Souderton Area High School

Souderton Area High School
Address

625 Lower Road Souderton Area School District Souderton , Montgomery County , PA 18964 United States
Coordinates	40°18′52″N 75°18′52″W / 40.31444°N 75.31444°W / 40.31444; -75.31444
Information
Type	Public
Opened	2009 (New Building) 1931(Original Building)
School district	Souderton Area School District
Principal	Sam Varano
Teaching staff	127.45 (FTE)^[1]
Enrollment	2,132 (2023-2024)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.73^[1]
Color(s)	Red and White
Slogan	Great History, Exceptional Future
Fight song	Victory March
Athletics conference	Suburban One Sports
Sports	Fall Sports: Football, Soccer, Water Polo, Volleyball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Tennis, Cheerleading. Winter Sports: Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Indoor Track, Wrestling. Spring Sports: Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse, Tennis, Track, Unified Bocce, Volleyball
Mascot	"Big Red"
Nickname	Soudy
Team name	Indians/Big Red
Rival	North Penn High School
Newspaper	The Arrowhead
Website	Souderton Area High School

Souderton Area High School is a large public high school in the Montgomery County suburbs of Philadelphia located at 625 Lower Road in Souderton, Pennsylvania, United States, and serves residents in Souderton and Telford boroughs, and Franconia, Lower Salford and Upper Salford townships. It is the only high school in Souderton Area School District.

Extracurriculars

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The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. There are currently 75 different clubs students can join.^[2]

Notable alumni

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1965: Donald Haldeman, 1976 Summer Olympics gold medalist in trapshooting
1975: Alex McArthur, film and television actor; appeared in Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" video
1981: Jamie Moyer, pitcher for eight Major League Baseball teams from 1986-2012. 2008 World Series champion with the Philadelphia Phillies. Oldest MLB pitcher to win a game.
1982: Steven Grasse advertising distiller founder/owner of Gyro Worldwide and Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
1984: Jon Wurster Drummer for Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, & Bob Mould and comedian with Scharpling and Wurster
1986: Rob Kampia, Marijuana activist
1988: Steven Stefanowicz Private military contractor at Abu Ghraib prison. Accused of ordering abusive interrogations some have labeled torture.
1989: Jared Hasselhoff, actor, moderator, radio host and Bloodhound Gang bass player
1997: Michael Joseph "Spanky G" Guthier. Former drummer for popular comedy rock group The Bloodhound Gang
2009: Jake Metz former Defensive End for the Buffalo Bills and former Arena Football League player for the Philadelphia Soul

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Souderton Area HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
^ "Activity Guide". sahs.soudertonsd.org. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

External links

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Boyertown Area	Boyertown Area Senior High School Other schools are in Berks County
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Bishop McDevitt High School Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Lansdale Catholic High School Pope John Paul II High School
Souderton Area	Souderton Area High School Other schools are in Bucks County
Spring-Ford Area	Spring-Ford Senior High School Other schools are in Chester County
Upper Perkiomen	Upper Perkiomen High School Other schools are in Berks County
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Bucks County, Pennsylvania Schools

Main School Districts
Bensalem Township	Bensalem High School
Bristol Borough	Bristol High School
Bristol Township	Harry S. Truman High School
Centennial	William Tennent High School
Central Bucks	Central Bucks High School East Central Bucks High School South Central Bucks High School West
Council Rock	Council Rock High School North Council Rock High School South
Morrisville Borough	Morrisville Middle/Senior High School
Neshaminy	Neshaminy High School
New Hope-Solebury	New Hope-Solebury High School
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Pennsbury	Pennsbury High School
Quakertown Community	Quakertown High School