Bethel Park High School
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309 Church Road Coordinates: 40°20′07″N 80°02′24″W / 40.33528°N 80.04°W Bethel Park, Pennsylvania 15102 |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Where Futures Begin" |
| Established | 1908 |
| School district | Bethel Park School District |
| Principal | Dr. Zeb Jansante |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,937 |
| Color(s) | Black, Orange and White |
| Mascot | Black Hawk |
| Website | [1] |
Bethel Park High School, also called BPHS, is a four-year, comprehensive high school located in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, with an enrollment of 1,937 students in grades 9–12. Its curriculum includes ten Advanced Placement Program courses, 14 honors courses and four foreign language programs. Its mascot is the Black Hawk.
Its mission statement is "To lead an educational partnership with the community, maintaining an environment that challenges all students to reach their potential as lifelong learners and responsible members of society."
Oh Alma Mater, Bethel High
All hail to thee.
We sing thee praises every one
With love and loyalty.
From atop the summit’s brow
Keep a watchful eye.
We’ll always love thy colors true
Our Bethel High.
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Bethel Park School District's rate was 97% for 2010.
According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
The Bethel Park School Board requires that a student earn 27 credits to graduate including: English 4 credits, Mathematics 4 credits, Science 4 credits, Social Studies 4 credits, Technology 1 credit, Health/Phys. Ed. 1.50 credits, Fine Arts 2 credits and Electives 7.5 credits. All students (special education students with I.E.P.’s excluded) who fall below grade level on a standardized test or state assessment in reading will be required to take reading courses until they read at grade level.
By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district. At Bethel Park Senior High School the graduation project includes: a paper, a presentation, and a product. The project must be related to a course the student is taking in the junior or senior year.
By Pennsylvania School Board regulations, for the graduating classes 2016, students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, English Composition, and Literature for which the Keystone Exams serve as the final course exams. Students’ Keystone Exam scores shall count for at least one-third of the final course grade.
In 2010 the high school declined to Warning - AYP status due to chronic, low achievement for special education students and low income students. In 2009, the school achieved AYP status.
The high school ranked 14th of 123 high school in western Pennsylvania for academic achievement based on three years of PSSA results on: math, reading, writing and one year of science, by the Pittsburgh Business Times in May 2009.
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