Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School

Coordinates: 40°05′59″N 75°16′13″W / 40.099774°N 75.270209°W / 40.099774; -75.270209

Plymouth Whitemarsh High School
Address
201 East Germantown Pike
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, 19462
United States
Information
School type Public, 4 year
School district Colonial School District
Principal Jason Bacani
Staff 201 (2011-2012)
Grades 9-12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment 1566 (2011-2012)
Campus Suburban
Color(s) red, white, blue
Athletics PIAA
District 1
Athletics conference Suburban One League
Mascot The Colonial
Publication The Continental
Newspaper Town Crier
Yearbook Milestone
Website School Website

Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School is a high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Colonial School District, with a current enrollment of approximately 1,600 students.

Plymouth-Whitemarsh is a public high school in the Philadelphia region, and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The curriculum is aligned with state and national standards and offers more than 200 courses, including 24 Advanced Placement (AP) courses audited by the College Board and more than 30 honors level courses. A technical education program is available through the Central Montco Technical High School.

Notable alumni

Sports and traditions

Colonial Players

The Colonial Players are an extra curricular theatre program founded in 1977 that strives to produce professional-quality musicals and plays. They serve primarily to enhance live theatre performances in the local community and to give students an opportunity to express themselves. The musical productions earn critic acclaim by the Greater Philadelphia Cappies, a high school theatre awards program, and took home their first Cappie award in 2006 in Props and Effects for the design of an oversized piano in Big, The Musical. In 2009, the Colonial Players earned 13 Cappie nominations for their production of Little Shop of Horrors, "Best Show" being among them. The Colonial Players' production of Romeo and Juliet and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was nominated for 16 Cappie Awards, the most of any school participating in the Greater Philadelphia Cappies. In the 2012-2013 season, the Colonial Players put on Father of the Bride and Guys and Dolls, which was well revered by the high school Cappie reviewers.[6][7]

References

  1. "Late Night with Owen Biddle, the pride of Plymouth Whitemarsh". Montgomery News. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  2. Owen Biddle - IMDb
  3. MIT (2007). "Center for Bits and Atoms - Executive Summary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  4. Pennsylvania Basketball Website (2007). "Pennsylvania High School Basketball Records". Pennsylvania Basketball Website. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  5. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. (2007). "PIAA Champions" (.pdf). Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  6. http://www.garnetvalleyspringmusical.com/docs/Cappies_2009_final.doc
  7. http://www.colonialplayers.org/

External links

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