North Penn High School

North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale borough, 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, along Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 363).

North Penn High School
Address
1340 Valley Forge Road

Lansdale
,
Pennsylvania
19446

United States
Coordinates40°14′06″N 75°18′55″W
Information
School typePublic
Opened1955 (original building), 1971 (current building)
School districtNorth Penn School District
SuperintendentCurt Dietrich
CEEB code392155
PrincipalPete Nicholson
Teaching staff206.82 (FTE)[1]
Grades10–12
Enrollment3,120 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.09[1]
Color(s)Navy and columbia blue
NicknameKnights, Maidens
PublicationThe Troubadour (literary magazine)
NewspaperKnight Crier
YearbookThe Accolade
Websitewww.npenn.org/northpennhs/site/default.asp

North Penn High School was created in 1955 as the result of a joint venture of seven school systems (Hatfield Joint Consolidated, Lansdale Borough, Line Lexington Independent, Montgomery Township, North Wales Borough, Towamencin Township and Upper Gwynedd Township) to educate students from three former high schools: Hatfield High School, Lansdale High School, and North Wales High School. The original North Penn High School building was an expansion of the building that had served as Lansdale High School since the 1930s. The former Hatfield and North Wales buildings were eventually converted to elementary schools. The North Wales building is still used for this purpose today. The Hatfield building, later renamed the E.B. Laudenslager Elementary School, was replaced by a newer building in 1971. The current North Penn High School was constructed in 1971 because of severe overcrowding at the original school. The former high school building, located on Penn Street in Lansdale, is now Penndale Middle School.

North Penn High School is among the largest statewide, with student enrollment for the 2005–2006 school year at 3,423.[2] Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are represented at the high school. Freshmen, although commonly the first year of high school, only occasionally attend certain classes, and are regularly enrolled in one of these three middle schools: Penndale Middle School, Pennbrook Middle School, and Pennfield Middle School. The middle schools enroll grades 7 – 9, while the elementary schools enroll grades K – 6.

Sports

In 2005, 2006, and 2007 Sports Illustrated distinguished North Penn as having the best athletic program in Pennsylvania, noting that the school has "won 45 state championships over the last 10 years" and "is a power in football and is also dominant in boys' swimming." The school is also prominent in boys' and girls' water polo, and boys' winter track, spring track, cross country, and more recently baseball and softball.[3]

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Notable alumni

Notes and references
  1. "North Penn SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. NPHS. "North Penn High School". Schoolwires, Inc. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  3. Doug Huff (May 1, 2005). "Best Sports High Schools". Sports Illustrated.
  4. "Jennifer E. Strong". Legacy.com. The Reporter. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  5. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1725103/brandon-mcmanus
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