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search.Recently a person named the "brown Bobmer" took a crap in the bathroom once a month he was caught after looking the camera's. <ref>[http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/NEWS01/611020326/1002 Two Pennfield students suspended after search turns up drugs, gun], ''Battle Creek Enquirer'', [[November 2]], [[2006]]</ref>. |
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Revision as of 01:34, 19 May 2009
| Pennfield High School | |
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| Address | |
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8587 Pennfield Road , 49017 | |
| Information | |
| School type | public |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Dale Kimball, Ph.D. |
| Principal | Barry Duckham |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 651 (2006) |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | green, gold and white |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Website | http://www.pennfield.net |
Pennfield High School is the high school of the Pennfield School District which serves Pennfield Township just north of Battle Creek in Calhoun County, Michigan.
Scores on the state and national ACT exam are above average for the students of this school. Approximately 88% of graduating seniors attend post-secondary colleges or universities and 82% of students are involved in at least one extracurricular program.
New School
Pennfield School District has finished construction on a new, $28 million dollar, state-of-the-art high school. This facility includes a 701 seat auditorium and an 1,800 seat gymnasium. Groundbreaking for the new school took place on September 6, 2005.[1].
Controversy
In 2006, police found a .22 caliber rifle in a car belonging to a PHS student in the school parking lot during a routine drug search.Recently a person named the "brown Bobmer" took a crap in the bathroom once a month he was caught after looking the camera's. [2].
Student body
During the 2004-2005 school year, 629 students attended Pennfield [3].
- 90% were White American
- 7% were African-American
- 1% were Hispanic
- 1% were Asian American
- Less than 1% were Native American
20% of Pennfield students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
During the 2005-2006 school year, 657 students attended Pennfield.[4]
The special education program is working terribly, seeing as most of the student body is involved with it.
Athletic programs
- Football - Varsity, JV, Freshmen
- Men's Basketball - Varsity, JV, Freshmen
- Women's Basketball - Varsity, JV, Freshmen
- Men's and Women's Cross Country - Varsity, JV
- Volleyball - Varsity, JV, Freshmen
- Wrestling - Varsity, JV
- Baseball - Varsity, JV, Freshmen
- Softball - Varsity, JV
- Football Cheerleading - Varsity, JV
- Basketball Cheerleading - Varsity, JV
- Competitive Cheerleading - Varsity, JV
- Men's & Women's Track and Field - Varsity
- Men's & Women's Bowling - Varsity, JV
- Men's & Women's Soccer - Varsity, JV
- Men's & Women's Tennis - Varsity, JV
In 1991 Pennfield won the state title in football under Coach Dave Hudson. In 1981, Pennfield High School won the Class C state volleyball championships, following up on its 1979 class B championship, making it the first school in Michigan to win state championships in two classes. The girls basketball team's 1981 championship made it the first Class C school (and second school in the state) to win girls' basketball and volleyball titles in the same school year.[5]
Notable alumni
- Rob Van Dam (born Robert Alexander Szatkowski), a professional wrestler who currently wrestles on the ECW on Sci Fi brand of World Wrestling Entertainment.[6]
References
- ^ High School Construction Site, accessed November 24, 2006
- ^ Two Pennfield students suspended after search turns up drugs, gun, Battle Creek Enquirer, November 2, 2006
- ^ Pennfield High School profile from GreatSchools, accessed December 2, 2006
- ^ Pennfield High School from the Battle Creek Enquirer, accessed November 24, 2006
- ^ "Out of Our Past", Battle Creek Enquirer, March 22, 2006
- ^ " Pennfield graduate has hold on WWE", Battle Creek Enquirer, July 19, 2002
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