Penncrest High School

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Penncrest High School is the high school in the Rose Tree Media School District in Media, Pennsylvania U.S..

The Penncrest Seal

[edit] History: From Media to PHS

The successor to Media High School, Penncrest is a four-year high school, accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and recognized for excellence in education by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

[edit] Curriculum: An Overview

Penncrest's curriculum offers over 150 courses. Honors and Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses are offered in all major subject areas. Students who successfully complete AP courses are eligible to take Advanced Placement tests and receive college credit for these courses. The school also receives credential credit when students take AP classes with respectable results. Additional vocational courses are offered at Delaware County Area Technical schools and further career education is available at satellite institutions.(Students thus enrolled attend one-half day at Penncrest taking required courses and one-half day at the technical school.) Special education programming is also available for students with special needs.

[edit] Course Selection Guide: 2005-2006

This is a sample of offerings from the 2005-2006 academic year [1].

[edit] Testing: How PHS Measures Up

[edit] 1995-2000

Penncrest students score in the top 25 percent of the state on the PSSA. In addition, Penncrest students achieved the highest combined scores in Delaware County on the PSSA.

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)

[edit] Campus Life

There have been many recent renovations to the classrooms and athletic facilities. But they have failed to better the schools facilities. Penncrest has the worst athletics fields in the Central League. The new Gymnasium is poorly designed. The renovations at Penncrest High School leave alot to be desired and are not fair to the students nor to the community.

[edit] Student Life

Events such as the Junior Variety Show, dances, and plays balance the academic with the social.

[edit] Faculty

A number of the Faculty have made their web pages, often with syllabi, available [2].

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

A detailed list of Activities and Athletics is available online [3] (PDF).

[edit] Clubs and Societies

• National Honor Society
• World Language Honors Club
• Lion's Paw Society
• Emanon, theatre club
• The Lion's Roar, newspaper
• The Gryphon [4] (1999-2004 available in PDF)
• Chess Club

[edit] Academic Teams

• Hi-Q - the oldest academic quiz competition in the United States, begun in 1948
• Envirothon - PA State Champions (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006) [5], North American Champions (2000, 2005)
• Physics Olympics - a regional competition combining problem solving and various construction oriented competitions
• Science Olympiad - PA State finalists (2004, 2005, 2006)

[edit] Music

• Band [6]
• Orchestra
• Choir

[edit] Sports

Baseball [7], Basketball, Cross Country Running, Football [8], Golf, Ice Hockey[9], Lacrosse, Softball, Track and Field, Wrestling.

[edit] Noted Alumni: A Partial List

(Media High School was succeeded by Penncrest circa 1955.)

Name (Class) Contribution (partial list)

• Mark Allam (1927) Dean University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
• I. Frank Lees (1936) Media, Pennsylvania's Historian
• Thomas Edwards (1941) Iranian Ministry of Education
• I. King Jordan (1962) Dean Gallaudet University
• Curt Weldon (1965) U.S. Congressman [10]
• Ann Crumb (1968) Actress
• William Whitaker (1969) Painter
• Paul DiMeo (1976) Designer/Carpenter on ABC's Extreme Home Makeover
• Todd Robinson (1977) Writer / Director
• Jonathan Bixby (1977) Coustume & Set Designer, Emmy Winner (deceased)
• Laurie Shannon (1979) Author
• Adam Wernick (1981) Composer
• Greg Washington (1993) Professional Bocce Player
• Katherine Fonshell (1987) Athlete
• John Baker (1967) Former World Class Miler

See also detailed biographies of all those formally inducted.

[edit] External links

[edit] Official Site

• http://www.rtmsd.org

[edit] Reunion Sites

Class of

1963: http://www.penncrest.com/

1968: http://penncrest68.califex.com/scrapbook.htm

1972: http://www.rosetree.k12.pa.us/penn/Current%20Events/reunion/class_of_72_reunion.htm

1975: http://penncrest.tripod.com/

1977: http://www.geocities.com/penncrest77/

1980: http://www.geocities.com/penncrest1980/

1995: http://www.geocities.com/phsclassof1995/

1996: http://www.penncrest96.com/

[edit] Other

• Healthy Communities Initiative-Rose Tree Media

Penncrest High School Class of 2000

http://groups.myspace.com/shootforthestars

http://www.penncrestband.com