Manheim Township High School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Manheim Township High School
Location
School Road
Lancaster, PA 17606
Information
Head of school currently conducting a principal search
Principal David Hanna (retired Feb. 29, 2008)
Type Public secondary
Grades 9–12
Mascot Blue Streak & Sir Streaksalot the Lion
Color(s) Blue & White
Information (717) 560-3097
Homepage http://www.mtwp.net

Manheim Township High School is a four-year public high school located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Manheim Township School District. The school is known for its Quiz Bowl team, which won a national championship in 2000 and for its performing arts group which is locally praised for its high quality productions. Its CEEB Code for SAT registration and college applications is 392865.

Contents

[edit] History

The school was originally built in the 1950s with an addition in 1978. Renovations are being done.

[edit] Renovation

In 2006 a controversial construction project commenced, extending the newer air-conditioned 1978 side of the building. The project includes a new classroom wing, new gymnasium, fields between the new classroom wing and gymnasium, a new data room, industrial art shops, a cafeteria addition and renovation, the demolition of the wrestling and industrial art shops, a renovation of the majority of the 1978 building, library, and the fields near Oregon Road, an auditorium, the demolition and removal of the 1950s building, construction of a connecting link to replace the 1950s building, technology education and 2 existing gyms, and demolition of existing electric room, pool and locker rooms, shuffleboard hall, convocation hall, nursing and guidance areas, music and stage support, partial tennis court demolition and modification, and Oregon and Valley Road improvements to occur during the summer months while school is in recess.

[edit] Technology

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded a grant to the High School to buy new technology. The grant was part of Governor Ed Rendell's Classrooms for the Future Program, a $20 million program, which was announced by the governor on September 20, 2006. As part of the grant, the school received several SMART Boards manufactured by Polyvision and Webster Software, as well as several hundred MacBook and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops.

In addition, the school has over 500 desktop and laptop workstations running Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Apple Inc Mac OS X. Every workstation running Windows XP Professional was manufactured by Dell. The school has purchased software such as the complete Macromedia Suite which includes Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, and Flash MX, all version 6. In addition, the school has Microsoft Office 2003 installed on every workstation.

From 2000-2005, the school, in cooperation with the Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13, used Blackboard as a way for the school to interact with students and through the Internet, and to give courses online content. It was also the main method of coursework for the Virditional High School. However, due to the school's new budget, and because of high price demands, Blackboard was eventually removed. As a replacement, the school switched to Moodle as the main way for students to interact with their coursework online.

Starting with the 2005-2006 school year, the school now uses K12 Systems's Sapphire Suite as the primary gradebook and report card generation system. Previously, the school had used InteGrade Pro and EasyGrade Pro. However, the school wanted a way for children and parents to view their grades at home. This suite of software allows for online access of the students current grades through the Parent Portal, and allows teachers and faculty at-home access to their classes gradebooks.

The library uses Follett Software applications for the circulation and catalog.

The main program used for maintaining a database of student info is SASI.

[edit] Music and Theater

Manheim Township houses a strong music program. In April 2008, the school's band, orchestra, and chorus traveled to Boston to participate in the Heritage Festival. All three groups received awards for their performances. Combined, they received the Festival Sweepstakes Award for having the highest total score of all schools participating.

[edit] Athletics

The school has grown fame for its football team, which has two winning seasons since 1988, and the high school soccer team earned the State runner-up title in 2006 for class AAA. 2007 graduate Pat Bostick was starting freshman quarterback for much of Pittsburgh's 2007 football season. The high school baseball team won the State runner-up title in 2006 for class AAAA. The boys soccer team was also state runner-up for AAA. The cross country team was state runner-up in 1974, 1999, and 2005. The boys lacrosse team was state runner-up in 2006 as well as Western Pennsylvania State Champions. In 2007 the lacrosse team won their second consecutive District Championship, while compiling a record of 26-1. Senior attackman Tim Stratton set a national record for most points scored in a high school career. The Manheim Township girls lacrosse team won the Lancaster Lebanon league in 2007. Manheim Township High School has one main high school rival,Hempfield High School.

[edit] Famous Alumni

[edit] External links

Preceded by
James Island High School		 National Academic Championship champion
2000		 Succeeded by
Irmo High School