January 2026 - Duquesne University

• Mock trial is a competition where students simulate a real trial, acting as attorneys and witnesses in a hypothetical case, learning about the legal system and developing crucial skills like public speaking, critical thinking, and teamwork.

• Both the Prosecution and Defense teams won their cases!!

December 2025 - Martin Graf

• Princess Cruise Line & Discovery Channel Educational Speaker

• Former Owner of a Shark Diving Expedition Company

• The students learned about Great White, Tiger, Bull, Lemon, Nurse and Hammerhead Sharks & discussed conservation efforts & the vital roll off sharks in the ecosystem.

December 2025 - Pitt Pharmacy

• Professionals from the University of Pittsburgh school of Pharmacy came to North Hills and gave an hour and a half presentation with Denny the dummy.

November 2025 - KDKA

• NH GATE Students Anya Roy, Connor Galbraith & Eli Parker competed in the 2025 KD Quiz.  KD Quiz is brought to you by GBU Life is entering a new season. 

• Each year, three students from 81 local high schools compete by answering questions from a variety of curriculum areas. Meteorologist Ray Petelin hosts. They competed by answering trivia questions through four exciting rounds. The episode will air on January 24 at 11:00 AM. Be sure to tune in and cheer them on!

November 2025 - David L. Lawrence Convention Center

Educational Career Event

• NH GATE Students had the opportuniyt to learn about more than 40 career areas with the region's largets employer, UPMC.

• Nursing, Patient Care, Labs, Imaging, Sports Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Nutrition, Behavioral Health, Respiratory, Construction, Pharmacy, Legal, Marketing, Human Resources, Analytics.

November 2025 - David L. Lawrence Convention Center

High school students from across Pennsylvania showcased projects and ideas that explore the power of STEM, AI, and technology to create real-world impact. These exhibits reflect the curiosity, collaboration, and bold thinking that define the future of work and learning.

• Anwita Maneish Nithya - Sustainability Consultancy using Green AI

The project is a sustainability consultancy that focuses on audit & reporting but also integration of sustainable business practices, holistic implementation, mindset shift, & ongoing support to ultimately make the business more sustainable, less expenses, and more revenue. Since every business is different, understanding the brand and their processes is best done using specialized GPTs that are powered by green data centers, energy-efficient hardware, and an advanced cooling system.

• Santo Cerminaro & Paul Cerminaro - CloseBoost

CloseBoost turns complex CRM data into actionable sales insights through AI-powered analytics and intelligent automation. We help sales teams outreach customers, identify opportunities, optimize their pipeline, and close more deals with the precision of artificial intelligence.

November 2025

• Clara Weber, William Gianoglio, Gabe Palmer & Sam Humphrey all decreased their SOCIAL screen time by 30% over the past 3 weeks.

October 2025 - North Hills High School

• GATE students volunteering their time and giving back to the community with their respective clubs.

October 2025 - Powering Pittsburgh

• Austin DeMartino, Dominic Smith, Wyatt Lipinski, William Woodside

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• Yale University

• West Point

• The NH Science Olympiad is an academic competitions consisting of a series of team events.  Competitions are hands-on and fast paced, following the format of popular games.  These challenging and motivational events are well balanced between the various science concepts, science processes, and inquiry skills as well as science and technological applications.  We have taken into account the scope and sequence of North Hills School District curriculum as well as state standards. The students will participate in activities that enhance students’ prior knowledge and are developmentally appropriate for all of those involved.  High School GATE students serve as mentors & coaches for the elementary participants.

GOLD KEY

• Parker Pile- One for Sorrow, Two for Mirth (Flash Fiction)

  • **Parker Pile's Gold Key piece has moved on to National Judging.  National winners are announced on March 26th.

HONORABLE MENTION

• Dylan Hogan- A Walk on the Lake (Personal Essay & Memoir)

• Dylan Hogan- Fool's Gold (Poetry)

• Faith McAtee- Helios (Short Story)

February 2025 

• Dr. Afshin Beheshti, Professor of Surgery and Computational and Systems Biology Director of the Space Biomedicine Program

• Associate Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine University of Pittsburgh

March 2025 - Virtual

• Topics included information such as educational background, job opportunities, salary, future of the profession, what interested them in their career choice, and an example of a typical day.

• Presenters included an athletic trainer, neuropsychologist, sports dietitian, sports chiropractor, physical therapist, and more.  

January 2025 - Duquesne University

• Mock trial is a competition where students simulate a real trial, acting as attorneys and witnesses in a hypothetical case, learning about the legal system and developing crucial skills like public speaking, critical thinking, and teamwork.

• Both the Prosecution and Defense teams won their cases!!

November 2024 - Powering Pittsburgh

• Luca Korade | Ethan Liang | Cory Chen | Connor Greer

• For the second year in a row...four NH Senior GATE Students were finalists at the Powering Pittsburgh Steelers STEM Competition and presented their project at Acrisure Stadium.  

April 2024 - North Allegheny Intermediate School

• The team of Isabelle (Peridot) Larson, Delaney Amato, Stella Stango and Juliet McQuillan won FIRST PLACE at the inaugural Innovation Workshop Competition that took place on Wednesday at the North Allegheny Intermediate High School.  They beat seven other teams from North Allegheny, Pine-Richland, Avonworth and Northgate with their creativity, production and presentational skills.

April 2024 - PPG Paints Arena, Lexus Club

• Mr. Kasperowicz was invited to attend this incredible lineup of presenters including doctors, therapists, trainers, psychologists and professors from the Pittsburgh area.  Over 40 schools and universities were represented.

April 2024 - University of Pittsburgh

• Mr. Kasperowicz & Senora Foster took a group of select NH GATE students to the event.  The program had three parts:  1) Mock class with Professor Rob Wible 2) Admissions presentation 3) Pitt Law current student panel.

April 2024 - UPMC Passavant Hospital

• Mr. Kasperowicz & Senora Foster took a group of select NH GATE students to the event.  The program focused on the major concepts of being a Healthcare Hero, a chance to ask questions to healthcare experts (nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapy, physical therapists, etc.), team building exercises & a tour of the hospital. 

March 2024

• Junior GATE student Lilly Larkin won two (2) Scholastic Silver Keys, one in writing for a short story and one in Art for photography.  The winning photo is shown here.

March 2024 - Lieutenant Brett A. Foster

• Lieutenant Brett A. Foster (son of GATE teacher Seńora Foster) spoke to NH GATE students.

• Engineering officer Sector Key West

• Facilities and Naval Engineering Divisions

March 2024

• Senior GATE students Ella Demoise, Nick Strother & Ben Hartung won 1st Place on the KD Quiz on Saturday, March 9th on KDKA-TV and will be advancing to the next round!

March 2024 - Baierl Center

• Seniors Gavin Bevan and Winston Siegle along with Juniors Minh Tran and Matthew Streza competed in the innaguaral Pine-Richland Open held at the Baierl Center and won the 3rd Place Team Trophy.

February 2024 - Westinghouse

• Dr. Jim Green, - Former NASA Chief Scientist, now Chief Scientist for the Metavisionaries

• Dr. Michelle Lucas - Former ISS Flight Controller and Astronaut Instructor, now Founder & CEO of Higher Orbits

February 2024 - DLC Convention Center

• NACAC - National College Fair Pittsburgh

November 2023 - UPMC Passavant Hospital

• Mr. Kasperowicz & Senora Foster took a group of select NH GATE students to the event.  The program focused on the major concepts of being a Healthcare Hero, a chance to ask questions to healthcare experts (nurses, physicians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapy, physical therapists, etc.), team building exercises & a tour of the hospital. 

October 2023 - Sarah Foster, PA

• Incredible interaction between Sarah Foster, recent Physician Assistant graduate who currently works in an emergency room and some of our GATE Students.  

October 2023 - HarbisonWalker International

• Samantha Garnier

September 2023 - Powering Pittsburgh

• Luca Korade | Ethan Liang | Cory Chen | Connor Greer

• Four NH Junior GATE Students were finalists at the Powering Pittsburgh Steelers STEM Competition and presented their project at Acrisure Stadium.  

Gabriella Merriman (World Languages), Noah Dixon (Sciences), Adam Serowik (Math), Gabrielle Thinnes (English), Maggies Davis (NHEA Scholarship)

2022-2023 Department Award Winners

Ella Demoise, Valerio Gomez-Frittelli, Joshua Kim and Nicholas Strother

• High school juniors enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen of program entrants. Over 1.3 million juniors in 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the SAT/NMSQT in 2022.

February 2025 - Discovery Church

• Speaker: Dr. Afshin Beheshti

  • Professor of Surgery & Computational and Systems Biology and Director of the Space Biomedicine Program Associate Director of the McGowanInstitute for Regenerative Medicine University of Pittsburgh

March 2025

• The NH Science Olympiad is an academic competitions consisting of a series of team events.  Competitions are hands-on and fast paced, following the format of popular games.  These challenging and motivational events are well balanced between the various science concepts, science processes, and inquiry skills as well as science and technological applications.  We have taken into account the scope and sequence of North Hills School District curriculum as well as state standards. The students will participate in activities that enhance students’ prior knowledge and are developmentally appropriate for all of those involved.  High School GATE students serve as mentors & coaches for the elementary participants.