Cheltenham High School
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| Cheltenham High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| 500 Rices Mill Road, Wyncote, PA 19095 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Cheltenham Township School District |
| Principal | Dr. Elliott Lewis |
| Enrollment |
1,701 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Panther |
| Color(s) | Blue & Gold |
| Established | 1959 |
| Homepage | [1] |
Cheltenham High School is a public high school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania serving grades 9 through 12.
The current enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year is 1,701.
The teacher to student ratio is 1:15. Ethnicity is distributed as follows: 54% caucasian, 36% black, 9% Asian, and 2% Hispanic.
Cheltenham High School was used as a filming site for the 1988 movie The In Crowd.[2]
Cheltenham High School made the national news when then-President George HW Bush was the commencement speaker on June 19, 1989. In his remarks, Mr. Bush praised "this magnificent school...with a superb record of achievement in social sciences and music and academics and the humanities."[citation needed]
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Michael Brecker, '67 Grammy Award-winning Jazz Artist
- Randy Brecker, '63 Grammy Award-winning Jazz Artist
- Michael S. Brown, MD, '58 1985 Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Laurie Colwin, '62 Author and Columnist
- Tom Feeney, Member of Congress, R-FL
- Wilmot E. Fleming, '35 State Senator
- Jon D. Fox, '65 U.S. Congressman
- Werner Gundersheimer, '55 Director, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Trina Schart Hyman, '56 Artist & Illustrator
- Reggie Jackson, '64 Professional Baseball Player
- Mark Levin, Conservative Talk Radio Host & Attorney
- Richard Levinson, '52 Emmy Award-Winning Writer & Producer
- William Link, '52 Emmy Award-Winning Writer & Producer
- Craig Littlepage, '69 College Administrator & Educator
- Mary Ellen Mark, '58 Photojournalist
- Robert J. Myers, '29 Social Security Expert
- Benjamin Netanyahu, '67 Prime Minister of Israel
- Yonatan Netanyahu, '64 Officer, Israeli Defense Forces
- Brad Raider, '93 Actor
- David Saxon, '37 Physicist, Educator & Administrator
- Roger Scott, '36 Musician & Educator
- Robert C. Solomon, PhD, '60 Author & Educator
- Wallace Triplett, '45 Professional Football Player
[edit] External links
| Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania |
| Cheltenham • Elkins Park • Glenside • La Mott • Laverock • Melrose Park • Wyncote |
| Educational Institutions: Arcadia University • Cheltenham High School • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • Tyler School of Art • Westminster Theological Seminary |
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Points of Interest: Beth Sholom Synagogue • Curtis Hall Arboretum • Wall House |
| See also: Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district |
