| Reading High School | |
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| 801 North 13th Street Reading, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| School district | Reading School District |
| Superintendent | J. Drue Miles (acting)[1] |
| Principal | Eric B. Turman[2] |
| Grades | 11th and 12th |
| Number of students | 2,950 students[3] |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Athletics | Basketball, Football, Baseball, Softball, Field Hockey, Swimming, Water Polo, Track and Field, Cross Country, Wrestling, Soccer, Bowling, Golf, Marching Band, JROTC |
| Mascot | Red Knight |
| Website | [1] |
Affectionately known as "The Castle on the Hill," Reading High School in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States is home to nearly 3,000 students and several hundred teachers. The school houses 11th through 12th grade students from within the city limits in one of the largest school buildings on the east coast, with over 7 miles of hallway. The school is ethnically diverse—a broad spectrum of nationalities are well represented within the school’s population—and academically diverse—a multitude of unique electives and varied extracurricular activities are offered. While much is made of the urban environment and rumors of violence seem to fill the media, many students have been quite successful. Contrary to the common perception, over the last fifteen years the school's diverse urban atmosphere combined with exceptional teaching and advanced placement programs has contributed to the acceptance of many of Reading High’s top students at several prestigious universities, including Harvard, Yale, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, Dickinson College, Oberlin College, the University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, and Syracuse University.
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Boys Basketball won the Berks Conference I Division, another Berks County Championship in 2 years and their 20th PIAA District 3 Title. The team finished 28–3 Overall. The basketball program also has the most wins in the state with over 1900 wins.
Girls Basketball won the Berks Conference I Division, another Berks County Championship in 2 years, and finished 4th in the PIAA District 3 Tournament. The team finished 23–5 Overall.
The school has received a great deal of broadcasting and recording equipment from Bob Seidel, Vice President of CBS Engineering and Advanced Technology, who is an alumnus of Reading High School. Students who are members of Knight Life, the school's television club, produce live morning announcements and a live weekly, hour-long television show cablecast on a local Public-access television channel. They also participate, along with several other county schools, in a show called Bridging the Generation Gap, co-produced with Berks County Television (BCTV). A new program, the Red Knight Report (RKR), features student produced film and news productions highlighting a variety of events throughout the school district. RKR is student run and incorporates interviews, round table discussions, and creative stylistic and graphic designs to present a well rounded and dynamic portrayal of current happenings within the Reading School District.
The German American Exchange Program provides a yearly activity that affords Reading High School students the opportunity to travel to Germany and live in the culture for two weeks and then reciprocate in the spring when the German students come to Pennsylvania for two weeks. Students are allowed to sign up at the end of their sophomore year. This opportunity not only allows students to experience a new culture, but gives students the goal to be responsible for themselves such as fund raising for their trip. The GAEP is one of the opportunities that makes Reading High School diverse – this program is one of its kind throughout all of the public Berks County high schools.
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