Pennridge School District

Pennridge School District is located approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia in Bucks County, Southeast Pennsylvania.

The District

Pennridge School District, covers approximately 95 square miles with a total population of 45,000 and encompasses eight municipalities including the boroughs of Dublin, Perkasie, Sellersville, and Silverdale. Bedminster Township, East Rockhill Township, Hilltown Township, and West Rockhill Township also are included.

Foundations and Current Schools

Pennridge was founded in 1952 by combining the resources of several small municipal school districts, including Sell-Perk School District. The former Sell-Perk high school had been converted to its present use as South Middle School. Today, the district is operates 11 schools:

7 Elementary Schools (of which four are named for past principals):
* [http://bedminster.pennridge.org/ Bedminster]
* [http://deibler.pennridge.org/ R. B. Deibler]
* [http://grasse.pennridge.org/ J. M. Grasse]
* [http://guth.pennridge.org/ P. A. Guth]
* [http://sellersville.pennridge.org/ Sellersville]
* [http://seylar.pennridge.org/ M. M. Seylar]
* [http://wrockhill.pennridge.org/ West Rockhill]

3 Middle Schools:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_central_middle_school Central Middle School]
* [http://psms.pennridge.org/ South Middle School]
* [http://pnms.pennridge.org/ North Middle School]

1 High School:
* [http://phs.pennridge.org/ Pennridge High School]

Right now there are approximately 7,200 students enrolled in the entire district. The district employs 478 teachers and over 450 additional staff, including part-time members. [* [http://www.pennridge.org/psd/about/geninfo.html http://www.pennridge.org/psd/about/geninfo.html] ]

Athletics

All Pennridge School sports compete in the Suburban One League using the ram as a mascot and green, white and occasionally black for colors.

Growth and development

Pennridge’s administration has had be very adaptable in recent years as the Pennridge area population continues to grow as an ongoing effect of urban sprawl from Philadelphia. In 1996 the new Central Middle School was added to accommodate rising enrollments and since then, most of the district's elementary schools have undergone expansion and renovation projects. Pennridge has recently built a muti-million dollar expansion to the current building on the high school campus, which includes a new gymnasium, a natatorium, and cafeteria. Construction of a new auditorium, seating approximately 1200, and renovation of the school's older sections, followed, being completed February 2007. Demolition of the oldest building on campus, the Lower House, began on August 15th, 2006 due to the futility of renovation. The building that was the Freshman Center became North Middle School after the High School construction was completed. Starting the 2007-2008 school year, the PESPA Union and the School board had not settled on a contract. The PESPA Union had announced it would be striking on November 13. This means the bus drivers, secretaries, teaching aides, janitors, and other support staff would not have been working and students would have been forced to come to school. On November 12, the District and PESPA Union came up with an agreement on a tentative contract proposal, thus ending a strike the next day.

Notable Alumni

*Paul Clymer, PA House of Representatives
*Tom Fulp, Newgrounds creator
*Sam Hollenbach, NFL player
*Tim Lewis, NFL assistant coach
*Dean Sabatino, The Dead Milkmen drummer
*Michael Jurin, Stellastarr* guitarist

External links

* [http://www.bucksiu.org/pennridge/psd/psd.htm Pennridge School District]

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