Phoenixville Area High School

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Phoenixville Area High School
Address
Phoenixville Area High School
1200 Gay Street

Phoenixville
,
Pennsylvania
19460

United States
Coordinates 40°07′11″N75°31′18″W / 40.11972°N 75.52167°W / 40.11972; -75.52167
Information
Type Public
Motto"to prepare, inspire, and graduate students to meet the challenges of the future."
Establishedc, 1870 [1] [ full citation needed ]
School district Phoenixville Area School District
PrincipalRose Scioli
Faculty78.55 (on FTE basis) [2]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment1,189 (2019-20) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.14 [2]
Color(s)Purple and White   
Athletics conferencePAC-10
SportsFootball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Basketball, Tennis, Track, Cross Country, Baseball, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, Tennis
MascotThe Phantom
Nickname Phantoms
Team namePhoenixville Phantoms
Website School website

Phoenixville Area High School is a senior high school located on 1200 Gay St, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. It is a member of the Phoenixville Area School District and teaches students from grades nine through twelve. As of the 2019-2020 School year there are 1189 members of the student body, and the principal is Dr. Rose Scioli (2021). [3] The school's mascot is the Phantom, who has been the mascot since the 1960s. The Phantoms' colors are purple and white. Their mission statement is, "to prepare, inspire, and graduate students to meet the challenges of the future." [4] [5]

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Sports

The Phoenixville Area High School has been a member of the PAC-10 conference for 25 years. The other high schools within this conference are Boyertown, Pottstown, Methacton, Norristown, [6] Pottsgrove, Pope John Paul II, Perkiomen Valley, Upper Perkiomen, Springford, Owen J. Roberts, and Upper Merion. A multitude of sports are offered such as boys and girls soccer, track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, cheerleading and swimming. For girls only sports, there is field hockey and softball and for boys there is football and wrestling. [7] Notable Athletic alumni of the school includes individuals such as Mike Piazza, Andre Thornton, and Creighton Gubanich.

In January 2024, a complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights for alleged athletics violations associated with federal Title IX law, [8] based primarily on data filed by the Phoenixville Area School District with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. [9] According to the data for the 2022–2023 school year, funding for some boys' teams exceeded that of girls' teams by significant amounts, including 33% more for boys' basketball compared to girls' basketball, 30% more for boys' soccer than girls' soccer, and 27% more for boys' baseball than girls' softball. In addition, boys' athletic team roster spots exceeded that of girls' athletic team roster spots by 125, when accounting for overall student population gender mix. [9]

Senior Project

In order to graduate from any school in Pennsylvania a 'graduation project' must be completed. For Phoenixville High School this project consists of completing a fifteen-hour community service project as well as writing updates reporting progress along the way. [10] Each project must have a project adviser that the student chooses to sign off that the project was completed. The most common projects are typically coaching sports teams. Once the project is completed a paper must be written outlining the entire project and a five-minute presentation done in meetings at the end of the student's senior year in front of two faculty members.

Music

The Phoenixville Area High School offers a multitude of opportunities when it comes to music. Classes such as choir, symphonic band, and wind ensemble are offered during the school day. Anyone can be in choir or symphonic band but they must go through an audition process to be accepted into the wind ensemble, jazz band, or vocal ensemble. The marching band, jazz band, and vocal ensemble are considered extracurricular activities, having meetings outside of the regular school day. [11]

F.O.C.U.S.

"For Our Children's Uncompromised Safety Post Prom Parent Organization" Project F.O.C.U.S. is a parent run organization to ensure their children's safety after prom. [12] They do this starting in September every year by meeting and brainstorming a theme for that year's post prom celebration at the Phoenixville Area High School. The program works hard meeting once a month until the month of prom to get activities, food, and shows together to entertain the students. They get donations from local businesses and churches to help cover the expenses. For an example, in the year 2010 the F.O.C.U.S. theme was "An Evening in the Orient". With this theme, the entire inside of the high school was decorated to look like an oriental town complete with lanterns and a sushi bar. There are no students involved in this program, the only information students know is the theme before they enter. [13]

Clubs

There are many clubs offered at the Phoenixville Area High School. Some are nationally run such as Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), National Honor Society (NHS), Key Club, and Modern Music Masters (Tri-M). There are also student originated clubs such as Green Club, Dungeons and Dragons Club, Art Club, Latin Club, Engineering club, Science Club, Model United Nations Club, and Varsity Club. [14] Out of all of the clubs listed there are only prerequisites that must be met for admittance to NHS, [15] Tri-M, and Varsity Club. [16] The majority of the clubs at Phoenixville High School are sustained financially by themselves. The most common types of fundraising for clubs are bake sales and dances. If a club needs a substantial amount of money they can request donations from the Phoenixville Community Education Foundation, an organization instated to help cover funding that was cut by the Phoenixville School District. [17]

Phantoms

The school's mascot, The Phantom, came as a result of a 1934 football match between Lower Merion and Phoenixville. Both teams were very good, although Lower Merion was regarded as the better of the two. After Phoenixville soundly defeated Lower Merion, a sportswriter for a Philadelphia newspaper wrote that "Phoenixville ran through their (Lower Merion's) lines like a bunch of Phantoms." This nickname stuck, and eventually became the team's official name. [18]

Notable alumni

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  1. ↑ "The Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 "Phoenixville Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Staff". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Phoenixville Area High School Student Handbook 2010-2011 Phoenixville: Phoenixville Area School District, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Phoenixville Area High School." Phoenixville Area School District. Web. 22 July 2010. <http://www.pasd.k12.pa.us/pahs/site/default.asp>.
  6. ↑ "Sports Headlines | Pioneer Athletic Conference". www.pac-10sports.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "High School Teams". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. ↑ Hanna, Maddie (3 January 2024). "Phoenixville family files Title IX complaint against school district, alleging disparities between boys' and girls' teams". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunity". Department of Education. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Senior Projects, Community Service". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Band". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "FOCUS Safe Post Prom". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Welcome to Operation F.O.C.U.S. 2010 Walk-thru. Phoenixville: Phoenixville High School, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Clubs". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "National Honor Society". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  16. ↑ "Varsity Club". pasdhs.ss8.sharpschool.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  17. ↑ PCEF. "Our Programs". Phoenixville Community Education Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  18. 1 2 "Basca, Michael M | Chester County Hall of Heroes, PA". chescoheroes.org. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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