Wissahickon High School
Wissahickon High School is the sole public high school of the Wissahickon School District, and is located in Ambler, Pennsylvania
Wissahickon High School | |
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The school in 2017 | |
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521 Houston Road , United States | |
Coordinates | 40°10′18″N 75°13′40″W |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1929 |
School district | Wissahickon School District |
Principal | Lynne Blair |
Color(s) | Blue Gold |
Nickname | Trojans |
Rival | Upper Dublin High School |
Newspaper | The Trojan Times |
Website | highschool |
Athletics
The Wissahickon athletic department is currently admitted under the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and by school size is sanctioned under District I.[1] The high school boasts 2 artificial turf fields and 1 stadium which serves the Wissahickon football, men and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, women's field hockey, and numerous community club teams. Wissahickon has an athletic rivalry with Upper Dublin High School. The Wissahickon basketball team is ranked 10th in Philadelphia by CSN philly.com.[2] The 2011 Wissahickon boys tennis team made states for the first time in school history. The soccer team in 2010 was ranked up to 10th in the state and 7th in the area at the end of the season by the Philly Inquirer.[3] Wissahickon is also known for its prolific baseball play. The program changed coaches in 2008 and again in 2013 and has steadily worked their way back to conference champions and state contenders.The Boys track team has won the American Conference Championship 10 of the last 12 years and boasts 21 individual Pa. State Champions, 3 State Relay Champions, 80 State Medalists (2nd thru 8th) and has won 3 State Championship team titles (1967 'B', 1972 'A', 1982 'AAA'). The Trojan football team were the 1973 & 1987 BuxMont Champions. The Trojan hockey team placed second in the Delaware Valley Hockey League in the 2014–2015 season. The school's QuizBowl team competed in the 2016-2017 QuizNet National Championship.
Notable alumni
- Katie O'Donnell - U.S. national field hockey team/Sports Woman of the Year 2010
- Tanoh Kpassagnon - Defensive End for Kansas City Chiefs & Super Bowl LIV champion.
- Bryan Lentz - Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 161 from 2007 to 2011
- Sam Tsui - Musician/Youtuber
- Kurt Hugo Schneider - Musician/Composer/Producer/YouTuber
- Melanie Mayron - Actress
- E-Dubble - Musician/Rapper
- Stephen Hahn - 24th Commissioner of Food and Drugs [4]
- Gerald Stano, Class of 1971 - American convicted serial killer, killed at least 22 women and confessed to killing 41, "Gerald was a... student at Shady Grove Elementary and Wissahickon High School..."[5]
Gallery
- The school's natatorium
- The school's track
References
- "Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association". Retrieved January 16, 2008.
- "2009-10 High School Boys Basketball Preview". Csnphilly.com. December 5, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "2020 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES". Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- Schubert, Anne Marie (July 6, 2017), "The Prosecution of Cold Case Murders", Cold Case Homicides, CRC Press, pp. 151–164, ISBN 978-1-315-22825-9, retrieved December 21, 2020