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Keystone Oaks
About Keystone Oaks
The Keystone Oaks School District’s mission is to provide a safe learning environment that prepares critical thinkers to become responsible and productive members of society. Serving the boroughs of Greentree, Dormont, and Castle Shannon, Keystone Oaks offers programming in STEAM, computer science, career education, and in particular is focused on the Arts. The beliefs/shared values strategically identify the heart and soul of the District and serve as the foundation behind all operations.
Stories about Keystone Oaks
Parents as Allies: Keystone Oaks leans into the value of ‘opening your doors, literally’
The Parents as allies team at Keystone Oaks focused on middle school, helping parents and kids feel welcome.
From rote to revolutionary: At Keystone Oaks, skills for the future take center stage
Keystone Oaks is among the AASA Learning 2025 districts doing groundbreaking work for students in southwestern PA.
4 Keystone Oaks teams win statewide Odyssey of the Mind, head to World Finals
These Keystone Oaks kids will compete at the World Finals, assuming they can raise the funds to get there.
Learning 2025: This local alliance brings families, community orgs and innovative school districts together
These Learning 2025 Alliance members are “working to explore new, life-changing learning experiences for children.”
Outer space? Hockey? At Keystone Oaks, what matters most to students helps create an education that sticks
Keystone Oaks uses learner profiles and much more to truly embrace personalized learning.
Curtain up: Your guide to all the high school musicals in the Pittsburgh region this spring
Spring is high school musical season, and the Pittsburgh region has an incredible lineup of shows.
Inventive hacks with a big helping of empathy: How Parents as Allies 2.0 is sparking change throughout SWPA
Dozens of innovative ideas have emerged from the recent Parents as Allies 2.0 design sprint, which brought together teams of educators and parents from 23 local school districts.
‘Bright Spots’ video highlights pandemic innovations at South Hills schools
These shining examples are the heroic efforts of innovative, caring, and dedicated educators who are meeting the needs of children, families and communities each and every day.
Check out these winners in the Carnegie Library Teen Media Awards
The awards highlight the amazing talents of young artists as well as showcase the library’s services to teens.
Where to get help in Pittsburgh as we adjust to life with coronavirus
“It can be tempting to get glued to the news, but that may only increase anxiety.”