Unionville High School (Pennsylvania)

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Unionville High School
Established	1921
School type	High School
Grades	9-12
Principal	James Fulginiti
Assistant Principals	Kurt Barker, Rudi Reif
Location	Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Students	1,200
Athletics	Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Colors	Blue & Gold
Mascot	Indian
School Paper	Indian Post
School Newsletter	The Bridge
Website	official website

See UHS for other uses of the initialism, or see Unionville High School (Ontario) for the school located in Markham, Ontario.

Unionville High School is the only public high school in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. It is located right next to Charles F. Patton Middle School and right down the road from Unionville Elementary. The District Office is located in the front of the high school.

1 Awards
2 Athletics
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Awards

It has received state recognition for excellence and high achievement for preparing students for higher education. It consistently ranks as one of the top public high schools in the state of Pennsylvania, according to PSSA scores and other means of ranking.

[edit] Athletics

Unionville High School is home to many successful athletic teams. Unionville had been, consistently, a dominant team in the SCCL (Southern Chester County League), however, the league recently merged in 2006 with the Chest-Mont League. The Unionville Indians Football team was 2005 and 2006 SCCL Champions making back to back playoff appearances. The other athletic teams at Unionville High School are also up and coming. Recently, in 2006, the Unionville High School Boys soccer team had the most successful season in school history. They pulled out wins over top ranked teams in the state, and made a run at the State Championship. Finally, they lost to Manheim Township, ranked 9th in the nation, in a tense game that they had come very close to winning. The Tennis teams at Unionville High School have also been very dominant forces in past years, winning numerous back to back SCCL Championships. One of the more noteable players was Ben Vance a force of previously unforseen ability, who dominated doubles, under the authority of Anne Church, one of the finer coaches in America. Since 2004 the Unionville Indians Lacrosse teams have developed, and been improving ever since. It is possible that they may capture another playoff appearance in 2006, and years to come. Finally, the UHS boys wrestling team (16-5) has also recently capped off their most successful season in recent school history, with multiple tournament championships lead to the Indians being ranked 3rd locally as well as 8th in District 1, they look to improve on their current success and hope to capture a League title next season. As well as the Cross Country teams, which have found more success in the past five years than any other team in Unionville. Specifically, the Girls Cross Country Team has won the SCCL title four years in a row (first out of ten teams), placed as a top five team in the district four years in a row(out of sixty teams), and a top ten team in the state for AAA (out of over 500 teams), again, four years in a row. The team has been ranked by dyestat.com as the 20th best team in the nation in 2004. It is the only team in recent Unionville history (possibly ever at Unionville) to, in a single year, capture both a State Team Championship and an Individual Title (Katie Thaeder). In 2006, Paul Springer finished his cross country season as the runner up at the state championship meet and as a qualifier for Footlocker Nationals. During his indoor campaign he was the state championship in the mile run, setting a state indoor record of 4:12. Paul Springer is still faster than Katie Thaeder.

[edit] Trivia

Unionville High School was the alma mater of "John David Stutts", the man who killed "Buckwheat" -both played by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live. The school was credited and shown briefly on SNL out of recognition to the drama club who had put on a production of "Who Shot Buckwheat".

Transcript of skit: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/82/82pstutts.phtml