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Encyclopedia > Cheltenham High School
Cheltenham High School
Location
500 Rices Mill Road, Wyncote, PA 19095
Information
School district Cheltenham Township School District
Principal Dr. Elliott Lewis
Type Public high school
Grades 9-12
Mascot Panther
Color(s) Blue & Gold
Established 1959
Enrollment 1,701
Homepage

Cheltenham High School is a public high school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania serving grades 9 through 12. Wyncote is a census-designated place located in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Largest metro area Delaware Valley Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Cheltenham School District is a public school district in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania located a few miles from Philadelphia, in the United States. ... A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Wyncote is a census-designated place located in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ...


The current enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year is 1,701.


The teacher to student ratio is 1:15. Ethnicity is distributed as follows: 54% caucasian, 36% black, 9% asian, and 2% hispanic.


Cheltenham High School was used as a filming site for the 1988 movie The In Crowd.[2]


Cheltenham High School made the national news when then-President George Bush was the commencement speaker on June 19, 1989. In his remarks, Mr. Bush praised "this magnificent school...with a superb record of achievement in social sciences and music and academics and the humanities." [citation needed]


Notable Alumni

  • Wilmot E. Fleming, '35 State Senator
  • Laura Harper, '04, College Basketball Player, Womens NCAA Final Four MVP
  • Terese Loeb Kreuzer, '60 Journalist, founder of the Travel Arts Syndicate
  • Donald Pike, '33 Emmy Award-Winning Technical Manager
  • Richard Rothman, '54 Surgeon, Founder of the Rothman Institute
  • Keven Savell (AKA "Nudge"), '00 Radio Personality
  • David Saxon, '37 Physicist, Educator & Administrator

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External links

  • School Website
  • Cheltenham High School Profile
  • CHS Alumni Association
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
CheltenhamElkins ParkGlensideLa MottLaverockMelrose ParkWyncote
Educational Institutions: Arcadia UniversityCheltenham High SchoolPennsylvania College of OptometryReconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeTyler School of ArtWestminster Theological Seminary

Points of Interest: Beth Sholom SynagogueCurtis Hall ArboretumWall House Cheltenham Township is a township near Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Cheltenham Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Elkins Park is an unincorporated community, portions of which are located in both Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania and Abington Township, Pennsylvania in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Glenside is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... La Mott is an unincorpoated residential community in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Laverock, Pennsylvania is a small town in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States that started as a development in the 1920s. ... Melrose Park is a town in Cheltenham township. ... Wyncote is a census-designated place located in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Arcadia University is a private liberal arts university located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. ... The Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) is one of the oldest optometry schools and throughout most of the 20th century has been a leader in both training and research. ... The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. ... Tyler School of Art is Temple Universitys school of art, located on a separate campus in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and offering BFA and MFA degrees. ... Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia), and Dallas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London. ... Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, PA Beth Sholom Synagogue is located in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park. ... The Curtis Hall Arboretum (45 acres), sometimes called Curtis Arboretum, is an arboretum and estate located at 1250 Church Road (Route 73), Wyncote, Pennsylvania (though its location is often stated as Elkins Park, Pennsylvania). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

See also: Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district


 

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