Berwick Area Senior High School

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Berwick Area Senior High School
Berwick High School.jpg
Address
1100 Fowler Avenue

Berwick
,
Columbia County and Luzerne County
,
Pennsylvania
18603-2300

United States of America
Coordinates41°03′57″N 76°13′48″W / 41.065864°N 76.230002°W / 41.065864; -76.230002Coordinates: 41°03′57″N 76°13′48″W / 41.065864°N 76.230002°W / 41.065864; -76.230002[1]
Information
StatusOpen
School districtBerwick Area School District
CEEB code390290[3]
PrincipalJill Shipman
Staff9
Faculty49.71 FTE[2]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment762 (2019–20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio15.33[2]
Color(s)Berwick colorkit.png
Athletics conferencePennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AAA
MascotBulldog
NicknameDawgs
Team nameBulldogs
Budget$11.8M
Feeder schoolsBerwick Middle School
Pennsylvania School Number1605
Websitehttp://www.berwicksd.org/highschool

Berwick Area Senior High School (also called Berwick Area High School, Berwick High School or BHS) is a small, rural, public high school in Columbia County, in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. In Columbia County, the school serves children living in: Briar Creek Township Briar Creek, Berwick and Foundryville. The school also serves children living in: East Berwick, Nescopeck, Nescopeck Township, Hollenback Township, Salem Township in Luzerne County. The school is the only public high school in the Berwick Area School District.

Extracurriculars[]

Berwick Bulldog

Berwick Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. Berwick is the only public school district in Columbia County that does not participate in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.[4]

Sports[]

Noted for football especially, the high school team has brought home the state championship six times.[5] Also, the football team was ranked number 1 nationally by USA Today three times.[6] Berwick won the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Championship. The Bulldogs defeated Somerset 6 to 2 at Blair County Stadium and became the first Baseball team in the Wyoming Valley Conference to win the state title.[7] It is the school's first baseball state championship in its history. Also in 2008, the Berwick Golf Team was the District 2, and District 11 Champions. The Berwick Wrestling team won back to back District 2 Championships in 2007 and 2008. As well as finishing in the top Eight PIAA AA Team Championships in 2008. The school mascot is the Bulldog, and the sports teams are called the bulldogs, or just dawgs for short. School colors and blue and white.[8]

The District funds:

Notable alumni[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  2. ^ a b c "Berwick AREA H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Eastern.Edu". Retrieved 2008-09-21.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference School list". 2012.
  5. ^ "Berwick, PA Official Website". Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) History
  7. ^ Berwick Area School Administration, Mission_accomplished, 2008
  8. ^ "Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader". Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  9. ^ "NFLHS.com". Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-09-22.

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