Editing Scottdale, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
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{{Further|Southmoreland School District}}
In 1805, the first schoolhouse in the area was built adjacent from Gaut’s Dairy Farm in rural Scottdale, near [[Alverton]]. The first school board for the district was established on September 19, 1834. The district began to expand and several more buildings were added before being split into two districts; Scottdale School District and East Huntingdon School District.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.easthuntingdontownship.org/about.html | title=About }}</ref>

The Scottdale school district opened as multiple schools throughout the borough including North, Central and South [[grade schools]]. The original high school building was constructed in the late 1800s on the site of present day Chestnut Street Park.<ref>{{cite web | title=Article clipped from The Weekly Courier | website=Newspapers.com | date=1901-11-15 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-weekly-courier/158624573/ | ref={{sfnref|Newspapers.com|1901}} | access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref> The building was demolished in 1901 and replaced by a new school building directly across the street the same year. With the advent of the new school building, Scottdale's student body became known as the "Scotties" and began using the [[Scottish Terrier]] mascot with white and blue colors to represent the district. A football field was constructed behind the school building leading to the school instituting sports teams for the first time.

By the 1952 school year, Scottdale High School began to be outgrown by the student body as well as merging with nearby [[Upper Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Tyrone School District]], leading to a new building being developed. The new site, located North Chestnut Street, for the renamed Scottdale Joint High School was purchased on June 22, 1953. The building was first used for a Scotties [[basketball]] game in January 1958 with the school officially opening for instruction on September 3, 1958.<ref>{{cite web | title= 1959 Scottdale High School| website=Classmates | url=https://secure.classmates.com/auth/login?successUrl=/siteui/yearbooks/84793%3fpage=7 | ref={{sfnref|Classmates}} | access-date=2024-11-08}}</ref>

In the fall of 1964, Scottdale and nearby [[East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|East Huntingdon School District]] merged to form [[Southmoreland School District]] with students from Scottdale Joint High School now attending classes at [[Southmoreland High School]] in [[Alverton, Pennsylvania|Alverton]]. The former Scottdale Joint High School building was renovated into Southmoreland Elementary and Middle School in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Southmoreland Event |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/38806697/?match=1&terms=southmoreland |access-date=28 May 2024 |newspaper=The Daily News |date=5 April 1971 |page=12}}</ref><ref>https://archive.triblive.com/news/building-projects-continue-in-southmoreland-school-district/</ref>