Penn Wood High School

Penn Wood High School is a secondary school at 100 Green Avenue in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States with a ZIP code of 19050. The school, serving grades 10 through 12, is a part of the William Penn School District. The school serves the boroughs of Aldan, Colwyn, Darby, East Lansdowne, Lansdowne, and Yeadon.

History

Penn Wood High School, originally Lansdowne High School, was opened in 1927. The architect was Joseph Linden Heacock, and the builder was John McShain who went on to build the Kennedy Center, The Jefferson Memorial and The Pentagon. Today, it is one of the oldest public school buildings in Pennsylvania. Built in the Italian Renaissance style, the motto carved above the door reads "To Teach the Art of Living Well." Carved in limestone above the motto are a female figure holding a Greek Temple, and a male figure holding a cog. The School is officially a merger of 3 previous high schools: Lansdowne-Aldan High School, Yeadon High School and Darby-Colwyn High School. Penn Wood's first year of existence as the new merger school was the 1982-83 school year.

Notable Alumni

Leroy Burrell-1985-former 100 meter world record holder
Dawn Burrell-1991-Olympic long jumper
Pat Croce-(Lansdowne-Aldan) former Sixers owner and media entrepreneur
Ibrahim Sannoh-Poet

External links

* [http://www.wpsd.k12.pa.us/schools/pwhs/default.aspx Penn Wood High School]