Berwick Area Senior High School

Berwick Area Senior High School
Address
Map
1100 Fowler Avenue

Berwick
,
Columbia County and Luzerne County
,
Pennsylvania
18603-2300

United States of America
Coordinates41°04′00″N 76°13′46″W / 41.0666°N 76.2295°W / 41.0666; -76.2295
Information
StatusOpen
School districtBerwick Area School District
CEEB code390290[2]
PrincipalJill Shipman
Staff9
Faculty49.71 FTE[1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment762 (2019–20)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.33[1]
Color(s)
Athletics conferencePennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AAA
MascotBulldog
NicknameDawgs
Team nameBulldogs
Budget$11.8M
Feeder schoolsBerwick Middle School
Pennsylvania School Number1605
Websitehttps://www.berwicksd.org/High

Berwick Area Senior High School (also called Berwick Area High School, Berwick High School or BHS) is a small, rural, public high school in Columbia County, in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. In Columbia County, the school serves children living in Briar Creek Township Briar Creek, Berwick and Foundryville. It also serves children living in East Berwick, Nescopeck, Nescopeck Township, Hollenback Township and Salem Township in Luzerne County. This is the only public high school in the Berwick Area School District.

Extracurriculars

Berwick Bulldog

Berwick Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. It is the only public school district in Columbia County that does not participate in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.[3]

Sports

Noted for American football especially, the high school team has won the state championship six times.[4] Also, the football team was ranked number 1 nationally by USA Today three times.[5] Berwick won the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Championship. The Bulldogs defeated Somerset 6 to 2 at Blair County Stadium and became the first baseball team in the Wyoming Valley Conference to win the state title.[6] It is the school's first baseball state championship in its history. Also in 2008, the Berwick golf team was the District 2 and District 11 champions. The Berwick wrestling team won back to back District 2 championships in 2007 and 2008, as well as finishing in the top Eight PIAA AA Team Championships in 2008.

The school mascot is the Bulldog and the sports teams are called the Bulldogs, or just "Dawgs" for short. School colors and blue and white.[7]

The District funds:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Berwick AREA H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Eastern.Edu". Retrieved 21 September 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference School list". 2012.
  4. ^ "Berwick, PA Official Website". Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  5. ^ "The 12th Man Page". The BerwichDawgs. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011. History
  6. ^ Berwick Area School Administration, Mission accomplished, 2008
  7. ^ "PIAA wrestling: Berwick advances". Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  8. ^ "NFLHS.com". Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.