City High In the News
Making a Difference
City Charter High School's amazing students, teachers, alumni and Pittsburgh's community partners make a difference everyday. Read about their achievements both in-school and out!
College-bound honors student locks in a major and a major scholarship after remarkable internship.
City High student Chase Venturino explores uncharted territory during one-of-a-kind internship.
Talk about an internship that's truly out of this world! Space exploration had always fascinated City High Senior Chase Venturino. So when the opportunity came along to do his internship at a museum dedicated to the 21st century space industry, the moon in particular, he was pretty stoked. The on Read more
About Moonshot Museum and Astrobotic
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Moonshot Museum is Pennsylvania's first-ever space museum and the first museum in the world to focus on career and community readiness for the 21st century space industry. Via a unique partnership with Pittsburgh space robotics company Astrobotic... Read more
Interview with Dr. Dara Ware Allen, CEO of City Charter High School - Soul Pitt Media Health & Business Report
Dr. Allen takes a moment with Soul Pitt to talk about the many core innovations that make City High's education model so unique and successful. Soul Pitt Media Health & Business Report - Episode #40 Read more
Shamara Ray, City High Alumna Class of 2016 Opens Her Own Bakery in the Pittsburgh Brentwood neighborhood
Shamara Ray, Class of 2016, puts her baking education and experience to work at her bakery, Love Made Edible. "Ray interned at Grandview Bakery on Mt. Washington while she attended City Charter High School". Read more
As 20th anniversary approaches, City Charter High School is renewed for five years
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board on Wednesday unanimously approved renewing the charter for the downtown-based City High through June 2027. Read more
After City High, Brandon Mason discovers there are even more way to explore his authentic desire to help people.
His City High internship led him to an elder care and senior living community with the hopes of learning more about physical therapy. There, he discovered more about his communication, initiative and leadership skills. Read more
After an internship at The Warhol, City High's Raine Venturino discovers there's "art" at the end of the tunnel.
"I learned that art can be a career. I was always told that you really can't get anywhere in things like that... but now I feel stronger about going down the art path... with an art degree, you can still be in places like museums...and involve yourself with that community." Read more