University of Pittsburgh College in High School

04/07/2026

Calling all STEM teachers! 📣

The Allegheny Observatory is running a workshop with your name on it. Come learn about how astronomers use databases and how you can incorporate some of their publicly available data into your classroom projects. A $100 honorarium is available for attendees! Learn more at tinyurl.com/AOTeacherData 🔭

03/27/2026

They came, they saw, they learned! Dr Ellen Lee, who oversees the CHS program's Latin courses, hosted a day of hands-on learning for high school Latin learners, including many Pitt CHS students.

Overall, more than 50 visitors came to the University of Pittsburgh's Hillman Library to view historical manuscripts, try out a printing press from the 1800s with the Center for Creativity at Pitt, and explore recreations of ancient Rome through VR and 3D printing with the Open Lab at Hillman 🏛

Thanks to our guests from The Ellis School, Avonworth School District (Official Page), Baldwin-Whitehall School District, and North Hills High School - plus, of course, the event's organizers from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Classics!

03/11/2026

The University of Pittsburgh is proud to have hosted the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) for its Spring Accreditation Institute this week! Today, we were honored to be joined today by Senator Lindsey Williams, who is championing the conversation around dual enrollment in our state government 🏛️

Thank you to all the incredible dual enrollment professionals who came to Oakland from throughout the U.S. to make their programs the best they can be! 🌟

02/17/2026

It's been a cold few weeks here in Pennsylvania, but the snow hasn't slowed us down ❄

Last month, we visited our partners in Fox Chapel Area School District for the Pittsburgh Technology Council's Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference! We're helping students look to the future with tech-focused courses like programming and web design. Learn more at https://www.chs.pitt.edu/chs-courses 💻

01/15/2026

Calling all of our dual enrollment colleagues! Have you ever wondered what it takes to get accredited through the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP)? Want expert guidance on making it a reality? Join us at our Oakland campus this March for NACEP's Accreditation Institute!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Tuesday, March 10 - Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Join NACEP in Pittsburgh for a two-day Accreditation Institute hosted by the University of Pittsburgh–Pittsburgh Campus.

This institute offers an in-depth look at NACEP’s National Standards for Quality for Concurrent Enrollment Programs and College-Provided Faculty Model endorsements.

Whether you’re pursuing initial accreditation or re-accreditation, this institute is designed for all team members of both new and established programs, especially those onboarding new staff.

For more information and to register now visit www.nacep.org/accreditation-institutes

12/23/2025

It's the most wonderful time of the year: Holiday Recess is here! We'll be seeing you in 2026. Until then: from all of us at Pitt CHS!

12/17/2025

What does our annual professional development for CHS teachers look like? For CHS Physics teachers, it was a chance to explore the Allegheny Observatory and engaging topics in the field 🔭
(Plus, this meeting was on Halloween, so we got to have extra fun with some on-theme costumes!)

How do you get hands-on with CHS, both in and out of the classroom? 🪐

11/14/2025

Last month, we had the honor of attending this year's National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) Annual Conference! We were joined by Erica Roberts, Program Director for Pitt's Justice Scholars Institute, which provides targeted mentorship and support for students in three Pittsburgh Public Schools 🖤💛

We had a great time brainstorming new ways to support you at this event alongside our fellow dual enrollment professionals. What new programming would you like to see? 🧠

10/24/2025

10/16/2025

We've had tons of opportunities to see our partner schools' awesome workat recent Remake Learning conferences! 🤗

From South Fayette Township School District's mobile food lab to Baldwin-Whitehall School District's drone program, California Area School District's beekeeping clubs and Woodland Hills School District's robotics team, we're blown away by the innovative, hands-on opportunities these schools are providing their students 🤯 We're proud to count our college-level curriculum among them!

10/10/2025

It's been a busy few weeks for the CHS team - we've been bringing together the teachers who make it all possible! CHS teachers from all over have been making their way to the University of Pittsburgh for hands-on professional development with Pitt faculty. Even our math teachers (📸 pictured) got to flex their problem-solving skills with a integration competition! ➕➖✖️➗

Know any teachers who want to keep their skills sharp while helping students earn college credits? Send them our way! Email [email protected] to learn more.

09/15/2025

Continuing our look back at the summer, we're proud to have hosted visitors from PAEE - Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators alongside the University of Pittsburgh community last month! Ward Allebach, who oversees our Sustainability Flash Lab course, gave a tour of the campus improvements his students have engineered to make Pitt a greener place 🌳

How has your school engaged with environmental education?