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39-404: Parkland School District has one high school, Parkland High School , two middle schools, and nine elementary schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school district had a total enrollment of 9,833 students between its 12 schools, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. With 3,220 students in the 2022–2023 school year, Parkland High School is the largest high school in

78-399: A rain garden was installed in a courtyard to aid in environmental education. Students at Orefield are assigned to teams of teachers that are instructors for core subjects. As of 2023, There are six teams for 6th grade, and three teams each for 7th and 8th grades. The school also has language, music, art, and technology classes. Orefield Middle School's 2014 performance profile indicated that

117-462: A program. Their overall record is 454-269-21, with a winning percentage of 0.624.. There are 30 athletes that have been inducted into the Parkland Hall of Fame, 29 athletes with 1,000 rushing yards, 16 athletes with 1,000 passing yards and 1 athlete with 1,000 receiving yards. Parkland High School also is one of eleven Lehigh Valley -area high schools with an ice hockey team; the team competes in

156-406: A track, and a basketball court, the students are exposed to fresh air for 20 minutes of their day. They are also rewarded for good behavior with a STARS ticket in rare occasions. Those also lead to more rewards of playing video games with the principal and gift cards for various places. Symbolized by a rosette encircled in a scalloped design on the front of the building, Fogelsville Elementary School

195-453: A winning percentage of 0.724 with a record of 508-192-5 over 62 seasons. The girls swimming and diving program has a program overall record of 545-124-2 with a winning percentage of 0.814. The program has won 19 conference titles, 25 district championships, and 3 state titles in its 54 seasons. The program has 40 athletes that are in the Parkland Hall of Fame. The boys tennis program at Parkland has three athletes that have been inducted into

234-603: Is a large public high school in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania , near Allentown . The school serves students in grades 9–12 and is the only high school in Parkland School District . As of the 2022–23 school year, it had a student population of 3,220, according to National Center for Education Statistics data, making it the fourth-largest public high school in Pennsylvania . Parkland High School

273-618: Is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County , Pennsylvania . As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,382. It is part of the Lehigh Valley , which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census, and lies between Breinigsville and Wescosville . The global corporate headquarters of Air Products

312-523: Is bordered to the southwest by Breinigsville and to the southeast by Lower Macungie Township . U.S. Route 222 forms the northern edge of the community; US 222 leads northeast 3 miles (5 km) to its terminus at Interstate 78 outside of Allentown and southwest 30 miles (48 km) to Reading . Pennsylvania Route 100 forms the western edge of Trexlertown, leading north 11 miles (18 km) to its terminus at PA 309 near Pleasant Corners and south 27 miles (43 km) to Pottstown . According to

351-459: Is currently rated the fourth best school out of the entire school district. With three floors and three hallways, the school holds almost 500 students during the school year. Cetronia is the home of the "hedgehogs". The students are exposed to various extra activities, such as library, gym, music, and art. At grade 3, students are asked to choose an instrument to play throughout school until their graduation of high school. With cleanly kept playgrounds,

390-512: Is located immediately across the Trexlertown's eastern border with Allentown . Lehigh Valley Velodrome , a velodrome for professional and amateur cycling , also is located next to Trexlertown, in Breinigsville . Jeremiah Trexler obtained land adjoining that of his father in present-day Upper Macungie Township , where he operated a tavern as early as in 1732. Two years later, in 1734, a road

429-477: The Lehigh Valley . The school district maintains two middle schools for grades six through eight: Orefield Middle School is located in Orefield, Pennsylvania on PA Route 309 . It is the home of Parkland's football stadium and bus depot. The school serves the northern half of the district, primarily north of Tilghman Street . Orefield Middle School was founded in 1999. Its predecessor, Troxell Junior High School,

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468-516: The "Mission Control" classroom. Elementary school students from all over Parkland school district regularly took field trips to visit the Blake and participate in the interactive learning experience. The program was retired in 2013, when the mastermind and creator behind this program, Robert Boehmer, retired. Since then, the Blake has been moved to Lehigh Valley airport on permanent display. Parkland High School (Pennsylvania) Parkland High School

507-454: The 2005-2006 season. The Parkland girls cross country team has a record of 449-179-2 over 40 seasons with a winning percentage of 0.714. The program has won 7 conference championships, 5 district championships, and 1 state title. They have 3 athletes that have been inducted into the Parkland Hall of Fame. The football program at Parkland High School has won 18 conference championships, 10 district titles, and 1 state title in its 69 years as

546-545: The 2011-2012 season. In 2015, the boys volleyball team won the PIAA state championships. The boys volleyball team has won 13 conference championships, 10 district championships, and 1 state title in its 36 seasons as a program. The program has produced 24 athletes into the Parkland High School hall of fame. The volleyball program as a whole has a record of 507-164 with a winning percentage of 0.756. In 2011, 2014, and 2015,

585-494: The 2020-21 school year. The student to teacher ratio is 17-1. Parkland High School is ranked 123 in the state of Pennsylvania. About a quarter of the students participate in some type of AP classes. Parkland High School has several dozen extracurricular organizations for students. In the August 2010, Parkland High School's theatrical production of Les Misérables was featured in the documentary Most Valuable Players , featuring

624-618: The Lehigh Valley Scholastic Ice Hockey League. The team has won the LVSHL district championship 14 times, as well as making the state finals in 2013. The Parkland boys soccer team has an overall record of 615-303-48 with a winning percentage of 0.661 over 47 seasons as a program. They have won 11 conference and 9 district championships. 13 athletes have been inducted into the Parkland's Hall of Fame. The most league wins for

663-408: The Parkland Hall of Fame. they have a winning record with a winning percentage of 0.814. They have won 671 matches, lost 151, and dragged 5. They have one 23 conference championships and 11 district titles. The girls tennis program has a winning percentage of 0.827 with 633-132 with 18 conference championships and 11 district titles. They have had one athlete inducted into the Parkland Hall of Fame in

702-507: The Parkland High School Hall of Fame. The program has had 8 1,000 point scorers. The program as a entirety has a record of 1,145-698 with a winning percentage of 0.621 in its 74 seasons. Sam Iorio attended Parkland High School, playing guard and forward for its Trojans basketball team. He graduated in 2017 as the school's all-time leading career scorer with 1,892 points as he averaged 16.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. He

741-563: The cafeteria and gymnasium, and one for the auditorium. The entrances are labeled by academics, athletics, and arts. Parkland High School offers 25 AP courses, including AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Calculus, and others, with a pass rate of 86%. The school has an average SAT score of 1240 and average ACT score of 29. The average graduation rate at Parkland is 95%. The state testing scores have an average of 86% in reading and 80% in mathematics. Parkland High School has about 3,187 students enrolled in grades 9-12 as of

780-465: The cafeteria. Schnecksville Elementary is most notable for having once been the home of the "Blake" Shuttle: a Mack Trucks school bus converted into a small-scale mock up Space Shuttle and equipped with a wide variety of Space and Shuttle-related STEM activities. This included flight simulators where students could practice "flying" the Shuttle, programmable robotic arms, and a mock lunar landscape along with

819-818: The construction of a public schoolhouse. Later, when the Parkland School District was formed and unified, the original Kratzer schoolhouse served as the Parkland Community Center. The original building was torn down in the 1960s, but the modern building still retains the name of the original landowner, whose descendants still reside in Lehigh County. A portrait of Kratzer which hung inside the original building has been lost. There are approximately 400 students that attend Kratzer Elementary School. Originally built in 1963, Schnecksville Elementary underwent major renovations in 2022. During these renovations,

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858-489: The girls volleyball team won the PIAA AAA state championships. The girls volleyball program at Parkland High School has 9 conference championships, 11 district championships, and three state championships. The girls team has had 27 girls inducted to the Parkland Hall of Fame. The record over 42 seasons for the girls volleyball program is 577-289 with a win percentage of 0.666 Trexlertown, Pennsylvania Trexlertown

897-597: The high school for 45 years. In 1999, the new and current Parkland High School building on Cedar Crest Boulevard was opened due to overcapacity of the Orefield building. The school was designed by the architecture firm Armstrong, Torseth, Skold & Rydeen and was based on two of the firm's prior high school buildings in Minnesota and Illinois . The old school, in turn, was renovated and renamed Orefield Middle School, which replaced Troxell Junior High School. In April 2012,

936-415: The most shutouts in a season was 19 by Rob Weisel in 1998. The Parkland softball program has a record of 912-241 with a winning percentage of 0.791 over 53 seasons. They have won 5 state titles, 27 conference championships, and 16 district titles. They have had 20 athletes inducted into the hall of fame. The swimming program has won 8 conference championships and 12 district championships. The program has

975-471: The older "upper floor" which contained administration, guidance offices, nurse's office, and the library was demolished and these functions were moved to the new wing along with some new rooms including a dedicated STEM activities room. This new wing, in the direction of route 309, will also contain the new main entrance, although students arriving via bus will continue to use the Sand Spring Rd. entrance near

1014-544: The online news outlet HuffPost reported that, viewed from above, the layout of the current building and grounds closely approximate the shape of the Millennium Falcon , a spacecraft featured in the Star Wars films. School officials claim that the design was not deliberate. The Parkland High School campus spans 128 acres and has three entrances, including one for the main academic and administration entrance, one for

1053-555: The original building consisted of 13 classrooms, a library, a health room, and an activity building, which accommodated 411 students. Today, Fogelsville Elementary consists of 28 classrooms with an enrollment of 694 students, which presently is the largest of the eight elementary schools. Named after Frederick J. Jaindl, a farmer and philanthropist, the school broke ground on March 29, 2009 and opened its doors in August 2010. The 20-acre site near Trexlertown accommodates approximately 600 students in grades K-5. Ironton Elementary School

1092-558: The premier high school athletic divisions in the nation. Cumulatively among all of its sports, Parkland has secured fourteen Pennsylvania state championship titles. The baseball program has won 17 conference championships and 7 district titles. The program has 11 athletes that have been inducted to the Parkland High School Hall of Fame. The program has a record of 854-416-1 with a winning percentage of 0.672 in 73 seasons. The boys basketball team has won 6 conference championships and 10 district titles. There have been 7 players inducted into

1131-465: The program was 17, which occurred in 2002. The most overall wins occurred in 1998, with 25. The most goals scored by the team in a single season is 115, and the fewest goals allowed in a season was 10. The best record the team has had was 17-0. The most goals by an athlete in a season was 39 and was completed by Josh Ottinger in 2000. The most assists was 23, completed by JC Tishishimbi in 2005. The most points were also completed by Josh Ottinger with 89, and

1170-517: The school has an academic score of 81.14. In 2014, the school became famous for becoming the first-ever Science Olympiad team to make the national competition, where they won the DuPont Enterprise Excellence Award. Springhouse has made the national competition in 2015 and 2016 as well, winning numerous gold medals in various categories. The school district maintains nine elementary schools, including: Cetronia Elementary School

1209-568: The school has an academic score of 89.3. Springhouse Middle School is located in Allentown , on Springhouse road just behind the Administration building. It serves the southern half of the district, primarily south of Tilghman Street . Springhouse Middle School was initially a Junior High School serving grades 7–9. However, when the new High School was constructed and Troxell Junior High School closed, Springhouse began serving grades 6–8. In 2006

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1248-754: The school underwent a renovation and expansion due to overcrowding (spurring from numerous new developments in Upper Macungie ). The D-wing, auxiliary gymnasium, health class rooms, and a new dedicated band room were part of the expansion. Despite this, the school is again dealing with overcrowding and in 2016 had to recently cede some of its sending area to Orefield. Students at Springhouse are assigned to teams of teachers that are instructors for core subjects. As of 2023 There are nine teams for 6th grade, and three teams each for 7th and 8th grades. The school also has language, music, art, and technology classes. Springhouse Middle School's 2016 performance profile indicated that

1287-769: The school's competition against neighboring Emmaus High School in Emmaus and Freedom High School in Bethlehem Township as the three large high schools participated in the Freddy Awards competition, which recognizes the best theatrical productions by Lehigh Valley -based high schools. Parkland competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association , one of

1326-433: Was built in 1942. Built in the 1850s as a one-room schoolhouse, Kernsville is located on Orefield Road in Orefield, Pennsylvania . It is a mere mile away from Orefield Middle School , serving 396 students in the 2016–2017 school year. Named after Johannes Kratzer, a German immigrant and farmer who, near the turn of the 19th century and for the consideration of one dollar, donated a corner of his extensive family farm for

1365-523: Was built in 1965. These seven separate rosettes, which are located both inside and outside the school, are mosaics set into the brickwork. According to Pennsylvania Dutch legend, the rosette repels “bad luck” and the scalloped design helps the students inside “sail smoothly” through life. Intended by its architects to reflect the historical roots of the school's community, the school was first called The Upper Macungie Elementary School and in 1970 renamed to Fogelsville Elementary School. When dedicated in 1965,

1404-430: Was developed from his Upper Macungie Township tavern south through North Wales to Philadelphia . As was the custom of the time, a village grew around the tavern, and the village came to be known as Trexlertown in honor of Trexler's role in its founding. Trexlertown is located southwest of the center of Lehigh County along the southeastern edge of Upper Macungie Township at an altitude of 397 feet (121 m). It

1443-439: Was established when students in grades 7 to 9 were moved from Parkland High School due to overcrowding. When the new and current Parkland High School was constructed in 1999, the school was moved from Troxell to the old high school building and renamed Orefield Middle School to serve students in grades 6 to 8. During the first two terms in the new building, the facility was renovated to accommodate middle school instruction. In 2014,

1482-493: Was formed in 1949 when North Whitehall Township and South Whitehall Township merged to create Parkland Union School District . The following year, in 1950, Upper Macungie Township also joined the school district. Parkland High School's predecessor, South Whitehall High School, was at the present-day Troxell Building at 2219 North Cedar Crest Boulevard . In 1954, a larger building was built to serve as Parkland High School, located on Route 309 in Orefield , and it served as

1521-602: Was named Class 6A Player of the Year and First Team All-Pennsylvania, and was named Player of the Year in both 2015 and 2016 by the The Morning Call . The Parkland Girls basketball team has an overall record throughout program history of 807-621, which has a winning percentage of 0.565. The program has 8 1,000-point scorers throughout the program with the most recent being in the 2006-2007 season. The program has 3 conference championships, 4 district championships, and 1 state title in

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