Due to widespread power outages and storm damage, the Greater Latrobe School District will be CLOSED today, September 4. There will be no remote instruction.

Due to the severe weather, there is a 2 hour delay tomorrow, September 4, for the Greater Latrobe School District.

Greater Latrobe Senior High School was honored to host Dr. Glenn Kashurba for a presentation on the history and impact of Flight 93 to commemorate the upcoming 25th anniversary of September 11th. Dr. Kashurba is a nationally recognized Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with a broad and distinguished medical career as a Disaster Psychiatrist. When Flight 93 crashed 6 miles from his office in rural Somerset County, Dr. Kashurba responded and volunteered with the American Red Cross to provide support to the grieving families at the Shanksville crash site. He subsequently chronicled the experiences of local residents who helped during the disaster with his book Courage After the Crash. Kashurba donated his author's royalties to 9/11 and children's charities.

During his presentation, Dr. Kashurba shared critical insights into courage, resilience, and community strength, including sharing the heroism of the brave passengers and crew who fought back to protect our nation, the extraordinary compassion shown by Somerset County residents, first responders, and local volunteers, and teaching students how communities heal and find strength through unity after a national tragedy. Thank you to Dr. Kashurba for this powerful day of history and remembrance. #NeverForget

At Greater Latrobe Junior and Senior High Schools, trained 8th grade mentors, known as W.E.B. leaders (Where Everybody Belongs), and trained high school mentors, known as Link Crew leaders, assisted teachers and counselors in running an orientation program on the first day of school for incoming 7th and 9th graders. Students participated in large group icebreakers as well as small group activities designed to break down barriers and build relationships. WEB leaders and Link Crew leaders will continue to meet with 7th graders and 9th graders throughout the entire year for academic and social follow-ups as well as individual leader initiated contacts to ensure all students are confidently navigating their way through their first year at the Junior and Senior High Schools.

Greater Latrobe Senior High students in the *new* AP Business course used hands-on project-based learning as an introduction to the topics they will be learning about in the class throughout the year. They completed a Chips Ahoy Mining Activity to learn about productivity, scarcity, opportunity cost, revenue, profit, teamwork, communications, capital, risk, and decision-making. It was a sweet way to introduce core business disciplines! 🍪✨

SAVE THE DATE! Parents/Guardians of the Class of 2027 are invited to Financial Aid Information Night with the Senior High Guidance Team on Thursday, Oct. 8th in the CSC at Greater Latrobe Senior High School. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the presentation will begin at 6:30 pm. Please contact the Senior High Guidance Office with any questions.

Shout-out to the “Banana Band” for their a-peel-ing performances last weekend at the Great American Banana Split Festival in downtown Latrobe! 🍌 Made up of students from the Wildcat Marching Band, they went bananas and totally smashed it! 🙌

Thank you to the Greater Latrobe and Derry Area Interact Clubs, who volunteered their time at Friday night’s “Backyard Brawl” football game to collect donations for the Rotary Club of Latrobe’s “Food for Thought” Backpack Program. Thanks to their efforts as well as all of the generous community members who donated, both groups were able to raise an impressive total of $3,100 for the Backpack Program, which benefits students from both Greater Latrobe and Derry Area school districts. This equates to 258 backpacks filled with food to help feed students every weekend for the entire school year! THANK YOU to both school communities who came together last night for this great cause! 🙌

Check out the following camp opportunities for GLSD elementary students to participate in Greater Latrobe Cheerleading and Greater Latrobe Junior Color Guard:

Latrobe Wildcats Varsity and JH Cheer-Cheer Paws
https://www.facebook.com/share/1EXhigfxgF/

Greater Latrobe Junior Color Guard Camp:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesiW16sTLXeT4wzbWsy9U6-ERQvTqwzWXZJwftCnqpXnbozg/viewform

The school year is looking ✨BRIGHT!✨

Greater Latrobe welcomed back students for the first week of school! 🧡🖤 Our Wildcats brought extra sunshine to the hallways and a whole lot of style! We look forward to watching students learn, grow, and shine bright all year long! 😎

Check out the video below from the first week of school!
https://youtube.com/shorts/0xJnz_3GFyQ?feature=share

The Wildcat Den is ready to ROAR! 🐯

Here are the Wildcat Den themes for the 2026-27 Wildcat Football season. Students are encouraged to participate and show their school spirit! 🧡🖤 Remember to be positive and respectful! And of course, be LOUD and PROUD! 📣 #GoCats #WildcatPride

🏈🎺📣 Game Day is here! Good luck to our Wildcat Football Team, Marching Band, and Cheerleaders as they take on Derry in our first home game of the season! Bring the energy, make some noise, and let’s fill the stands! 🎬 This video was created by our Sports Broadcasting students! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3r9Cglj94c LET’S GO CATS! 🏈

✨𝓕𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓶𝓼, 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓱 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻!✨

The Class of 2027 showed off their school spirit and class pride this week by decorating their jeans with creative designs to celebrate the start of their senior year! 🧡🖤

Join us for a Community Pep Rally on Thursday, August 27th at 7:00 pm at Bob Evancho Park, hosted by the Greater Latrobe Varsity Football Team and Cheerleading Squad.🏈📣 Let's come together to show our school spirit and cheer on the Wildcats before their first game vs. Derry on Friday, August 28th at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. #GoCats 🧡🖤

📣 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! 📣

Greater Latrobe and Derry Area are going head-to-head in a "FILL THE BUCKET CHALLENGE" and we need our community's help! 🏈 During this Friday's football game vs. Derry at Latrobe Memorial Stadium, donations will be collected at the gate for the Rotary Club of Latrobe Backpack Program, which benefits students from both Greater Latrobe and Derry Area school districts.

💸 Bring extra cash to fill the Wildcat Bucket and help us raise more money than Derry! If you can't attend the game but would still like to donate, the Senior High Main Office will accept donations now through Friday. 🧡🖤

Let's show our Wildcat Pride, support a PAWsitive cause, and beat the Trojans! 🐾

In what has become a yearly tradition, the Greater Latrobe Senior High School Class Officers organize the senior parking spot project, which allows seniors to paint a design on their school parking space that reflects their personality. 🎨 This project boosts school pride and camaraderie, and gives students a sense of ownership in their community. Many thanks to all involved who helped make this year's parking spot project a great success! ✨Community members are welcome to drive through our parking lot outside of school hours to observe ALL of the amazing painted spaces! 🌟

The Wildcat Marching Band held its annual Preview Show on Monday, Aug. 17 at Rossi Field. Attendees danced the night away to “Ladies of the 80s”! 🪩Watch a clip from the Preview Show by clicking on the link below!

https://youtu.be/3j8Nqibm0F0?si=gr_JWzps88O06-vj

Be sure to check out their spectacular show during halftime of the Wildcat Football games at Latrobe Memorial Stadium this season. It’s totally tubular! ✨😎

Greater Latrobe Senior High School is excited to welcome back our Wildcats in style! The GLSHS Pep Club alongside Mrs. Beckas and Miss Conrad want each and every Senior High student to feel excited and remind them of the fun that they will have this year! The sign was created by Katie Fischer and the balloons were done by Lacey Kocian of Latrobe! Let’s Go Wildcats! 🧡🖤

We’re ready to ✨ROCK✨this school year! 🎸 Check out the Welcome Back video below using the link! The volume is up 🔊, the energy is electric ⚡️, and our faculty and staff can’t wait to greet students on the following days this week: Monday 8/24: Grades 1-6, 7 and 9 Tuesday 8/25: Grades 8, 10-12 (1-12 in session) Wednesday 8/26: Kindergarten begins Welcome back, Wildcats! 🐾🧡🖤 https://youtu.be/rxSeiY4SXjY