| Central Bucks High School East | |
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| Established | 1969 |
| Type | Public Co-Ed Secondary |
| Principal | Abram M. Lucabaugh |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Location | 2804 Holicong Road, Buckingham, Pennsylvania 18912, U.S.A. |
| Colors | Red, White,and Blue |
| Mascot | The Patriot |
| Website | http://www1.cbsd.org/schools/cbeast/Pages/Default.aspx |
Central Bucks High School East is one of three high schools in the Central Bucks School District. The school is located in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in Bucks County, adjunct to Holicong Middle School. Its sister schools are Central Bucks High School West and Central Bucks High School South and its feeder schools are Holicong Middle School and Tohickon Middle School. Central Bucks High School East is commonly referred to as CB East or "East."
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CB East has a student population of about 1,750, making it the second largest high school in the Central Bucks School District. The school's students follow a block scheduling system in which students take 90-minute classes for one semester, or half of each school year.
The curriculum boasts sixteen Advanced Placement courses and honors courses in most disciplines. Over 650 Advanced Placement tests were recently administered to CB East students, who excelled in every area. Newsweek magazine designated Central Bucks High School East one of the most competitive high schools in the nation. Recent graduating classes consistently score in the top five percent of all high schools in the state on the rigorous Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). The Class of 2000 scored highest of all comprehensive high schools on both the math and reading portions of the PSSA. This feat is especially noteworthy since there are over 500 high schools in Pennsylvania. Central Bucks East is also a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
CB East has had several additions built onto it over the years, including the Boyd Wagner addition - known as the "Open Space" to east students, and in 1997 a very large edition that added a new wing of classrooms, a new auxiliary gym, and a new library. In 2010 the school, now over 40 years old, began what is to be a multi-million dollar addition and renovation project that will encompass the entire school and take several years to complete. The project includes the addition of a new science and technology wing with 14 science labs, several computer labs, and a large television studio. Other phases will involve the renovation and gutting of old classrooms, and reconfiguring the school's main lobby area into a more open plan. The project is expected to be completed in 2014.
Central Bucks East offers the following sports teams:
Girls: Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming/Diving, Tennis, Track (winter and spring), Volleyball
Boys: Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming/Diving, Track (winter and spring), Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling
Painting the rock in front of the school is a long-standing tradition for CB East students. Members of different athletic teams, classes, and groups will spray paint the rock with different designs throughout the course of the school year. Painting may take place before a big sports game with a rival or just on a random weekend. The school's rivals CB West and CB South also have rocks on their school properties. A common prank is to paint one of the rival school's rocks with your school's colors. (Example: Painting the CB West rock in CB East red, white, and blue.)
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