North Allegheny Senior High School (NASH) is a suburban high school in the North Allegheny School District and is located in Wexford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The current building was built in 1974, the school has won numerous awards and was ranked in the top 1300 US high schools in 2008.
Principal Dr. Lawrence Butterini was recognized by the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals as the Pennsylvania High School Principal of the Year in 2006. Butterini was NASH principal and a figurehead of the school until his retirement following the 2009-2010 school year.
As of April 2007, North Allegheny had offered 14 AP courses.
North Allegheny features a large athletic program with a reputation for on-field excellence, winning the MSA Cup, a local scholastic trophy similar to the Director's Cup, every year the honor has been awarded. It is also home to AFJROTC unit PA-022.
In 2011 the football team won PIAA and WPIAL Class AAAA football state titles in December 2010.
Read more about North Allegheny Senior High School: Newman Stadium & Baierl Center, Notable Alumni
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