Aliquippa Senior High School - Former Aliquippa High School

Former Aliquippa High School

The first Aliquippa High School was built in 1895 in what was then Aliquippa (now West Aliquippa). The school continued to operate until around 1910 when Aliquippa High School was discontinued and students where sent to Woodlawn (now Aliquippa). The first High School to be built in Woodlawn (now Aliquippa) was the Woodlawn High School building in 1910. This building stood atop of the Plan 12 Hill. The next High School to be constructed was in 1924 with the opening of Harding High School, This school was named for Warren G. Harding who died in office during its construction. At that time Woodlawn High School was discontinued and the school was later used as an Elementary School for the School District and renamed Franklin School. In June, 1930, Harding High School was renamed Aliquippa High School, due to the merger of Woodlawn and Aliquippa two years earlier. Aliquippa High School had numerous additions to its structure over the more than 80 years it stood. The High School`s highest enrollment was in 1960 when there where a reported 1,560 pupils. In 1988 Aliquippa High School became Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School due to the closing of Aliquippa Junior high School and housed grades 7-12. In 1992 the school went back to housing grades 9-12 with the reopening of the Middle School. In 2008, The school was in deplorable condition, The Aliquippa School Board of Directors decided to realign the grades in the schools. Aliquippa Elementary School would be renovated and will house grades K-6 instead of K-4. Aliquippa Middle School would be renovated and will house grades 7-12 instead of 5-8 and would be renamed Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School, the 85 year old Aliquippa High School would be demolished. Today the land where Aliquippa High School once stood is now a pile of debris and an outlining of the foundations of the old building. Aliquippa High School may be gone, but its legacy and remembrance is still with a grand majority of Aliquipeans.