Southern Lehigh High School

Southern Lehigh Senior High School
Address
5800 Main Street Center Valley, Pennsylvania, 18034 United States
Coordinates	40°32′04″N 75°23′58″W / 40.5345°N 75.3995°W / 40.5345; -75.3995Coordinates: 40°32′04″N 75°23′58″W / 40.5345°N 75.3995°W / 40.5345; -75.3995
Information
Type	Public
Established	1955
Principal	Christine Siegfried
Enrollment	1050
Color(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	The Spartan
Newspaper	The Spotlight
Yearbook	Solehian
Website	Southern Lehigh School District Website

Southern Lehigh High School is a four-year public high school located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Southern Lehigh School District.

The school's mascot is the Spartan, and the school colors are blue and white.

History

Southern Lehigh was built in 1955. Before that, students in the district attended high school at Allentown High School and elementary school at Coopersburg Elementary School.

Academics

Southern Lehigh has a high graduation rate. The school has an 96 percent graduation rate, with average SAT scores of 513 for writing, 535 for mathematics, and 526 for reading.

Southern Lehigh requires 26 credits in order to graduate. 4 credits of social studies, 4 credits of English, 3 or 4 credits of science, 3 or 4 credits of math, 4 credits for physical education, 1.8 credits for drivers education/health, and the rest of the credits are used for electives. Students are required to take a minimum of 6.6 credits and a maximum of 7.6 credits per year.

In the 2013-2014 school year, Southern Lehigh began block scheduling. Classes are every other day. There are six days in a cycle. Two different schedules are used, one on odd-numbered days (1, 3, or 5) and the other on even-numbered days (2, 4, or 6). Block 1 is 82 minutes long. Blocks 2 and 4 are 77 minutes long. Block 3 is 111 minutes long (with three 30-minute lunch periods). A 42 minute Spartan Period has been added in the middle of the day for students to get extra help or do certain activities according to their interests.

Athletics

Southern Lehigh provides a variety of sports. For boys, baseball, basketball, cross county, football, golf, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling is provided. For girls, basketball, cross county, field hockey, football, lacrosse, tennis, softball, swimming, cheerleading, track & field, volleyball, and winter track is provided.

The school's athletic teams belong to Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District XI^[1] and most sports belong to the district's Colonial League.

Southern Lehigh won the 1998 state championship in field hockey.

Southern Lehigh won the Colonial League football championship in 2013 and 2014.

Student organizations and clubs

First robotics team

Southern Lehigh High School's First Robotics Team, the Spartechs,^[2] has participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition since 2002. The Spartechs' team number is 834.^[3]

References

External links

Official site

Colonial League

Bangor Area Catasauqua Moravian Academy Northern Lehigh Northwestern Lehigh Notre Dame-Green Pond Palisades Palmerton Area Pen Argyl Area Salisbury Township Saucon Valley Southern Lehigh Wilson Area

High schools in the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts

Allentown	William Allen High School Louis E. Dieruff High School South Mountain Middle School Harrison-Morton Middle School

East Penn	Emmaus High School Eyer Middle School Lower Macungie Middle School

Northwestern Lehigh	Northwestern Lehigh High School

Parkland	Parkland High School Orefield Middle School Springhouse Middle School

Salisbury Township	Salisbury High School Salisbury Middle School (Salisbury, Pennsylvania)

Southern Lehigh	Southern Lehigh High School

Whitehall-Coplay	Whitehall High School Whitehall-Coplay Middle School

Other Schools

Bethlehem Area (partially located in Northampton County)	Freedom High School Liberty High School Bethlehem Area School District Stadium Broughal Middle School East Hills Middle School Nitschman Middle School Northeast Middle School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

Catasauqua Area (partially located in Northampton County)	Catasauqua High School

Charter schools	Roberto Clemente Charter School Seven Generations Charter School Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Arts Academy Charter School

Northern Lehigh (partially located in Northampton County)	Northern Lehigh High School Northern Lehigh Middle School

Private schools	Lehigh Valley Christian High School Salem Christian School

Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown	Allentown Central Catholic High School

Vocational schools	Lehigh Career and Technical Institute

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