Keystone Oaks recognizes three graduates with
Alumni Achievement Award
Dormont High School graduate Ron Paul and
Keystone Oaks High School graduates Ben O’Connor
and Kyrk Pyros have been selected as the recipients of
the 2018 Alumni Achievement Award.
Paul, a 1953 graduate of Dormont High School,
served as a United States Representative for Texas’ 22nd
and 14th congressional districts for 26 years between
1976 and 2013. Pyros, a successful business owner and
volunteer member of the Strike Team 1 rescue squad
that responds to critical situations, graduated from
Keystone Oaks High School in 1985. O’Connor, a school
counselor at Fox Chapel High School and current youth
sports coach, is a 1994 graduate of Keystone Oaks High
School.
In addition to representing Texas as a United States
congressman, Mr. Paul also sought the presidency of the
United States, both as a Libertarian Party nominee and
as a candidate for the Republican Party. He grew up in
Green Tree, attended Gettysburg College and earned
his medical degree from Duke University’s School of
Medicine. He served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air
Force from 1963 to 1968 and worked as an obstetrician-
gynecologist for two decades. He retired from Congress
in 2013 and founded the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and
Prosperity, a foreign policy think tank that is a project of
his Foundation for Rational Economics & Education.
After graduating from Keystone Oaks, Mr. Pyros went
on to earn his degree in Structural Engineering from
Penn State University. He is now the owner of Full Circle
Development, which is made up of Allegheny Crane
Rental and the George Washington Hotel, a building that
he purchased and restored nearly ten years ago. Kyrk is
also a civic-minded individual, serving as president of
his church’s board of directors and volunteering for PA
Urban Search and Rescue’s Strike Team 1, a volunteer
rescue squad that is called upon in critical situations
when life is in danger in high risk situations including
trench and building collapses. Last summer, an
apartment building collapsed in Washington, PA and a
victim was trapped in her apartment. Mr. Pyros helped
direct the rescue and was the team member who
extracted the victim through a hole from her collapsed
apartment.
Mr. O’Connor has been involved in athletics both as a
player and a coach since his days at Keystone Oaks High
School. In the early 2000s, Ben coached the varsity boys’
basketball team, leading it to some of its most successful
seasons. Since then, he has coached high school
basketball at Fox Chapel and Bethel Park and collegiate
basketball at Westminster College. Today, Mr. O’Connor
coaches youth sports in Dormont, where he has worked
with hundreds of children over the past three years,
volunteering his time and giving back to the community.
“It is an honor to be able to recognize the
accomplishments of these graduates and commend
them for the pride that they bring to the Keystone Oaks
School District,” said Dr. William Stropkaj, Superintendent
for the Keystone Oaks School District. “Their personal
and professional accomplishments are truly remarkable
and will undoubtedly serve as a source of inspiration for
the class of 2018.”
Back to School Dates
Orientation events will be held in each building:
• Monday, August 20 – Middle School Orientation for
all sixth grade and new students. 10 a.m. Transportation
information will be sent in early August.
• Tuesday, August 21 – High School Orientation for all
ninth grade and new students. 10 a.m. Transportation
information will be sent in early August.
• Friday, August 24 – Elementary Orientation for new
students in grades 1-5 only.
Students and a parent/guardian may attend from either
9 – 10 a.m. or 1 – 2 p.m.
Monday, August 27, 2018 is the first day of school for
students in grades 1-12. Students entering kindergarten
will attend a one-hour orientation with their parent/
guardian on August 28.
• Aiken Elementary - 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
• Dormont Elementary - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
• Myrtle Elementary - 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
On August 29, 30 and 31, kindergarten students will
attend school for a half d ay and will be dismissed after
lunch/recess. Students will utilize their normal mode of
transportation on these days.
• Aiken Elementary - 8:30 am. - 12:30 p.m.
• Dormont Elementary – 8:05 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
• Myrtle Elementary - 8:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 is the first full day of school
for kindergarten students.
KEYSTONE OAKS
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