School news from the Fox Chapel area

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Courtesy of the Fox Chapel Area School District

Fox Chapel Area High School junior Lincoln Marshal, left, who portrays Sheridan “Sherry” Whiteside, rehearses a scene from “The Man Who Came to Dinner” with Fox Chapel Area High School sophomore Joseph Weber, who plays Banjo. The play will be presented Nov. 2-4, at Fox Chapel Area High School.

Fall play

Fox Chapel Area High School students will present their fall play, “The Man Who Came to Dinner”, at 7 p.m. Nov 2-4.

All performances will be held in the school auditorium, and tickets are $8. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Students will perform the play free for Fox Chapel Area School District senior citizens age 60 and older on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the auditorium at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served prior at 3 p.m. in the auditorium lobby. Reservations are required. Call 412-967-2410 for reservation information for the senior citizens’ performance only.

The school is located at 611 Field Club Road in O’Hara.

Unified Champion

Fox Chapel Area High School has been re-certified as a National Banner Unified Champion School by the international headquarters of Special Olympics.

Fox Chapel Area is one of 146 high schools in the nation to be named a National Banner Unified Champion School for 2023-2024 and was one of only two schools in Pennsylvania to be re-certified this year. Fox Chapel Area first received this designation in 2019.

The honor is given to schools that demonstrate a commitment to inclusion by meeting 10 standards of excellence.

“We appreciate our partnership with the Special Olympics and are humbled by the recognition,” says Dr. Mary Catherine Reljac, Fox Chapel Area School District superintendent.