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![Group photo of four students with their trophies]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748026601/uscsdk12paus/lp7rel7oxfupobbtlttj/FC-HighNoteFestival.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748026601/uscsdk12paus/lp7rel7oxfupobbtlttj/FC-HighNoteFestival.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748026601/uscsdk12paus/lp7rel7oxfupobbtlttj/FC-HighNoteFestival.png","width":800}])
Fort Couch Middle School music students earned Superior ratings, the highest possible distinction, at the High Note Music Festival, held Friday, May 16, 2025, at Duquesne University.
![Logan Dunkin and Sofia Khaydarova]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747937578/uscsdk12paus/wisczwrgutraqj39xwbz/FCpoets.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747937578/uscsdk12paus/wisczwrgutraqj39xwbz/FCpoets.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747937578/uscsdk12paus/wisczwrgutraqj39xwbz/FCpoets.png","width":800}])
Fort Couch Middle School seventh graders Sofia Khaydarova and Logan Dunkin recently had their poems selected for publication in the Poetic Power Spring Poetry Contest.
![Gymnast Avery Irvin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747924914/uscsdk12paus/az64ti4ql6a3ckbmag3i/AveryIrvin.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747924914/uscsdk12paus/az64ti4ql6a3ckbmag3i/AveryIrvin.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747924914/uscsdk12paus/az64ti4ql6a3ckbmag3i/AveryIrvin.png","width":800}])
Eighth grade gymnast Avery Irvin placed fourth in the nation in vault – finishing 23rd all around at the 2025 USA Gymnastics Men’s and Women’s Development Program National Championships, held May 9-11, 2025, in Salt Lake City.
![Members of the Revolution Robots robotics teams talking in a circle]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747923477/uscsdk12paus/tygg9x4jvutmwisilfn8/RevRobots.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747923477/uscsdk12paus/tygg9x4jvutmwisilfn8/RevRobots.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747923477/uscsdk12paus/tygg9x4jvutmwisilfn8/RevRobots.png","width":800}])
The Revolution Robots, a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) team from Fort Couch Middle School, earned national recognition by placing second in Robot Design and receiving the Robot Design Finalist Award at the American Robotics Open Championship (AROC), held May 17–18 at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey.
![Three student golfers on the golf course]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747842254/uscsdk12paus/brne2qemkwrcdgne2i2y/Golfers.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747842254/uscsdk12paus/brne2qemkwrcdgne2i2y/Golfers.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747842254/uscsdk12paus/brne2qemkwrcdgne2i2y/Golfers.png","width":800}])
Upper St. Clair High School sophomore Olivia Ziegler was honored with the Impact Award during the TEN Junior Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa.
![2025 Best Communities for Music Education with a tuba player]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747407055/uscsdk12paus/rhv5daazevnlmtdeaw2q/2025NAMM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747407055/uscsdk12paus/rhv5daazevnlmtdeaw2q/2025NAMM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747407055/uscsdk12paus/rhv5daazevnlmtdeaw2q/2025NAMM.png","width":800}])
Upper St. Clair School District has been honored with the 2025 Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) designation for the 10th consecutive year.
![Fort Couch FPS Team members with trophy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746811995/uscsdk12paus/qp8koxrjtd0gmcxrqk2a/FPS-FC-2025.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746811995/uscsdk12paus/qp8koxrjtd0gmcxrqk2a/FPS-FC-2025.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746811995/uscsdk12paus/qp8koxrjtd0gmcxrqk2a/FPS-FC-2025.png","width":800}])
Three Upper St. Clair Future Problem Solving teams were among the top performers at the 2025 State Bowl, held April 11-12 in Camp Hill, Pa.
![Carlee Santel All-Eastern Concert Band Ensemble]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746112281/uscsdk12paus/cm6ftgav6bqdsqrqiifv/Carlee-AllEast.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746112281/uscsdk12paus/cm6ftgav6bqdsqrqiifv/Carlee-AllEast.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746112281/uscsdk12paus/cm6ftgav6bqdsqrqiifv/Carlee-AllEast.png","width":800}])
Senior trumpet player Carlee Santel placed first chair in the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Eastern Concert Band Ensemble. The ensemble performed during the 2025 NAfME Eastern Division Conference, April 24-27. in Hartford, Connecticut.
![PMEA District 1 Jr High Orchestra - Bella Robinson & Matthew Pfeiffer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745423284/uscsdk12paus/biejjiycrtjd0tuxro0f/JrOrch2025.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1745423284/uscsdk12paus/biejjiycrtjd0tuxro0f/JrOrch2025.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745423284/uscsdk12paus/biejjiycrtjd0tuxro0f/JrOrch2025.png","width":800}])
Two Upper St. Clair student musicians have been selected to participate in the 2025 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 1 Junior High Orchestra Festival. Eighth grader, Matthew Pfeiffer, viola, and ninth grader Bella Robinson, violin, will attend the event on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Gateway High School.
![Group photo of the STEM Design Challenge participants]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1744309844/uscsdk12paus/rkjq8awkcbbv14hlfhuh/STEM-Design.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1744309844/uscsdk12paus/rkjq8awkcbbv14hlfhuh/STEM-Design.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1744309844/uscsdk12paus/rkjq8awkcbbv14hlfhuh/STEM-Design.png","width":800}])
Teams from Fort Couch and Boyce middle schools earned second and third place, respectively, at the STEM Design Challenge held Thursday, April 3, 2025, at the Commonwealth Charter Academy in Homestead. Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific and organized by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, the competition challenges students to design and build a structure using K’Nex building materials.
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