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Upper St. Clair High School

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Leadership Academy

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Upper St. Clair’s Leadership Academy currently offers middle and high school students the opportunity to learn and develop leadership concepts and practices. Established in 2010, the week-long summer program was nationally recognized with a Magna Award from the National School Boards Association’s magazine, American School Board Journal, in 2013. 

Students identify their leadership strengths and learn how these skills can be used to make them successful in all stages of life. Through experiential learning strategies, group projects, and hands-on activities, students experience the application of leadership skills, building confidence in their abilities and enhancing their capacity to serve in leadership roles.

Typically offered in July, Leadership Academy is a key component of Upper St. Clair's summer programming.

  • Boyce Leadership Academy: for rising 5th and 6th graders
  • Fort Couch Leadership Academy: for rising 7th and 8th graders
  • High School Leadership Academy: for rising 9th-12th graders
    The USCHS program offers four sequential phases that can be completed over the course of a student’s high school experience.
    • Phase I
    • Phase II
    • Phase III/College in High School Theories of Leadership Course (in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh)
    • Phase IV