Fox Chapel Area High School received the 1995 state and national Drug-Free Schools and Communities Prevention Recognition Award, and was chosen as one of America's best high schools in the April 1996 issue of Redbook magazine. The district's teachers have received numerous individual awards and grants including a national Christa McAuliffe grant, state environmental education teacher of the year, state secondary art teacher of the year, state elementary and secondary counselor of the year, the 1990 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, and 1994 Pennsylvania Elementary Teacher of the Year. Fox Chapel Area students have traditionally achieved great academic and extracurricular success and continue to be recognized on local, state, national, and international levels for academic excellence, artistic and musical ability, athletic achievement, and community service. Continuous Progress Instruction. The Fox Chapel Area School District has made a commitment to maximize the learning potential of all students and to prepare them to succeed in the 21st century world.
Students learn through methods and strategies as varied as their individual personalities.
Continuous Progress Instruction incorporates mastery learning, cooperative learning, responsibility training, adapted procedures, and technology into regular classroom teaching and management. These methods and techniques are incorporated in the high school program, as well as the middle and elementary schools. The Fox Chapel Area School District is made up of a diverse population which demands a quality education for the students in its community. The community has always been involved in the schools, however, that involvement has become more vital than ever before. Over the past several years, both parents of students and non-parent community representatives have been involved as participants of advisory and study committees, as well as at all levels of the strategic planning process.