[2][4] Originally the building served as the home for the Henry Clay Frick Training School for Teachers, founded by Henry Clay Frick in 1927, which served a training school for teachers.

Pittsburgh Frick 6–8 Middle School moved to the building in 1986 and was temporarily located at Reizenstein which in 2012 was renamed the Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-8. and has since been demolished.

[6] The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12 is now located in the former Peabody High School building in East Liberty.

These fields, named "Concentrations", are split into the following categories: These sub-categories cover a wide range of careers and offer early experience in classes they would not study otherwise.

The pickings are chosen in a weighted lottery, biased on grades, behavior, and attendance.