Winner of Arts Education School Board Leadership Award

District of the Year

World Language Golden Globe Award

2016-17Parkland High School Profile

Educating for Success,Inspiring Excellence.

Mr. Richard T. SniscakDr. Rodney R. TroutmanMrs. Tracy E. Smith

Mr. James E. Moniz IIMrs. Tamara E. BennickMs. Crystal N. GeorgeDr. Terry M. MeehanMr. Jude T. SandtMrs. Theresa M. StackMr. John T. MonahanMr. Jeffrey H. GeiselMr. Mark A. StutzMrs. Kim S. PilgertMr. Jeremy A. GordonMr. Ryan D. HulmesMrs. Danene M. KrenickyMrs. Patty S. Macdonald Mrs. Meredith L. McGarrMrs. Leslie C. PorembaMr. Eric L. RobertsMrs. Jennifer TabaraniMrs. Christine M. Thomas

SuperintendentAssistant SuperintendentAssistant to the Superintendent for Operations

PrincipalAssistant PrincipalAssistant PrincipalAssistant PrincipalAssistant PrincipalAssistant PrincipalInstructional SupervisorDirector of AthleticsDirector of Visual & Performing ArtsChair, Guidance DepartmentGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance CounselorGuidance Counselor

The Parkland CommunityThe Parkland School District is located in the semi-

metropolitan region known as the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania is made up of Lehigh and

Northampton counties and is home to the three cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, as well as numerous townships and boroughs.

With more than a half million residents, it is the third largest metropolitan region in the state of Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley maintains a strong

commitment to educational excellence with six major institutions of higher learning - Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Moravian College, and Muhlenberg College. The Community holds high expectations for students and programs and strongly supports educational endeavors.

The 72 square miles of the Parkland School District encompass three townships with a total population of approximately 50,000. The district’s wide socio-

economic range results from it bordering the city of Allentown on the southeast and extending to farmland at the western and northern

extremities.

The Parkland School District consists of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school and

serves approximately 9,200 students.

Total number of graduates in the class of 2016.

Percentage of students who are identified as academically gifted.

Percentage of graduates who chose to attend a two or four year college.

Awarded in Scholarships to the class of 2016.

Parkland High School Tel: 610-351-5600 I Fax: 610-351-5656

2700 North Cedar Crest Blvd.Allentown, PA 18104www. parklandsd.org

CEEB School Code: 393-125

746

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92%

$4M

Parkland High School believes that co-curricular and athletic activities are an integral part of our culture. An after-school bus run is available to enable students to get involved. More than 65 clubs are offered as well as 23 sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, wrestling and volleyball. Parkland High School had a banner year last year when the girls’ volleyball team took home a state championship title for the second year in a row. Six athletes were named East Penn Conference Scholar Athletes in their respective sports. The school enjoyed having ten District XI Championship Teams and eleven League Championship Teams on its roster last year.

A sampling of clubs include American Sign Language, Art, Computers, Math League, Leo Club, Debate Team, the first Red Cross Club in the Lehigh Valley, Robotics, Jazz Band, Strolling Strings, Multi-Cultural Leadership Club, and award-winning newspaper, TV news team, and many more. The school presents a fall play, children’s show and spring musical each year that rival the talent and sets seen on Broadway. In the spring of 2016, 63 students were recognized for receiving academic or athletic scholarships that totaled 25% or more of their tuition which totaled more than $4 million in gifts. Additionally, nine students were chosen to participate in the prestigious All State Band, Orchestra, and Chorus Festivals with three earning spots on National Music Ensembles. The District was awarded the National Association of Music Merchant’s Best Communities for Music Education title for the third consecutive year.

Activities & Athletics

Parkland High SchoolOut of 500 school districts in Pennsylvania, Parkland ranks 19th in size with enrollment of approximately 3,200 in grades 9 - 12. Parkland High School was constructed in 1999 and sits on a beautiful 128-acre site. The building houses a green house, two theaters, visual arts studios, electronic music lab, and a full TV production studio linked to a centralized television broadcasting system that connects to all 13 buildings in the district. A Wi-Fi connection exists throughout the campus, Smart Boards are housed in every classroom and a blended learning environment is becoming a regular part of the curriculum.

In addition to being able to bring their own devices to school, students also have access to 30 mobile computer labs and seven stationary labs. Approximately 400 students attending Parkland High School and/or Lehigh Carbon and Technical Institute further enrich their education by participating in dual enrollment programs offered at both schools. Athletic facilities include five regulation basketball courts with bleacher seating for 3,000 guests, an 8-lane swimming pool with diving well, eight lighted tennis courts, ten practice fields, and all-weather running track and event area, new turf field, and lighted fields for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey.

Parkland High School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary

Schools and Colleges and by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Accreditation

Parkland offers a demanding college preparatory program supplemented with strong offerings in fine arts, technology, and business. Students must earn 24.25 credits to graduate and have access to more than 160 electives during their four-year high school experience. Through required courses and extensive offerings, students may customize their program of studies to meet individual needs and interests. The curriculum is taught at varied levels of difficulty including Advanced Placement, Honors, Gifted/High Potential, College Preparatory, and Applied. In addition, 28 Advanced Placement courses are offered. We also offer 27 Dual Enrollment courses through Lehigh Carbon Community College and Seton Hall University. Ten percent of Parkland High School students are identified as academically gifted. Approximately 92% of the Class of 2016 chose to attend a two or four-year college.

Parkland High School provides opportunities for students to take Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Engineering or Biomedical Science learning pathways. The PLTW National Curriculum provides students with real world learning and hands-on experience. The four-year sequence of Engineering courses includes a weighted curriculum that combines traditional math and science courses and introduces students to the scope, rigor, and discipline of engineering prior to entering college. PLTW Biomedical Science students are empowered to explore and find solutions to some of today’s most pressing medical challenges through activities that connect learning to life. Students investigate topics including human medicine, physiology, genetics, microbiology, and public health.

The Emerging Health Professions Program is for seniors interested in pursuing health care careers. This program, approved by the PA Department of Education and offered through Lehigh Carbon and Technical Institute, Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC), Penn State University, and Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, provides highly motivated high school seniors with an opportunity to experience a variety of health care careers. While taking college level courses for college credit at a discounted rate, senior students spend half of their day in class at Penn State Lehigh Valley or LCCC and half of their day at Lehigh Valley Hospital rotating among various departments including: critical care units, radiology, respiratory care, pharmacy, physical therapy, clinical labs, emergency unit, medical and surgical units, general medicine and more.

Curriculum

Special Programs in Engineering, Biomedical Science & Health Care

Advanced Placement Examination Scores 2016

SubjectArt HistoryBiologyCalculus ABCalculus BCChemistryComputer Science AEnglish LanguageEnglish LiteratureEnvironmental ScienceEuropean HistoryFrench Language German LanguageGov & Politics U.S.Gov & Politics CompHuman GeographyMacroeconomicsMicroeconomicsMusic TheoryPhysics 1Physics 2Physics BPhysics CPhysics C E&MPsychologySpanish LanguageSpanish LiteratureStatisticsU.S. HistoryWorld History

Total Students291453511088836392293901262946132131791881390167416329797

124279366

Average Score3.213.503.034.103.823.083.863.603.025.003.513.283.923.964.334.464.384.422.844.003.284.132.623.624.153.713.803.673.87

53227064215

12449715514486

105101870134380322346699

411546412379

12310732071017455566501711205

1132524996142

384687172310991062107812242111742603133871522882104

% of Scores 3 or Above

75.984.163.086.192.066.788.289.466.710079.179.393.488.610096.197.392.355.6100.083.390.568.885.191.185.690.087.494.2

Keystone Exam Results2016 KeystonePercent of PHS Students Proficient or Advanced on Keystone

Literature86

Algebra I81

Biology 76

National Merit Scholarship ResultsThe Class of 2017 includes10 National Merit Scholarship

Semifinalists and 15 Commended students.

SAT/ACT Results72% of the Class of 2016 took the SAT1

2016 SATParkland SAT Mean

State MeanNational Mean

2016 ACTParkland ACT Mean

ACT Nat’l Mean

Writing527481482

Reading25.321.3

Math546506508

Math25.220.6

Reading540500494

Science24.520.8

Total161314871484

Total25.020.8

Colleges and Universities Attended by Parkland GraduatesAllegheny CollegeAmerican UniversityArcadia UniversityArizona State UniversityBloomsburg UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrown UniversityBucknell UniversityCalifornia Design CollegeCarlow UniversityCarnegie Mellon UniversityCedar Crest CollegeCentral Pennsylvania CollegeCoastal Carolina UniversityColgate UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityCulinary Institute of AmericaDartmouth CollegeDeSales UniversityDickinson CollegeDrexel UniversityDuke UniversityDuquesne UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEast Stroudsburg UniversityElizabethtown CollegeElon UniversityEmerson CollegeEmory UniversityFashion Institute of TechnologyFlorida Atlantic University

Fordham UniversityFranklin & Marshall CollegeGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGettysburg CollegeHarvard UniversityHofstra UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University of PAJames Madison UniversityJohn Hopkins UniversityJohnson & Wales UniversityJuniata CollegeKansas UniversityKings CollegeKutztown UniversityLafayette CollegeLa Salle UniversityLebanon Valley CollegeLehigh Carbon Comm. CollegeLehigh UniversityLock Haven UniversityLycoming CollegeMansfield UniversityMarywood UniversityMesa State CollegeMessiah CollegeMethodist UniversityMillersville UniversityMisericordia UniversityMoore College of Art & DesignMoravian College

Mount St. Mary’s UniversityMuhlenberg CollegeNew York UniversityNiagara UniversityNorthwestern UniversityOhio State UniversityPace UniversityPenn State UniversityPA College of Art & DesignPennsylvania College of Tech.Philadelphia Biblical UniversityPhiladelphia UniversityPrinceton UniversityPurdue UniversityRider UniversityRochester Institute of Tech.Roger Williams UniversityRutgers UniversitySaint Joseph’s UniversitySeton Hall UniversityShippensburg UniversitySlippery Rock UniversitySt. Luke’s School of NursingStevens Institute of TechnologyStony Brook UniversitySusquehanna UniversitySyracuse UniversityTemple UniversityThe CitadelTowson UniversityTyler School of ArtUniversity of AlabamaUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of Chicago

University of ColoradoUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of DelawareUniversity of HartfordUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Miami University of MichiganUniversity of NebraskaUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of RichmondUniversity of South CarolinaUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of TampaUniversity of The ArtsUniversity of The SciencesUniversity of VirginiaUrsinus CollegeU.S. Air Force AcademyU.S. Military Acad. at West PointU.S. Naval AcademyVillanova UniversityVirginia State UniversityWagner CollegeWells CollegeWest Chester UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWidener UniversityWilkes UniversityYork CollegeYale University

Beginning with the Class of 2013, a three-tiered grading system was implemented. The new system awards students for taking the most rigorous courses. Shown below is the three-tiered quality point system. Class rank is no longer publicly reported.

Grading System

Three-Tiered Quality Point System(Class of 2013 & Beyond)

Grade Numeric Range

Standard Grade Point

Honors Grade Points

AP Grade Points

A+AA-B+BB-C+CC-DF

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4.04.03.673.333.002.672.332.001.671.000.00

4.504.504.173.833.503.172.832.502.171.000.00

5.05.04.674.334.003.673.333.002.671.000.00

GPA Bar Graph Class of 2017

4.5+ 4.0-4.499

3.5-3.999

3.0-3.499

2.5-2.999

2.0-2.499

1.999 or below

5

0

15

25

30

1

GPA

% A

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GPA

10

20

2224

14

1212

15