Penfield High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Penfield High School
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city = Penfield
state = New York
country = USA
colors = Red and White and Black
district = Penfield Central School District
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grades = 9-12
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type = Public high school
faculty = ~120 "(2006)"
enrollment = 1,604 "(2006)"
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principal = Ron Marro
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website = http://www.penfield.edu/highschool.cfm?subpage=30134/
address = 25 High School Drive
campus = suburban

Penfield High School is a public high school located in in Penfield, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. It offers a comprehensive curriculum for students in grades 9-12.

Overview

In addition to traditional core subjects, students can choose from a wide variety of Advanced Placement offerings for college credit, such as AP English Language and Composition, and AP American Studies, which combines APs for both English and History classes. Also offered are U.S. History and Government, American Government, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, calculus, English, French, Spanish, mathematics and statistics. Penfield offers numerous electives in arts, music, engineering, business and more. The foreign language department includes Spanish, French, German, and Latin. Vocational and alternative education experiences are also made available to students. The school's expressed goal is to create a warm and welcoming environment for all students and to actively encourage the involvement of parents in their children's education.

ports

Penfield High School teams have won the following championsips:
*Class AA New York State Boys Soccer Champions - 2001, 2002, 2004
*Boy's Class AA Section V Cross Country Champions - 2005 and 2007
*Girl's Class AA Section V Tennis Champions
*Boy's Class AA Section V Tennis Champions - 2004
*Girl's Class AA Section V Indoor Track Champions
*Boy's Section V State Qualifier Indoor 3200 Meter Relay Champions - 2005
*Boy's Section V State Qualifier Outdoor 3200 Meter Relay Champions
*Boy's Class A Division II Swimming Champions - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
*Boy's Volleyball Class A Section V champions - 2000, 2006, 2007
*Boys Lax Class A Section V champions - 1992, 1993, 2000, 2006,2009
*Girls Lax Class A Regional and Section V champions - 2007
*Class AA New York State Girls volleyball champions - 2005
*Football League Champions - 2006
*Indoor Track Section V 4x800m Champions - 2007
*Baseball League champions - 2008

Healthy food policy

The most recent topic of dispute is the healthy food policy.Fact|date=April 2007 Restrictions have been put into place with regards to the items that can be purchased in the cafeteria, commons, and vending machines. These require that all of the food being sold is relatively healthy. Because of this policy, the butter from the bagel toasting stations was temporarily removed, but reinstated due to a lack of student willingness to consume the butterless bagels.

The main question coming from teachers is, if Penfield holds this unhealthy food restriction policy, why do doughnuts and pizza still make their way into the class prizes for fundraisers?

The policies described above and further defined in the health checklist [cite news |title=Healthy School Food Policies: A Checklist |url=http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/publications/healthy_school_food_policies_05.pdf |publisher=Mark Vallianatos |date=2005-06-01 |accessdate=2007-04-15 ] are doing much good for the Penfield community. There are a variety of healthy options, and candy is no longer being sold in the vending machines. Baked chips are being sold in the lunch lines instead of fried ones, and a Vitamin water vending machine has been set up, which is widely popular among students.

External links

* [http://www.penfield.edu Penfield Central School District website]
* [http://www.penfield.edu/highschool.cfm?subpage=30134 Penfield High School website]
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ny/3220 Great Schools - Penfield Senior High School]

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