Chartiers Valley High School

AP courses

Chartiers Valley High School offers the following Advanced Placement courses:

• AP English Language and Composition
• AP English Literature and Composition
• AP Seminar (Capstone)
• AP Research (Capstone)
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Computer Science A (Java)
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Psychology
• AP United States History
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP Government & Politics
• AP Chemistry
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
• AP Biology
• AP Spanish
• AP Studio Art
• AP Digital Art (2D & 3D)

Awards and recognition

In 2007, Chartiers Valley High School's Art Program was awarded the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association's Silver Globe Award. The School had previously been awarded a Bronze Globe Award in 2005.

Also in 2005, Chartiers Valley's musical Beauty and the Beast won five awards at the 15th annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater.

Student body demographics

As of 2005:

Athletics

;State championships

2019 Girls Basketball: Victory over Radnor Archbishop Carroll 53-40 (AAAAA).

1986 Ice Hockey: Victory over Warminster Archbishop Wood 7-2 (AA).

;State runners-up

2022 Girls Basketball: In a rematch of last year's finals, again defeated by Springfield Cardinal O'Hara 42-19 (AAAAA).

2021 Girls Basketball: Defeated by Springfield Cardinal O'Hara 51-27 (AAAAA). This team set a STATE RECORD for 63 consecutive wins from 2019 to 2021 (no state championship game in 2020 due to Covid cancellations).

2010 Boys Basketball: Defeated by Philadelphia Neuman-Goretti 65-63 (AAAAA).

2009 Baseball: Defeated by Clarks Summit Abington Heights 3-2 (AAA).

2002 Boys Soccer: Defeated by West Chester Henderson 2-1 (AAA)

1998 Boys Basketball: Defeated by Harrisburg Steelton-Highspire 69-45 (AAA).

Notable alumni

• (1965) Donna Feigley Barbisch, U.S. Army major general
• (1968) Joseph Markosek, representative for Pennsylvania's 25th Representative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• (1976) Kenneth Merchant, U.S. Air Force Major General
• (1983) Dave Kasper, general manager of D.C. United
• (1983) Bill Peduto, mayor of Pittsburgh
• (1985) Craig Stephens, Magisterial Judge, Scott Township Council President
• (2000) Gregg Gillis, (stage name, Girl Talk) musician
• (2001) Ray Ventrone, former football player for the NFL
• (2004) Travis MacKenzie, soccer player for Pittsburgh Riverhounds
• (2005) Adam Gazda, soccer player for Pittsburgh Riverhounds
• (2005) Tom Wallisch, professional skier
• (2005) Ross Ventrone, former football player for the NFL
• (2006) Tino Coury, pop singer
• (2009) Eric Kush, football player
• (2010) T. J. McConnell, basketball player, Indiana Pacers
• (2013) Christian Kuntz, football player
• (2020) Megan McConnell, WNBA player

References

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