Pen Argyl Area High School

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Pen Argyl Area High School
501 West Laurel Avenue

Pen Argyl
,
Pennsylvania

United States
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Type Public high school
Established1899
NCES School ID 421857006439 [1]
PrincipalNolan Gerencser
Staff39.92 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9th–12th
Enrollment518 (2021–22) [2]
Student to teacher ratio12.98 [2]
Campus typeSuburb: Large
Color(s)Green and White   
Athletics conference Colonial League
Mascot Green Knight
Rival Bangor Area High School
PublicationThe Green Echo
Website www.penargylschooldistrict.org/penargyl/HS/

Pen Argyl Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only high school in the Pen Argyl Area School District. As of the 2021-22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 518 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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The school's colors are green and white and its mascot is the Green Knight.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams belong to the PIAA's District XI [3] and are a member of the Colonial League. [4]

PIAA District XI championships

Football:
1984, 1986 (Class A)
2001, 2011, 2012 (Class AA)

Teams

Boys Sports [5]

Girls Sports

Rivalry

Pen Argyl has been involved in a long-standing rivalry with Bangor Area High School. The football rivalry between these two teams is arguably the most well known aspect of this rivalry. The game was initially played on Thanksgiving Day, but this tradition ended in the mid-1970s. It is now the regular season finale for both teams. The to teams first met on the football field in 1920, with 2016 marking the 97th meeting between the Green Knights and the Slaters. Despite a decent size difference between the two schools, Pen Argyl leads the overall series 50-44-4. They have won 16 of the last 18 meetings.

Athletic facilities

The Green Knights football team has their home games at Alumni Stadium, located on the high school campus. The stadium has a cement based home section, stretching from goal line to goal line and rising 20 rows above the field. A smaller visitors section was installed on the other side of the field in the early to mid 2000s. The stadium is also known as "The Hill" because it is located on top of a short but steep hill. Alumni Stadium is one of only two football fields in the Colonial League not have stadium lights; the other is Wilson Area High School). As a result, home games are played on Saturday afternoons.

Recently, the school refinished and updated their gymnasium floor with a new Green Knight design, donated by the class of 2010.

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References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Emmaus High School (421857006439)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pen Argyl Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "P.I.A.A. District XI - Website Links to Member Schools" . Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Colonial League for Interscholastic Sports - Member High Schools" . Retrieved 2007-11-24.
  5. ↑ "School Details: Pen Argyl Area High School" . Retrieved 2017-02-06.

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