William Tennent High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12, located in

Warminster, Pennsylvania Warminster Township (also referred to as Warminster) is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formally established in 1711. The township is 13.7 miles north of Philadelphia and had a population of 32,682 according to the 201 ...

, US. The school is the only public high school serving

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and Upper Southampton townships and

Ivyland Ivyland is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is known for one of the finest collections of Victorian architecture, Victorian buildings in the state, most of which is registered with the ...

borough in the Centennial School District, located in

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. The school was named in honor of

William Tennent William Tennent (1673 – May 6, 1746) was an early Scottish American Presbyterian minister and educator in British North America. Early life Tennent was born in Mid Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1673. He graduated from the Univers ...

, Presbyterian minister and founder of the original

Log College The Log College, founded in 1727, was the first theological seminary serving Presbyterians in North America, and was located in what is now Warminster, Pennsylvania. It was founded by William Tennent and operated from 1727 until Tennent's death in ...

, a very early theological school located in the colony of Pennsylvania. The first William Tennent High School building was located across the street from the current high school and when both were in use, the buildings were called William Tennent Intermediate High School (grades 9 and 10) and William Tennent Senior High School (grades 11 and 12) (the current school). The site of the original

is located near the modern high school

Notable alumni

* Brian Baker (Class of 1985) – actor, former Sprint pitchman *

Steve Capus Stephen Allan "Steve" Capus (born October 4, 1963) is an Executive Editor of CBS News. He is the former president of NBC News. Early life and career Steve Capus was born in 1963, the son of Jean and Paul Capus. His mother is a teacher's aide; his ...

– president of NBC News: 2005-13; currently executive producer of CBS News * Kermit Cintron (Class of 1999) – champion boxer * Frank Coonelly (Class of 1978) – President,

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* Thomas W. Druce (Class of 1979) – former

Pennsylvania State Representative The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

Len Hatzenbeller Leonard Phillip Hatzenbeller Jr. (born May 6, 1959) is an American former basketball center. In college, he competed for Drexel. He was both an honorable mention All-American and the East Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1981. A native ...

(Class of 1977) – professional basketball player * Bernie O'Neill - former

Josh Ostrander Joshua Keith Ostrander (born April 8), also known as Mondo Cozmo, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now based in Los Angeles, California. His solo music has been described as "chorus-he ...

(Class of 1998) – musician *

Mike Pettine Michael Mark Pettine (born September 25, 1966) is an American football coach who currently is an assistant head coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2014 to 2015, an ...

– head coach,

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, was a head coach for the school before being terminated *

Mike Vogel Michael James Vogel (born July 17, 1979) is an American actor and former model. Vogel began acting in 2001 and has appeared in several films and series, including ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'', ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'', ''Grind' ...

(Class of 1998) – actor

Feeder schools

Middle schools

: Log College Middle School : Eugene Klinger Middle School

Elementary schools

: McDonald Elementary : Willow Dale Elementary : Davis Elementary

References

External links

Official school website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1955 Public high schools in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1974 Schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania