William Tennent High School

Infobox_School2 | name = William Tennent High School


established = 1955(original building), 1974(current building)
type = Public
head_name = Principal
head = Eileen Poroczok, M.A., M.S.
campus = ??
faculty = 118 (district-wide)
students = 4,086 as of 2008
mascot = Panther
free_label = Colors
free = Red, White, and Black
motto =
city = Warminster
state = Pennsylvania
country = United States
website =

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

The school is the only public high school serving the Warminster, Upper Southampton, and Ivyland Centennial School District, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The school was named in honor of William Tennent, an early American Presbyterian minister and founder of the original Log College, a very early theological school located in the colony of Pennsylvania. The first William Tennent High School 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 Log College is located near the modern high school cite web |url=http://www.warminstertownship.org/history/people.htm |title=William Tennent & Log College
accessdate=2007-06-11 |work=275 Years of Warminster

New Construction

During the Fall of 2004, Centennial School District retained the services of Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates to conduct a Feasibility Study and to prepare options concerning William Tennent High School. With respect to this study, the following tasks have been completed:
*Representatives from Burt Hill visited the District on November 3 and 4, 2004. The following tasks were completed during this visit:
** Toured the existing facility with Burt Hill staff so they were able to examine the overall function of the building
** Conducted a preliminary meeting with Warminister Township officials to discuss the District’s intentions for the study and to determine applicable building codes; and reviewed the approval process.
** Interviewed with selected faculty, staff, and student representatives to understand their perspective on the facility.
** Presented preliminary findings to the Board Operations Committee.
* Developed three options for consideration.
* Presented preliminary options to the Board on December 6, 2004. At this meeting, the following options were approved for further consideration:
** Option 1: This option consists of a minimal renovation to the existing facility. The existing building configuration remains as is, and the renovations to ensure that the students and faculty remain warm, safe, and dry.
** Option 2: This option consists of major renovations to the existing facility in order to provide an environment more suitable for the educational curriculum. Interior modifications are made in order to provide a more efficient use of space and to create additional classrooms.
** Option 3: This option consists of demolition of the existing A building. Students would then attend Central Bucks South High School in the Central Bucks School District.

The findings of this study was presented to the School Board in February, 2005.

This study chose Option #3, which consists of demolition of the existing “A” building. It would be cheaper for the district to bus students north.

Notable Alumni

*Brian Baker Class of 1985 - actor, former Sprint pitchman [http://www.geocities.com/GastropodGraphics/SprintGuy/Biography.html]
*Steve Capus Class of 1982 - president of NBC News
*Kermit Cintron – Ronald McDonald
*Steve Frey – former Major League Baseball pitcher
*Ray Koob – radio personality, WMGK, Philadelphia
*Dan LoCasale - radio personality, WQWK, State College
*Mike Vogel – actor

* – Musician The Starting Line

External links

* [http://www.centennialsd.org/wth/ Official school website]