Penn Hills High School is a public secondary school located in

Penn Hills Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 41,059 as of the 2020 census. Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County, after Pittsburgh. History In 178 ...

, east of

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, United States. It is the sole high school operated by the

Penn Hills School District Penn Hills School District (PHSD) is a mid-sized public school district located in Pittsburgh, serving Penn Hills, which is about east of Downtown Pittsburgh, and a small portion of Wilkins Township. According to 2000 federal census da ...

. In the 2018–19 school year, enrollment was reported as 1,186 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.

Building

The new $58 million Penn Hills High School building was opened on January 3, 2013. The school was designed by Architectural Innovations. There are two gymnasiums, with the main one seating 1,900. The auditorium has about 1,000 seats with state-of-the-art lighting and sound-systems. All classrooms include Promethean World

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. The building features large skylights that can be seen from both the top and bottom floors to promote

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. The school's new HVAC system was expected to save 30 percent in energy costs. In 2012, the

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funded a new $200,000 football field for the school.

Extracurriculars

The students have access to a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The Penn Hills Marching Band travels to football games and marches in a variety of parades throughout the year. Every year they return to Kennywood to perform, and take another trip out-of-state. Past band trips include

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. The school also produces

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winning musicals and two plays per year. Clubs at Penn Hills High School include the Library Assistants, Lab Assistants, Front Office Assistants, Athletic Office Assistants, Bible Club, Medical Careers Club,

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Staff, ''PennPoints'' Newspaper Staff, French Club, Spanish Club, German Club, Games Club,

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, and Role Models. All freshmen students are matched with junior and senior Role Models to promote academic achievement, leadership, school spirit, and team-building skills. The school also sponsors teams for Calcusolve, Hometown High-Q, and

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Sports

The teams are referred to as the Penn Hills Indians and Lady Indians, and the student cheering section is known as the Tribe. The district funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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- 5A *

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- 5A * Cross Country - AAA *

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- 5A *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

- AAA *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- AAAA *

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and Diving - AAA *

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- AAA *

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- AAA *

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- AAA ;Girls: *Basketball - AAAA *Cross Country - AAA *Golf - AAA *Soccer (Fall) - AAA *

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- AAAA *Swimming and Diving - AAA *Girls' Tennis - AAA *Track and Field - AAA *

- AAA According to PIAA directory January 2016

Notable alumni

* Barry Church – professional football player in the

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(NFL) * Aaron Donald – professional football player in the NFL and 3x Defensive Player of the Year * Scott Edgar –

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coach *

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– professional football player in the NFL * Bill Fralic – professional football player in the NFL * Bill Fulton – professional baseball player *

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– actor *

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– professional football player in the NFL * George Karl – college basketball player; professional basketball player and head coach in the

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(NBA) *

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– reality TV star *

Anthony Morelli Anthony Michael Morelli (born June 21, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Penn State. Morelli was a member of the San Jose Sab ...

– professional football player in the NFL and

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;

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player at Penn State * Guy Primus – businessman and entrepreneur * Jake Schifino – professional football player in the NFL * Herb Sendek – college basketball head coach * Tom Tumulty – professional football player in the NFL *

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– writer

References

External links

Penn Hills School District official website
{{authority control Public high schools in Pennsylvania Education in Pittsburgh area