Penfield High School

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Penfield High School
Type	Public high school
Principal	Mark VanVliet
Faculty	~120 (2006)
Students	1,604 (2006)
Grades	9-12
Location	25 High School Drive, Penfield, New York, USA
District	Penfield Central School District
Campus	suburban
Colors	Red and White and Black
Website	http://www.penfield.edu/highschool.cfm?subpage=30134/

Penfield High School is a public high school located in in Penfield, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. It offers a comprehensive curriculum for students in grades 9-12.

1 Overview
2 Sports
3 Healthy food policy
4 Bomb threats
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Overview

In addition to traditional core subjects, students can choose from a wide variety of Advanced Placement offerings for college credit, such as AP English Language and Composition, and AP American Studies, which combines APs for both English and History classes. Also offered are U.S. History and Government, American Government, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, calculus, English, French, Spanish, mathematics and statistics. Penfield offers numerous electives in arts, music, engineering, business and more. The foreign language department includes Spanish, French, German, and Latin. Vocational and alternative education experiences are also made available to students. The school's expressed goal is to create a warm and welcoming environment for all students and to actively encourage the involvement of parents in their children's education.

[edit] Sports

Penfield High School teams have won the following championsips:

Class AA New York State Boys Soccer Champions - 2001, 2002, 2004
Boy's Class AA Section V Cross Country Champions - 2005 and 2007
Girl's Class AA Section V Tennis Champions
Boy's Class AA Section V Tennis Champions - 2004
Girl's Class AA Section V Indoor Track Champions
Boy's Section V State Qualifier Indoor 3200 Meter Relay Champions - 2005
Boy's Section V State Qualifier Outdoor 3200 Meter Relay Champions
Division II Class A Swimming Champions - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Boy's Volleyball Class A Section V champions - 2000, 2006
Boys Lax Class A Section V champions - 2000, 2006
Girls Lax Class A Regional and Section V champions - 2007
Class AA New York State Girls volleyball champions - 2005
Football League Champions - 2006
Indoor Track Section V 4x800m Champions - 2007
Baseball League champions - 2008

[edit] Healthy food policy

The most recent topic of dispute is the healthy food policy.^{[citation needed]} Restrictions have been put into place with regards to the items that can be purchased in the cafeteria, commons, and vending machines. These require that all of the food being sold is relatively healthy. Because of this policy, the butter from the bagel toasting stations was temporarily removed, but reinstated due to a lack of student willingness to consume the butterless bagels.

The main question coming from teachers is, if Penfield holds this unhealthy food restriction policy, why do doughnuts and pizza still make their way into the class prizes for fundraisers?

The policies described above and further defined in the health checklist^[1] are doing much good for the Penfield community. There are a variety of healthy options, and candy is no longer being sold in the vending machines. Baked chips are being sold in the lunch lines instead of fried ones, and a Vitamin water vending machine has been set up, which is widely popular among students.

[edit] Bomb threats

Penfield High School has experienced a number of bomb threats^[2]. Multiple arrests were made, not only within the high school, but in the middle school as well. As of 2007, there have been two incidences of bomb threats.^{[citation needed]}