School in Media, PA, Pennsylvania, United States
Penncrest High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.[3] It is a part of the Rose Tree Media School District.
The district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes the following municipalities: Middletown Township, Media, Edgmont Township, and Upper Providence Township.[4]
Clubs and societies
Honor Societies
Clubs
- Emanon, theatre club
- Filming South & Lincoln
- World Language Honors Club
- Lion's Paw Society
- The Gryphon (literary magazine)
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Model UN
- Debate Club
- Improv Club
- Chess Club
- Medical Scholars Club
- Gay Straight Alliance
- Asian Club
- Fair Trade Club
- Libertarians of Penncrest
Academic teams
- Hi-Q – the oldest academic quiz competition in the United States, began in 1948. Delco Champions (1999, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015), National Champions (2015)
- Envirothon – PA State Champions (2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017),[5] North American Champions (2000, 2005, 2009, 2017)
- Physics Olympics – a regional competition combining problem solving and various construction oriented competitions. Penncrest holds two national records for consecutive championships and consecutive meets won.
- Science Olympiad – PA State Champions (2014), PA State 2nd Place finalists (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013); National results: 8th in 2004; 11th in 2005; 5th in 2006; 7th in 2007; 8th in 2008; 6th in 2009; 4th in 2010; 4th in 2011; 14th in 2013; 8th in 2014
Music
Sports
For the 2018–2019 school year. Penncrest competed in 12 interscholastic boys' sports and 11 girls' sports including boys' baseball, basketball, cross country running, American football, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and wrestling. Girls competed in basketball, cross country running, field hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. Penncrest competes in the Central League, District One, of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).
In 2005, the ice hockey team won the state championship. In 2014, the boys' lacrosse team won the PIAA state championship.
Curriculum
Penncrest High School offers a variety of courses in a wide range of academic subject areas. Students are able to study courses in Art, Business Education, ESL, Family & Consumer Sciences, English, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education & Health, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Technology Education, and World Languages. More than 200 courses and 17 AP programs are offered.
The rigor of courses at the school follows a four-level setup: Advanced Placement (AP), Accelerated, Honors, and College Prep. Many juniors and seniors challenge themselves in the numerous Advanced Placement courses offered by the school. These include: AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Music Theory & Composition, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP US History, AP European History, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government & Politics, AP French Language, AP Chinese Language, and AP Spanish Language, and AP Capstone (AP Seminar and AP Research). In the 2010–2011 school year, Penncrest also added Mandarin Chinese to its course offerings, attracting enough students to fill two classes. Since the 2013 school year, sophomores have been permitted to take select AP courses including AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, AP seminar, and AP European History.
