Parkland High School (Pennsylvania)

Parkland High School
Address
2700 North Cedar Crest Boulevard
Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18104
United States
Coordinates 40°38′20″N 75°32′47″W / 40.6388°N 75.5465°WCoordinates: 40°38′20″N 75°32′47″W / 40.6388°N 75.5465°W
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1949
School district Parkland School District
Superintendent Richard T. Sniscak
Principal James E. Moniz II
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 3,194 (September 2014)
Color(s)      Cardinal Red
     Gray
Team name Trojans
Newspaper The Trumpet
Yearbook Par Key
Website Parkland High School
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Parkland High School is a public high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania that serves students in grades 9 to 12. It is the only high school for the Parkland School District. With 3,194 students in the 2014-2015 academic year, Parkland is the largest high school in the Lehigh Valley.[1]

History

Parkland High School was formed in 1949 when North Whitehall Township and South Whitehall Township merged to create Parkland Union School District, with Upper Macungie Township joining in 1950. Its predecessor, South Whitehall High School, was housed in the current-day Troxell Building. Parkland used the same facility until a larger building on Route 309 in Orefield was completed in 1954, which served as the high school for 45 years.[4] In 1999, the new and current Parkland High School building on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown was opened due to overcapacity of the second building. The old school was renovated and renamed Orefield Middle School, replacing Troxell Junior High School.[5][6] When viewed from above, the layout of the current building and grounds closely approximates the shape of the Millennium Falcon, a spacecraft featured in the Star Wars films.[7] School officials claim that the design was not deliberate.[8]

Academics

Parkland High School ranks as the number one high school in the Lehigh Valley by standardized test scores for the year 2013.[9]

Arts

Parkland has numerous musical groups, including a dance team, orchestral ensembles, choral groups, and a concert band, jazz band, marching band, indoor colorguard, and indoor drumline.

Athletics

Parkland competes in the Lehigh Valley Conference in District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Parkland's primary athletic rivalry is with Emmaus High School in neighboring Emmaus. Cumulatively among all of its sports, Parkland has secured nine Pennsylvania state championship titles.[10]

Parkland is particularly well known for several exceptional athletic programs, including its girls' and boys' basketball and girls' and boys' swimming teams, both of which won Pennsylvania state championships in 2006. The school's girls' softball team won the first Pennsylvania state-wide championship ever held (in 1975).

Basketball

In the 2005-2006 season, the girls' basketball team captured the PIAA state championship title. In the 2003-2004 season, the boys' basketball team captured the PIAA AApuAA state championship title.

Football

2002 team

In 2002, the Parkland football team won the Pennsylvania AAAA State Championship. The team ended the year ranked 6th in the nation by USA Today.[11]

Swimming

The girls' swim team were PIAA class 3A state champions in 2001, 2003 and 2006 and have been ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Volleyball

In the 2011 Girls' Volleyball season, the girls captured the PIAA AAA state title.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "District Profile". parklandsd.org. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Administration". parklandsd.org. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.parklandsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Jim-Moniz.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.northwhitehall.org/earlyhistory/DOC052507.pdf
  5. ↑ "Parkland High Target Date Extended To 1999". The Morning Call. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Parkland High School Profile Retrieved on Feb 21, 2010
  7. ↑ Spears, Steve (August 4, 2011). "This high school made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ Hibbard, Laura (April 16, 2012). "Millennium Falcon Look-Alike High School Delights 'Star Wars' Fans". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Parkland High School Profile" (PDF). parklandsd.org. 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  10. ↑ LVIAC Historical Stats.
  11. ↑ "Final 2002 Super 25 Rankings". USA Today. December 24, 2002.
  12. ↑ Macmillan Speakers - Aimee Mullins Bio Retrieved on Feb 21, 2010
  13. ↑ "Donald William Snyder (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-02-01.
  14. ↑ Williams, Andre D. (July 5, 2007). "For Brant Weidner, time in NBA was all too brief: The former Parkland High star recalls his half a season with the Spurs in 1983-84". The Morning Call.
  15. ↑ Lauren Weisberg Official Bio Retrieved of Feb 21 ,2010

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