About Us
Medical Facilities
Most Pittsburgh hospitals and health care facilities are within easy access of the district. Closest to the district are Allegheny General Hospital, UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, and UPMC Passavant Hospital. All of these hospitals have undertaken recent and on-going expansion projects designed to improve their facilities.
Higher Education
The district is located within easy access of the numerous institutions of higher education which are located throughout the area. The closest is LaRoche College, which is located north of the district in the Town of McCandless, near UPMC Passavant Hospital. Other institutions located throughout the area include Community College of Allegheny County, Carlow University, Carnegie-Mellon University, Chatham University, Duquesne University, the Pennsylvania State University (McKeesport, New Kensington, and Kittanning campuses), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Point Park University, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Robert Morris University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Vision
Shaler Area School District is a collaborative, innovative, and creative learning environment for all.
Mission
To serve our Shaler Area community and its children by providing an education that fosters our youth to be contributing members of society.
To develop resiliency, empathy, creative thinking, critical thinking, and problem solving in every student on their path to fulfilling their potential.
Core Values
We value the celebration and promotion of excellence in our community.
We value a culture where everyone has a voice and everyone is an owner.
We value and encourage creative and innovative risk-taking.
We value our responsibility to serve and educate our community.
We value an atmosphere of trust, transparency, and collaboration.
