(Photo of Terrance A. Smith provided with release)

(MIDLAND, PA)  Terrence A. Smith has been named Principal / Head of School at Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School. Mr. Smith has already assumed his role and is working with school leaders and organizers in developing curriculum, building the school schedule, and hiring faculty.
Mr. Smith comes from the Woodland Hills School District in suburban Pittsburgh where he worked in a variety of administrative positions since 2015 including Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, and, most recently, Principal of the Dickson Preparatory STEAM Academy. Prior to his years at Woodland Hills, he served at the Southwestern Institute For Technology, Community College of Allegheny County, Mercy Behavioral Health Systems, the Wilkinsburg and Sto-Rox school districts, and at Summit Academy. A native of Aliquippa, he is a 1987 graduate of Clarion University of Pennsylvania where he played and coached basketball. He earned his Master of Education Administration at the University of Pittsburgh in 2009.
Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School is southwestern Pennsylvania’s newest free public high school dedicated to authentic, hands-on learning in its four collaborative academies and nine career pathways. The school will open in September and will welcome students in grades 9 through 12 in the ultramodern C. J. Betters Innovation Center in Midland, Beaver County. The academies include the PGT Trucking Transportation + Logistics Academy, the Cyril H. Wecht Forensic Science + Justice Academy, the MITCS Community Development + Sustainability Academy, and the MITCS Skilled Trades + Technical Careers Academy. Prime benefactors include prominent developer Chuck Betters, who donated the property on which MITCS is built and guided the construction project. Pat Gallagher of PGT Trucking gifted the
funds to establish the transportation and logistics academy named for his company. Dr. Cyril H. Wecht provided curriculum that will be used to teach in the forensic science and justice academy that bears his name. Students will be able to earn certifications, licensing, and even college credit while being taught by PA-certified teachers and industry trades experts in a safe learning environment. MITCS is being built on an axiom of diversity by design in that it welcomes children from all communities seeking to be job ready the day they graduate and set on building better futures. Students can begin the enrollment process by visiting
www.mitcharterschool.org.