North Pocono High School
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The North Pocono High School is located on Bochicchio Blvd in Covington Township
, Lackawanna County
, Pennsylvania
. The school was built in 2009. It is the only high school in the North Pocono School District
, which covers a vast amount of territory in Northeast Pennsylvania
, including parts of Wayne County
and all of southern and east-central Lackawanna County
. Because the district covers so much territory, the high school serves a student population of over 1000 students, which is an average size high schools in the region.
The old high school, located on Church Street in the Borough of Moscow
, is now the North Pocono Middle School and houses grades 6 through 8, with the new high school containing grades 9 through 12.
Usually there are over 70 faculty members, which creates a teacher-student ratio of 1:15. Each grade consists of approximately 220-280 students.
and Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Dan Powell: Assistant Superintendent
Mr. John Marichak: Principal
Mr. Timothy Connolly: Assistant Principal
Mr. Christopher Sload: Vice Principal/Director of Student Activities
Academic - The academic program of study provides students with a well-rounded education. This course of study will prepare students for college
or continuing their education.
Accelerated - The accelerated program of study will provide students with the most challenging courses offered at North Pocono High School. The sequence of courses is designed puts students in classes a year in advance of the academic students in science
and math. This will give students the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses.
Basic/General - The basic and general programs of study offer students a well-rounded education each with their own specialized math and science sequence.
Business - The business program of study combines the general or academic program of study with business electives.
Vocational - The vocational program of study offers students an opportunity to combine their basic, general or academic program of study at North Pocono High School with programs offered through the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.
The school is organized into the following departments:
Art
Business
English
Foreign Language like French or Spanish
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics
Music
Science
Social Studies
Students must meet the following requirement to graduate:
In grades 9 through 12 every student shall obtain at least 21 credits. These 21 credits must include the following:
Credits /Unit'Course Title
4 English
4 Social Studies
3 Mathematics
3 Science
2.2 Physical Education
/Health/Driver Ed
.2 Family and consumer science
.2 Career Awareness
4 Electives (which must include 1 credit of Arts
or humanities
)
A 95 to 100
A- 92 to 95
B+ 88 to 92
B 84 to 88
B- 81 to 84
C+ 78 to 81
C 74 to 78
C- 70 to 74
D 65 to 70
F 0 to 65
Weighted Class Values: to reward and encourage students to take enriched classes, all individual class grades will be calculated using the following multipliers:
AP Courses x 1.10 = 110 total points possible
Accelerated Courses x 1.08 = 108 total points possible
Academic Courses x 1.02 = 102 total points possible
General Courses x 1.00 = 100 total points possible
Boy's Baseball
Boy’s Basketball
Girl
's Basketball
Coed Cheerleading
(Fall and Winter)
Coed Cross Country
Marching Band
Boy's Football
Gymnastics
Coed Golf
Boy’s Soccer
Girl’s Soccer
Bowling
Girl's Softball
Girl’s Tennis
Boy’s Tennis
Girl's Volleyball
Boy's Volleyball
Coed Track and Field
Coed Rifle
Covington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Covington Township is a township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,284 as of the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. The school was built in 2009. It is the only high school in the North Pocono School District
North Pocono School District
North Pocono School District is a school district located in southern Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in the United States. This region is considered to be the northern tip of the Pocono Mountain region in Northeast Pennsylvania....
, which covers a vast amount of territory in Northeast Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, including parts of Wayne County
Wayne County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,722 people, 18,350 households, and 12,936 families residing in the county. The population density was 65 people per square mile . There were 30,593 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...
and all of southern and east-central Lackawanna County
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...
. Because the district covers so much territory, the high school serves a student population of over 1000 students, which is an average size high schools in the region.
The old high school, located on Church Street in the Borough of Moscow
Moscow, Pennsylvania
Moscow is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,026 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Moscow is located at ....
, is now the North Pocono Middle School and houses grades 6 through 8, with the new high school containing grades 9 through 12.
Usually there are over 70 faculty members, which creates a teacher-student ratio of 1:15. Each grade consists of approximately 220-280 students.
Accreditation
North Pocono High School is accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of EducationPennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines. As the state education agency, its activities are directed by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, Gerald L. Zahorchak...
and Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Administration
Bryan McGraw : Superintendent of SchoolsDan Powell: Assistant Superintendent
Mr. John Marichak: Principal
Mr. Timothy Connolly: Assistant Principal
Mr. Christopher Sload: Vice Principal/Director of Student Activities
Academics
North Pocono High School offers six programs of study.Academic - The academic program of study provides students with a well-rounded education. This course of study will prepare students for college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
or continuing their education.
Accelerated - The accelerated program of study will provide students with the most challenging courses offered at North Pocono High School. The sequence of courses is designed puts students in classes a year in advance of the academic students in science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and math. This will give students the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses.
Basic/General - The basic and general programs of study offer students a well-rounded education each with their own specialized math and science sequence.
Business - The business program of study combines the general or academic program of study with business electives.
Vocational - The vocational program of study offers students an opportunity to combine their basic, general or academic program of study at North Pocono High School with programs offered through the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.
- Grades in all tracks are weighted differently when calculating Quality Point Average.
The school is organized into the following departments:
Art
Business
English
Foreign Language like French or Spanish
Health and Physical Education
Mathematics
Music
Science
Social Studies
Students must meet the following requirement to graduate:
In grades 9 through 12 every student shall obtain at least 21 credits. These 21 credits must include the following:
Credits /Unit'Course Title
4 English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
4 Social Studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
3 Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
3 Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
2.2 Physical Education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
/Health/Driver Ed
.2 Family and consumer science
Family and consumer science
Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...
.2 Career Awareness
4 Electives (which must include 1 credit of Arts
ARts
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or humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
)
Grading
A+ 100A 95 to 100
A- 92 to 95
B+ 88 to 92
B 84 to 88
B- 81 to 84
C+ 78 to 81
C 74 to 78
C- 70 to 74
D 65 to 70
F 0 to 65
Weighted Class Values: to reward and encourage students to take enriched classes, all individual class grades will be calculated using the following multipliers:
AP Courses x 1.10 = 110 total points possible
Accelerated Courses x 1.08 = 108 total points possible
Academic Courses x 1.02 = 102 total points possible
General Courses x 1.00 = 100 total points possible
- Please note that the multipliers will only be used in the calculation of the student's class rank but will not appear on quarterly report cards or in the calculation of his GPA and QPA.
Sports
North Pocono High School Offers the following sports:Boy's Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
Boy’s Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Girl
Girl
A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
's Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
Coed Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
(Fall and Winter)
Coed Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
Marching Band
Boy's Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
Coed Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
Boy’s Soccer
Girl’s Soccer
Bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
Girl's Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
Girl’s Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
Boy’s Tennis
Girl's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Boy's Volleyball
Coed Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Coed Rifle
Rifle
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...