New Castle Junior/Senior High School

New Castle Junior/Senior High School is a public school located in New Castle, Pennsylvania in Lawrence County. It is part of the New Castle Area School District which serves New Castle, South New Castle, and Taylor Township.

New Castle Junior/Senior High School
Location
300 East Lincoln Ave.[1][2]
New Castle, Pennsylvania, 16101

United States
Coordinates41.005°N 80.34°W / 41.005; -80.34
Information
TypeJunior high school and High school
School districtNew Castle Area School District
SuperintendentJohn Sarandrea[3]
Senior high school principalRichard Litrenta[1]
Junior high school principalCarol Morell
Faculty53.10 (FTE)[4]
Grades7–12
Enrollment746 (grades 9-12) (2018-19)[4]
Student to teacher ratio14.05[4]
Color(s)   Black and Red[5][6]
MascotHurricanes[5][6]

The school is a combined junior high school and (senior) high school, educating students in 7th through 12th grades. Its total student population is between 1,300 and 1,500.[7][2] It has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14 to 1.[2]

Faculty and staff

The senior high school principal is Richard Litrenta.[8] Carol Morell is the junior high principal.[9]

Extracurricular activities

Students participate in many activities, including sports and forensics.[10] Football, basketball, and soccer are popular team sports.[5][6] Philip Henry Bridenbaugh and Lindy Lauro coached the football team for a combined 67 years, both with excellent winning records; in 1991 the school recorded its 600th football win, the first in Pennsylvania and the fifth in the US to achieve the milestone.[11] The school's football field is officially named Lauro-Bridenbaugh Field at Taggart Stadium to honor both coaches.[12] In the 2010s, the basketball boys won back-to-back WPIAL Championships and coach Blundo was voted Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's 2013 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.[13]

Notable people

Notes and references
  1. Official website
  2. Profile at education.com
  3. "Central Administration". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  4. "New Castle SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. New Castle High School Football at maxpreps.com
  6. New Castle Senior High School HurricaneShop
  7. Profile at trulia.com
  8. "Principal's Message". New Castle Senior High School. New Castle Area School District. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  9. "Principal's Message". New Castle Junior High School. New Castle Area School District. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  10. Lawrence County forensics
  11. "Long-time New Castle coach quits". Observer-Reporter. Washington, Pennsylvania. AP. November 12, 1992. p. B12.
  12. Emert, Rich (August 18, 2005). "Naming a field can tell a story". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. EZ10.
  13. Meyer, Craig (March 29, 2013). "2013 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year: New Castle's Ralph Blundo". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  14. "Philip Henry Bridenbaugh, football coach". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 16, 1990. p. 6.
  15. "Dick Cangey". Metacritic. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  16. "Ben Ciccone". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  17. "Maj. Gen. William C. Chip – Lawrence County Historical Society". Lawrence County Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  18. White, Mike (October 9, 2014). "Do you Remember?: Bruce Clark". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  19. "Paul Cuba". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  20. "Nick DeCarbo". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  21. White, Mike (April 27, 2017). "New Castle's Malik Hooker taken 15th overall by Colts in NFL draft". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  22. "Kiriakou: I loved being a spy". New Castle News. March 14, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  23. Keegan, Tom (November 22, 2007). "Mangino pushing all the right buttons". Lawrence Journal-World. p. 3B.
  24. White, Mike (June 17, 1999). "Pitt getting Ohio standout". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
  25. "Oklahoma City Thunder: The David Young File". NBA. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
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