Selinsgrove Area High School

Selinsgrove Area High School
Selinsgrove Area High School logo
Address
500 Broad St. Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania 17870 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Enabling life-long learning.
Established	1932
School district	Selinsgrove Area School District
Principal	Brian C. Parise
Faculty	58.50 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9th–12th
Enrollment	789 students (2015) 849 students (2013), 928 (as of 2009–10)
Student to teacher ratio	15.86
Color(s)	Red & Blue
Nickname	Seals
Newspaper	Grove Gazette
Yearbook	Cynosure
Website	seal-pa.org/sahs/

789 students (2015)

Selinsgrove Area High School is a public school located in Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Selinsgrove Area School District. The school's enrollment has declined from over 1,200 students in 2002 to 849 students in 2013. In 2015, the School enrollment declined further to 789 students. It provides grades nine through twelve. In 2013, 31% of its students qualified for a free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school is not a federally designated Title I school. Selinsgrove Area High School employed 58.5 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 15:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. The school serves an rural-suburban community of 22,259 residents according to the US Census 2013. SAHS is the sole high school operated by the Selinsgrove Area School District.

In 2015, the District’s graduation rate was 86.14%.

Graduation requirements are set by the school board in policy and are enumerated in the district's strategic plan. In 2009 the School Board determined that students must earn 28 credits to graduate including: English 4 credits, Math 3 credits, Science 3 credits, Social Studies 3 credits, Health and physical education 2 credits, Graduation project 0.5 credit, Technology 1 credit, Personal Finance .33 credit, Career Awareness 0.66 credit and Electives credits.

Also essential to graduation is the Pennsylvania state-mandated "Graduation Project." This four-year project often takes on many forms, including entrepreneurship and community service. It is paired with a final paper and presentation to a faculty panel. The panel then decides whether the project is below average, average, or commendable. Students must achieve at least an "average" score on all parts of the project in order to graduate.

Seniors and Juniors may earn physical education credits, for graduation, in three ways: scheduling physical education classes in the regular schedule, taking Phys. Ed. by contract, and/or earning a Phys. Ed. by participating in a school sponsored sport. These alternatives are managed by the guidance office. Contract Phys. Ed. students are required to complete a one-page written report and complete 30 hours of a physical activity. In order for students to take Phys. Ed. by contract or sport participation he or she must meet requirements and prerequisites by the high school principal.