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Conestoga High School, located in Devon-Berwyn, a community in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, is the only high school in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. Image File history File links StogaLogo. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
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Tredyffrin Township (Welsh: Tre (town) + Dyffryn (valley)) is a township located in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 29,062 at the 2000 census. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
Tredyffrin/Easttown School District (T/E in short) is a school district based in Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania. ...
Conestoga (also known as "Stoga" or less popularly as "The Big C") is located 24 miles northwest of Philadelphia in a series of affluent suburbs known as the Main Line. Stoga currently has about 2,000 students, almost evenly divided among grades nine through twelve. Frequently ranked one of the best schools in Pennsylvania, Conestoga offers more Advanced Placement (AP) classes and boasts more National Merit Semifinalists than any other school in the state, public or private. Last year, students took 1,148 AP tests in total, of which 93% were passed with a 3 or higher. The average SAT score for the Class of 2005 was 1180. [1] Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor...
The Main Line is a collection of affluent towns in suburban Philadelphia as well as the city neighborhoods of Wynnefield Heights, Wynnefield, Overbrook Farms, and Overbrook Park named after the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad (currently Amtraks Keystone Corridor and SEPTAs R5 line). ...
Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 280 miles (455 km) - Length 160 miles (255 km) - % water 2. ...
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Because of its performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments, Conestoga received extra funding from the state. The annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) is a standards based criterion-referenced assessment used to measure a students attainment of the academic standards while also determining the degree to which school programs enable students to attain proficiency of the standards. ...
Administration
Timothy Donovan, the current principal, is aided by four assistant principals: Nancy Adams, Kevin Fagan, Richard Gusick, and Amy Meisenger. Donovan and Gusick both taught in Conestoga's Social Studies department before becoming administrators, while Adams previously taught in the Math department. Donovan was also the coach of the varsity football team before becoming principal. He was named Coach of the Year in several publications[citation needed] after his team posted a 10-2 record and won the Central League for the first time in 17 years in 1996. Social studies is the study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social science subjects in primary and secondary schools in North America. ...
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College matriculation 95% of Conestoga graduates go on to college; 92% of them to four-year ones. The graduating Class of 2006 sent one or more students to Loyola College in Maryland , American University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Brown University, Georgetown University, Syracuse University, Rutgers University, Elon University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, New York University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame du Lac, Stanford University, and Princeton University. The most popular college choice for Conestoga students, however, is Pennsylvania State University. 55% of Conestoga students leave Pennsylvania for college and 57% attend private institutions after graduation.[2] Loyola College in Maryland, formerly Loyola College, is a private, coeducational university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Roman Catholic Church. ...
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Departments
 Conestoga High School in 2006 Conestoga has eight academic departments: Business/Technology, English, World Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Visual and Performing Arts, and Wellness/Fitness/Family & Consumer Science. To graduate, students must earn 24 credits. 1 credit is equivalent to a year-long class which meets every day for 43 minutes, which is the length of the eight periods at Conestoga (though 8th period is actually 44 minutes, so that Conestoga's school day can be precisely 7 hours long, from 7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m.). Students must earn 4 credits in English, 2 in Languages, 3 in Math, 3.5 in Social Studies, and 3 in Science. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x543, 280 KB) Summary Exterior Photograph of Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA March 3, 2006 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x543, 280 KB) Summary Exterior Photograph of Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA March 3, 2006 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
Distinctions and honors Newsweek magazine has consistently rated Conestoga highly in its annual ranking of public high schools. Conestoga has been ranked 167th (1st in Pennsylvania) in 2006 [3], 195th in 2005 [4], and 197th in 2003 [5].
US Department of Education has acknowledged Conestoga as a Recognized School of Excellence. [6] ED headquarters in Washington ED redesigned its HQ entrances to promote the No Child Left Behind Act The United States Department of Education (also known as ED) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. ...
In the October, 2006 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, Tredyffrin and Easttown townships were voted one of the best places to live in the Philadelphia area because of Conestoga, voted the area's best high school. [7] Philadelphia Magazine is a regional monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Metrocorp. ...
Student Council The Conestoga Student Council has six components: four class councils serving each grade, an executive council presiding over those four class councils, and pseudo-assembly of elected homeroom representatives. The student council organizes class trips, dances (including Proms and Homecoming), and flower sales. The faculty sponsor of the student council is Mr. Seth Shore, a calculus teacher. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...
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Trivia - The school's colors are garnet and gray and its mascot is the Pioneer and/or Conestoga Wagon.
- Richard Nixon's last public appearance was at a Conestoga High School performance of Into the Woods. His granddaughter Jennie Eisenhower, great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower, starred in the play as Little Red Riding Hood.[8]
- As a senior prank in the late '90s, the Pioneer was stolen from the school lobby and taken on a road trip across the eastern seaboard. The perpetrators sent the administration pictures as postcards from the Pioneer. Upon return to the lobby, the Pioneer was chained to the wall.
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Notable former students - Craig Lucas - CHS '69. Tony-award nominated American playwright, has written a number of plays, including Reckless which Conestoga performed in 2006.[9]
- Grant Shaud - CHS' 79 actor best known for his role as Miles Silverberg on the hit CBS show Murphy Brown
- David Bush - CHS '98. Starting Pitcher for the Millwaukee Brewers.[10]
- Marquis Weeks - CHS '00. Running Back for the Seatle Seahawks, has gone back and forth from their practice squad to active roster, played in college for the University of Virginia.
Craig Lucas is a American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor and film director. ...
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