Manheim Township High School is a comprehensive four-year

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located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County,

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, United States. It is the only high school in the

Manheim Township School District Manheim Township School District is a suburban, public school district of over 5,000 students in nine schools located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district is well known in the Lancaster County region for its academic ...

. As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,753 students and 118 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 14.9:1. There were 435 students (24.8% of enrollment) eligible for

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and a further 63 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Manheim Twp High School

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. Accessed May 3, 2020.

History

The school was originally built in the 1950s. A $6 million addition in 1978 added a new library to the building. In 2006, planning for a construction project commenced which would renovate much of the school's buildings. The $83 million project included a new classroom wing and new gymnasium, and renovated much of the pre-existing 1978 structure. Additionally, most of the initial 1950s building was removed or renovated entirely in this process. Renovations were completed in December 2008.

Academic team

The school has a Quiz Bowl team, which won a national championship in 2000. The team also won a Pennsylvania state championship in 2022.

Arts

The school's

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is ''Blue Streak News Online''.

Technology

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded a grant to the school to buy new technology. The grant was part of Governor

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's $20 million Classrooms for the Future Program, which Rendell announced on September 20, 2006. As part of the grant, the school received several SMART Boards, as well as a number of student laptops. On September 20, 2017 all students in grades 9-12 were issued an

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Notable alumni

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(1988), professional

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(1995), ''

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Alec Devon Kreider On May 12, 2007, Alec Kreider, a 16-year-old high school student at the time, murdered his classmate and friend Kevin Haines, his father Thomas Haines, and mother Lisa Haines in their home in Manheim Township, Pennsylvania. Kreider was arreste ...

, Triple murderer *

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References

External links

Manheim Township official site

MTPA main site

MTSD Moodle
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