Spanish Club celebrated the Day of the Dead, el Dia de los Muertos, with face painting, facts about the Day of the Dead, guessing games, coloring and flower making.
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Art teachers Mrs. Katelynn Tronetti and Mrs. Mary Anne Andreassi recently collaborated in a special way to connect high school mixed media and 5th-grade art students as they worked on similar projects.
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Ten Pine-Richland High School French and Spanish students placed at the World Language Competition at Slippery Rock University on October 8.
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Pine-Richland High School's 2024 Homecoming Court included (from left to right) Erin Murray (escort Bradan Lena not pictured), Maggie Campbell and Finn Kichi, Mackenzie Mercuri and Noah Mackie, Mary Novick and Tristan Farrar, Anna Karmamos and Cole Silipo, Maura Sciullo and Vaughn Spencer, Madeline Mill and Nate Christy, Claire Dosch and Caedon Ott, Tiffany Gathers and Matteo Rotelli, and Georgia Rottinghaus (escort Grant Argiro not pictured).
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Rammy helped distribute the first issue of this year's Rampage student newspaper on September 26.
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Members of the Pine-Richland High School marching band perform at halftime on September 13.
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Members of PRTV Club broadcast Pine-Richland's first home football game on August 30.
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The Class of 2025 gathered for a Back-to-School Assembly to kick off their senior year.
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Pine-Richland High School welcomed students for the first day on August 22.
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Pine-Richland High School is ready to welcome students on August 22!
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Mrs. Whalen hosted Instant Decision Day for applicants to Slippery Rock University. Congratulations to all on your acceptances!
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Members of the marching band worked on their halftime show during band camp on August 7.
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Pine-Richland High School's Dance Team won several awards and qualified for the Universal Dance Association's (UDA) National Dance Competition in early 2025.
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Chief Michael Gasparetto was named the 2024 Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania American Legion.
News & Announcements
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Photos from Madia Photography may be ordered through August 30.
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Pine-Richland/Mars Area Air Force JROTC was recently honored with the Silver Star Community Service with Excellence Award from AFJROTC Headquarters.
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Pine-Richland celebrated the commencement of 374 seniors on Saturday, June 7.
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Throughout the spring, we celebrated our students' academic achievements through recognition ceremonies honoring students in grades seven through twelve.
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Eleven AP German 5 seniors were inducted into the Delta Epsilon Phi (ΔΕΦ) National Honor Society for High School Students of German.
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Junior Doolin Stober earned first place in the southwest Pennsylvania region in the Brighter Financial Futures Investing Challenge. Sophomore William Woessner placed second in the region in the Spring Budget Challenge.
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Ninth-grader Baeden Gauthier wrote this piece for The Rampage to recognize a few retiring PRHS staff members.
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All students entering Grades 9-12 at PRHS are asked to read throughout the summer. The number of books that are required depends on the class students will be taking in the fall.
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The last issue of 2024-2025 includes prom photos, student life and reflections on the school year.
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