Butler Area Senior High School
Butler Area Senior High School is a coeducational public senior high school in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, serving grades 10–12. It is the senior high school for the Butler Area School District. The school was founded in 1908, moved to a larger building on an adjacent site in 1917, and moved again to its current site in 1960. History. Butler Senior High School was originally opened in a yellow-brick building on a site bounded by McKean, East North, Cliff, and New Castle Streets in central Butler. In 1917 it moved to a three-story  red-brick building across Cliff Street, the original building becoming the junior high school. In 1937 it was named John A. Gibson High School, in honor of the district superintendent who retired that year. In 1960 it moved again, to a new building on Campus Lane. The 1917 building is now the junior high school, with an annex built in 1994–95 occupying the site of the 1908 building. Extracurricular programs. The Senior High is home to the Butler Golden Tornado athletics teams and offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. Marching band. The Butler Golden Tornado Marching Band marches  175 students, who audition for their places. Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. Butler High School has an Army J.R.O.T.C. program battalion, the Tornado Battalion. Notable alumni. Sports Major League Baseball National Football League Sports, other Film, Stage & Television Music Public Office and Military Technology Pageants Other