Type Public high school Superintendent Richard T. Sniscak Grades 9 - 12 Phone +1 610-351-5600 Number of students 3,222 Colors Grey, Red | Established 1949 Principal James E. Moniz II Enrollment 3,222 District Parkland School District Founded 1949 | |
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Address 2700 N Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18104, USA Similar Schnecks School, Northamp Area High School, Allentown School District, Emmaus High School, Whitehall School District | ||
Parkland High School is a public high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania that serves students in grades 9 to 12. It is the only high school for the Parkland School District. With 3,222 students in the 2016-2017 school year, Parkland is the largest high school in the Lehigh Valley.
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History
Parkland High School was formed in 1949 when North Whitehall Township and South Whitehall Township merged to create Parkland Union School District, with Upper Macungie Township joining in 1950. Its predecessor, South Whitehall High School, was housed in the current-day Troxell Building. Parkland used the same facility until a larger building on Route 309 in Orefield was completed in 1954, which served as the high school for 45 years. In 1999, the new and current Parkland High School building on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown was opened due to overcapacity of the second building. The old school was renovated and renamed Orefield Middle School, replacing Troxell Junior High School. When viewed from above, the layout of the current building and grounds closely approximate the shape of the Millennium Falcon, a spacecraft featured in the Star Wars films. School officials claim that the design was not deliberate.
Academics
Parkland High School was ranked as the number one high school in the Lehigh Valley by standardized test scores for the year 2013.
Arts
Parkland has numerous musical groups, including a dance team, orchestral ensembles, choral groups, a concert band, jazz band, marching band, indoor colorguard, and indoor drumline.
Freddy Awards
Parkland High School's spring musical participates in the Freddy Awards., an award show created to recognize and reward exceptional accomplishments in the production and performance of musical theater in high schools in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania, and Warren County, New Jersey. Parkland High School is the only school that has been nominated for Outstanding Overall Performance of a Musical every year of the Freddy Awards.
Athletics
Parkland competes in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference in District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Cumulatively among all of its sports, Parkland has secured fourteen Pennsylvania state championship titles.
Basketball
In 2006, the girls' basketball team captured the PIAA state championship title.
Cross Country
The girls cross country team was the state champion in 2001.
Football
The 2002 football team won the Pennsylvania AAAA State Championship. The team ended the year ranked 6th in the nation by USA Today.
Hockey
The hockey team is 10 time LVSHL Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) including winning the title each of the last 7 years. They were Flyers Cup and State Cup runner up in 2013. Year in and year out they are a dominating force in the league. Their current league game winning streak spans over the past 5 seasons.
Softball
The softball team won the state title in 1975, 1995, 1998, 2009, and 2015.
Swimming
The girls' swim team won the PIAA state championship in 2001, 2003, and 2006.
Volleyball
In 2011, 2014, and 2015, the girls volleyball team captured the PIAA AAA state title.
In 2015, the boys volleyball team captured the PIAA state title.