Pocono Mountain West High School is a high school located in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono region of Northeast Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pocono Mountain School District and opened in 2002 to accommodate the growing population of the area. Before 2002, all high school students in the district attended one school called Pocono Mountain High School. Since 2002, students in the district have been assigned to Pocono Mountain West or Pocono Mountain East based on geography. Pocono Mountain West currently houses grades 10 through 12. Approximately 1,500 students attend Pocono Mountain West.[1]
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Pocono Mountain West is part of the Mountain Valley Conference. [2] Since the district's split, West has done fairly well in sports. In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 the girls Pocono Mountain West Track & Field Team became undefeated Mountain Valley Conference Champions. In 2007, the Football Team finally had a good year and beat rival East Stroudsburg South for the first time ever to become the Mountain Valley Conference Champions in the sport. The next year they went with a record of 7-3.
Boys basketball has been very successful. Boys basketball have earned the title of Mountain Valley Conference Champions for two years straight. The swim team, under the direction of Debbie Pero, has also been very successful. They have attended numerous invitationals including the annual Bucknell University Invitational. The swim team has also had many students go to districts every year, and even move on to national competitions.
The Pocono Mountain West Boys Basketball team won the Mountain Valley Conference championship in 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2011. [3]
Pocono Mountain West's athletic facilities include one all-weather track, two baseball fields, one field hockey field, one football field, one general purpose field, one main gym, two auxiliary gyms, one pool, two soccer fields, two softball fields, and four tennis courts. [4]
Students at Pocono Mountain West can join the following clubs: chess team, poetry club, scholastic scrimmage, FBLA, SADD, Science Olympiad, FCCLA, Leo Club, Speech and Debate, Yearbook, West Ambassadors, library club, green club and mock trial. [5]
The PMW Marching band is the 5 time Chapter Seven Group II Champions. They have participated in and won dozens of competitions along the East Coast, including two TOB Atlantic Coast Championships, a USSBA Pennsylvania State Championship, as well as placing in the top 5 in all major competitions from 2006-2009. The band is currently under the direction of Kenny Luckey.
The PM West Marching Band won the Group 2 Atlantic Coast Championship in 2004 and 2005. [6] The Pocono Mountain West Marching Band also had the honor of playing for President George W. Bush when he came to the Poconos in 2005. [7]
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