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Pittsburgh Allderdice High School is located at 2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15217, for grades 9-12. (Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill community)

Pittsburgh Allderdice High School is a neighborhood school with a partial Engineering Magnet program located in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill community. Students work individually to learn scientific principles and then work in groups to apply what they have learned to hands-on projects. The program develops skills in critical thinking, problem solving, oral presentation, data analysis, technical writing, CAD and other engineering software. Allderdice has numerous math, science, Career and Technical Education (CTE) options for students to complement their engineering classes and strengthen their college preparedness and Promise-Readiness. In the Pre-Engineering Magnet program at Allderdice, students will analyze problems, design and build solutions, test their products and present their creations. In each semester of the four-year program, four modules are completed. Students will have access to mentoring, career seminars and enriching programs that extend their learning from the classroom to the workplace for exposure to engineering careers.