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Butler Area School District seniors on the swimming and diving team recently invited individuals who they consider to be mentors in their lives to their meet.
Several individuals honored that evening include educators who have helped to shape and influence our senior swimmers and divers. Listening to our seniors speak to how their mentors have positively impacted their lives helped us to better understand how they've become so successful - academically, athletically and as our friends.
Thank you for your flexibility this winter. I know the cancellation of school and/or the shift to remote instruction is not easy for families. As you know, we closed school due to inclement weather on January 3, 2025. The make-up day for January 3 is scheduled for Friday, March 21, 2025.
Senior High School student Evelyn Paserba has made it to the top three finalist rounds of the Challenge Program Community Service Award. She was selected out of 200 candidates and has a chance to win $1,000 from the Challenge Program.
Butler High School Music Department is proud to announce that junior Ty Young, an accomplished percussionist and drum set musician, has been selected for two of the nation’s most prestigious musical ensembles in 2025: the PMEA All-State Jazz Band and the NAfME (National Association for Music Education) Modern Band. These honors highlight Ty's exceptional talent and dedication to his craft.
We understand that rescheduling the Sadie Hawkins dance impacted individual plans. Therefore, we will extend ticket sales to the dance as well as offer reimbursements to students who are no longer able to go.
Both ticket sales and reimbursements will take place on Tuesday, February 25th and Wednesday, February 26th. Tickets will still cost $5 or the donation of canned non-perishable goods. Reimbursements will only be given to those who provide their ticket. Ticket sales will still be capped at 800 tickets.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro issued a Proclamation to proclaim February 3-7 School Counseling Week.
At Butler Area School District, we are proud to recognize our school counselors who play a vital role in supporting the academic success, mental health and future career paths of our students. Thank you for all you do!
Shout out to the Butler Community! We had 250 dresses, 60 suits, 60 pairs of men and women shoes, hundreds of pieces of jewelry, ties, and purses donated so that our students could shop (for free!) for their prom attire! We also had nearly 20 local donations from hair, make-up, nail salons along with tanning services and restaurants. Thank you to everyone who donated! We sincerely appreciate your support!
Congratulations to our 9th grade singers who represented the Senior High School Choral program at PMEA Chorus Fest! They performed an outstanding concert on January 31, 2025 at Greenville Senior High School.
Senior High School students who attend Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School recently competed in a SkillsUSA Competition. Nine students metaled in their area of competition. Congratulations!
At Butler Area School District, we're grateful for our amazing School Police Officers! Thank you for your dedication to making all of our schools a safe learning environment for all.
Last year Butler Senior High School provided a prom event for students to be able to choose a free prom dress, shoes and jewelry. It was a great event for our students.
This year we would like to make it bigger and better! We are planning to include dresses, suits, shoes, ties, and jewelry for students. We would greatly appreciate any donations of these items.
If you would like to purchase a Butler yearbook online, please visit https://yearbookordercenter.
Butler Army JROTC cadets recently competed in the first round of Army JROTC’s online Academic and Leadership Bowls (JLAB).
Both the Academic and Leadership teams performed well and will move onto round two of the competition in February.
Officer James Green, fondly known as Officer Jim, was selected as the 2025 recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's prestigious national RISE (Recognizing Inspiring School Employees) Award. This honor highlights the exceptional contributions of classified school employees who go above and beyond in service to students. Officer Jim is the School Police Officer at Broad Street Elementary School
Congratulations to BASD seniors Zachary Slear, Eli Snyder, and Jackson Morgus for winning their first round of KD Quiz, sponsored by GBU Life! The show will air Saturday, January 18 at 11 am and again on Saturday, January 25 at 11:30 on KDKA. Our seniors have put in years of academic effort that led to their success! Zach, Eli, and Jackson will now move on to the next round of competition.
Senior High School students had another successful FBLA Regional Leadership Conference and Competition!
More than 1,100 high school students from our region including Fox Chapel, Seneca Valley, Hampton, Pine Richland, Beaver CTC, North Hills and several other schools competed in over 80 events.
We are pleased to share that Broad Street Elementary School's dedicated Police Officer, James Green (fondly known as Officer Jim), has been selected as a recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's prestigious national RISE (Recognizing Inspiring School Employees) Award. This honor highlights the exceptional contributions of classified school employees who go above and beyond in service to students.
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced $501,123 in PA Farm Bill Agriculture & Youth Grants awarded to 58 organizations in 29 counties, including Butler Area School District.
This holiday season, Reese Sequite, a sophomore at the Senior High School, took the initiative to bring joy to local patients through a heartwarming community service project. Reese reached out to the BASD principals (K-6) to request each school's participation in creating holiday cards. These cards were designed to be distributed by our Swim and Dive team to patients at Butler Memorial Hospital (BMH).
Butler Senior High School, a Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) Unified Champion School, has received national recognition for providing inclusive sports and leadership activities for students with and without intellectual disabilities. The Senior High School celebrated this outstanding accomplishment on Friday, December 20.
Our student musicians put on a wonderful Winter Concert featuring our 6-12th grade orchestras and our Butler Rock Orchestra.
Twelve Butler students were selected through a rigorous audition for the PMEA District 5 Honors Band held at Grove City College on December 12, 13, and 14.
Congratulations to Ethan Binus, Troy Codispot, Ty Young, Alexa Geibel, Zach Marra, Kelsey Kennedy, Amara DiCerbo, Kaden Kozik, Emily Cornish, Kelsey Neff, Nicole Michel, and Amy Waggoner.
Below is information regarding school closures for Early College Pioneer students who are taking a BC3 course.
Congratulations to all of the singers who have been selected to represent Butler Senior High School at PMEA District Chorus. The festival will be held at Rochester High School with a culminating concert on February 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Senior High School students in Mr. Klugh’s Biotechnology class recently traveled to the University of Pittsburgh to participate in a biotechnology laboratory experience.
While there, the students learned about how and why plants are genetically modified and conducted an experiment in which they tested common food items brought with them for genetic modification.
BASD senior Anna Wright won third place in the student category of the Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter photo contest for her photograph titled "A Leaky Future."
The Senior High School gifted program recently took five students to Introduce a Girl to Engineering at Westinghouse Electric Company, Waltz Mill.
Each year I like to remind our families of our Winter Weather Plan.
I make the decision to delay or cancel school after I review the weather forecast and consult with our Transportation Department. When necessary, the district also consults with the municipalities and other resources within our community. Each decision regarding whether or not to delay or cancel school is made with student safety as the primary concern. I recognize that any delay or cancellation can create hardships for our families and do not take this decision lightly.
Senior High School students recently assisted the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) with its annual fish release. The PFBC’s mission is to protect, conserve, and enhance Pennsylvania’s aquatic resources while providing fishing and boating opportunities for the public.
Relive your favorite moments with the Golden Tornado Marching Band through their incredible photo and video archives!
View the full archive, which includes nearly 100 years of photos and videos!
Intermediate High School and Senior High School students recently participated in the Propaganda Academic Game competition at Slippery Rock University.
High School Head Start -- the BASD Extracurricular Fair is coming up on November 18 from 6-8 pm in the IHS Cafeteria.
Center for Career Discovery students recently attended the BuildOn convention organized by the Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania.
This event is a collaborative initiative between building and construction trade unions and local professional contractor associations in Western PA. The purpose of the event is to help students explore future career opportunities in the trades.
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to represent Butler Area School District at PMEA District Orchestra at Collegiate Academy in Erie, PA in January 9-11.
Senior High School educators, Mrs. Tomsky and Dr. Thompson, have embarked on an innovative science unit with their students. The class adopted a calf named Milkshake to help connect the lessons about farming and sustainability to the real world.
Students in the Center for Career Discovery recently had an incredible experience at the Midwestern IU, where they participated in the "Mapping Out the Journey to Your Career" program.
Congratulations to our talented high school singers for their outstanding performance at Honors Chorus! These students were selected through a rigorous audition process. Their hard work, passion, and dedication truly shone on stage.
Butler Area School District is honored to be one of only six school districts most recently recognized as an AASA Learning 2025 Lighthouse System by AASA, The School Superintendents Association. This prestigious designation highlights our district's commitment to transformative education and continual innovation on behalf of our students and community.
Four students in Mr. Esposto's AP Macroeconomics class recently went to the Trade Policy Update Protecting Production & Profits for Pennsylvania Manufacturers, hosted by Buchanan, the Butler County Chamber of Commerce, and the Manufacturer & Business Association.
The 5th annual Butler Orchestra Spooktacular was a success! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the Butler Orchestra program.
Congratulations to our Senior High Orchestra on an incredible Spooktacular night.
Save the date for Butler High Theater's production of "This Murder Was Staged," a comedy by Patrick Greene and Jason Pizzarello.
November 15 & 16 at 7:30 pm
SHS Auditorium
Tickets are $10 at the door.
Join us for the Butler Senior High School powder puff football game on November 6 at 6:00 pm in the Art Bernardi Stadium. Tickets are $3, which will be a donation to Caring Angels. Light refreshments will be available.
Senior High School students in the Center for Career Discovery recently went to Butler County Community College (BC3) to visit the EMS and fire training programs.
The visit included hands-on learning experiences for our students. Thank you to BC3 for welcoming our students!
Senior High School gifted students recently participated in "On-Sets," an Academic Game challenging students in logic and set theory. The team of Luke Robbins, Cassandra Sklencar, Dimitri Tyson, Alexander Kamerer, and Olivia Cornish earned second place! In addition, Luke and Olivia went undefeated!
Congratulations to all of these students!
Congratulations to Andrew Slaugenhoup and Addyson Traggiai who were named the 2024 Tornado prince and princess at Butler High School’s homecoming Thursday, October 10.
Andrew is the son of Dave and Laura Slaugenhoup of Butler. Addyson is the daughter of Donovan and Tracy Traggiai of Butler.
Other members of Butler’s homecoming court were Melissa Arcuri, Grace Calvin, Natalie Collins, Faith Schnur, Riley Cook, Curtis Kuntz, Zach Marra and Layne Zmijowski.
Congratulations to the singers who were selected by audition to represent Butler Area School District at PMEA Honors Chorus!
Congratulations to the following 8th and 9th graders selected to represent Butler Area School District at PMEA Junior High Stringfest!
On November 7, these students will attend a one day festival at Beaver High School and perform a concert that night at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $5!
Thank you to everyone who supported The Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation, Inc.'s Tuff Tornado Run and helped make this event a huge success!
The 2024 Butler County Band Festival will take place on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at Butler Area School District's Art Benardi Stadium from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Food trucks and concessions will be available. The cost to attend the Butler County Band Festival is $6.00.
Congratulations to Butler's 2024 Tornado Homecoming Court!
The prince and princess will be crowned before the football game against Allderdice on October 10 at 7:00 p.m. The homecoming dance will take place on October 12 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the high school.
Congratulations to the Senior High School Unified Sports teams! They have been accepted into the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools National Recognition Program.
Thank you to our students and staff at the Senior High School for their commitment to making their school socially inclusive for all!
We have a few updates from our food service department that we would like to share with you.
This is a reminder that tick season is upon us. We encourage you to check your children for ticks or signs of a tick bite each day.
While we do not check students for ticks while they are at school, it is possible that a tick will be discovered. In that case, the school nurse will notify you if a tick is found on your student while they are at school.
The Butler Education Association (BEA) is organizing a food drive to support The Kids' Weekend Backpack Program!
Please bring a single serve non-perishable item to the Butler Golden Tornado Football game this Friday, September 20. Donations will go to the Kids’ Weekend Backpack Program.
The Senior High School Fall Picture Day will take place on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 for students in grades 9-11. Seniors will have their pictures taken Wednesday, September 18, 2024 - Friday, September 20, 2024.
To order online, visit inter-state.com/order and use code 90012MB. You can pay online with your debit card, credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
I regret to inform you that we are canceling school today, Thursday, September 12, 2024. As you are aware from our communication yesterday, we initially received a vague threat targeting our secondary schools. After receiving reports from parents and students about additional threats, we determined that these mirrored threats made to other districts in the region, which were deemed not credible. Unfortunately, overnight we have received further threats.
Save the date for the Butler County College & Career Fair!
Butler Senior High School
Thursday, September 19
6-8 pm
Fall Play auditions will take place on September 4 and September 5 after school in the SHS auditorium.
The show will be "This Murder Was Staged." Auditions are open to all students in grades 912.
The 2024 Golden Tornado Football season is here! Meet the team, hear from Coach Christy, check out the schedule, get the latest updates, learn how you can show your support and more in their August newsletter.
The 2024-2025 school year will be filled with many exciting opportunities for the students in our school district. I'm excited to share more in our annual "Welcome Back" publication. Click here or click on the image below to read it.
The Butler Eagle hosted a special podcast event featuring the Butler High School football team, marching band, Sequinettes and cheer team on Friday, August 9.
Summer is still in full swing, but if you are looking ahead to the first day of school, here are a few things you can do now to be prepared!
The Butler Eagle is hosting a special podcast event featuring the Butler High School football team, marching band, Sequinettes and cheer team this week! The event will take place in the Senior High School Auditorium on Friday, August 9 from 5:00 - 6:15 pm. Doors open at 4:30 pm.
The 2024-2025 Parking Permits will go on sale as follows:
- Thursday, August 8th from 8 am to 2 pm
- Monday, August 12th from 8 am to 2 pm
After Monday, August 12th, parking permits will be on sale from 8 am to 2 pm, until they are sold out.
One of our primary goals as we continue to implement our Portrait of the Graduate is to offer students a more personalized learning environment. This school year, we are excited to introduce a new Personalized Learning Experience (PLEx) for rising juniors and seniors who plan to take any of the courses listed below.
PLEx is a customized approach to learning where students can choose from different learning modalities that best meet their academic needs. Through PLEx, students will utilize the components of our Portrait of the Graduate to acquire skills related to preparedness, responsibility, resilience, and engagement.
Children need healthy meals to learn. Butler Area School District offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast is available at no charge to students. Lunch costs $2.50 for Elementary Schools and $2.75 for Secondary Schools. Your child(ren) may qualify for free meals or for reduced price meals.
We are incredibly fortunate to live in a community that is committed to supporting our students and our schools.
There are many ways to get involved throughout the year. Please complete the form linked below to let us know if you are interested in volunteering or helping our students learn about a career. If you are willing to do both, please submit this form twice -- once for volunteering and once for career awareness support.
Click here to complete the BASD Volunteer and Career Awareness Support Survey.
Congratulations to Butler Senior High School's trivia team -- David Krainbucher, Max Channells, and Ava Brewster! The team earned second place in round two of KD Quiz, missing first by only 5 points!
The show will air on May 11 at 11 am and again on May 18 at 11:30 am.
We are so proud of this team!
The Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation, Inc.'s 21st annual Fine Arts & Beyond (FAB) Showcase was a great success. The student artwork was incredible and the student musical performances were outstanding. Thank you to everyone who helped make the event a success!
The Butler Area School District 2024-2025 Course Selection Guides are now available.
Click to download the 2024-2025 Senior High School Course Selection Guide.
Click for Senior High scheduling resources.
Click to download the 2024-2025 Intermediate High School Course Selection Guide.