City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2008-0838

• File #: 2008-0838
• Version: 1
• Type: Proclamation
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/14/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/14/2008
• Enactment date: 10/14/2008
• Enactment #: 572
• Title: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby congratulate Langley High School for eighty five years of educating young people and making our country a better place; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Saturday, October 11, 2008 is declared “LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.
• Sponsors: Dan Deasy
• Indexes: PROCLAMATION - MR. DEASY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2008	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass

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WHEREAS, on Saturday, October 11, 2008 Langley High School is celebrating its 85^th Anniversary; and

WHEREAS, back on January 1, 1922 ground was broken for a new school to be named after Samuel Pierpont Langley who for twenty-five years ran the Allegheny Observatory; and

WHEREAS, in April 1923 the building was ready for occupancy as twenty-five teachers and six hundred students moved into the building and in June of that year twenty one students were the first graduates of the new Langley High School; and

WHEREAS, over the years, as the student population increased, two additions were made to the building and in 1973 it was home to twenty-six hundred students not including faculty and staff; and

WHEREAS, the 85^th Anniversary festivities will include walking tours of the school, a luncheon and dinner dance at Piccolo Mondo Restaurant.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby congratulate Langley High School for eighty five years of educating young people and making our country a better place; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Saturday, October 11, 2008 is declared "LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL DAY" in the City of Pittsburgh.