Southern Lehigh High School
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Southern Lehigh High School is a four-year public high school
located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
, in the United States
. It is the only high school in the Southern Lehigh School District
.
The school's mascot is the Spartan, and the school colors are blue
and white
.
The school's athletic teams belong to Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
District XI
and most sports belong to the district's Colonial League.
The school's theatre program is widely recognized in the Lehigh Valley as one of the best. The theatre program's crowning achievement was the 2009 Freddy Awards where the production of West Side Story
garnered numerous awards including Outstanding Production of the Musical. The program is also a trend-setter with its 2010 spring musical premiere of Curtains for a high school in Eastern Pennsylvania and for its 2010 fall play premiere of Almost, Maine
, a first in the Lehigh Valley.
The school also boasts one of the best marching bands in the Lehigh Valley area.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Center Valley is an unincorporated village one mile north of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 309 and Pennsylvania Route 378 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States....
, in the United States
United States
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. It is the only high school in the Southern Lehigh School District
Southern Lehigh School District
Southern Lehigh School District is a public school district located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It serves the borough of Coopersburg and Lower Milford and Upper Saucon Townships. The district has three elementary schools with students from k-3. The Intermediate School,...
.
The school's mascot is the Spartan, and the school colors are blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
and white
White
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
.
The school's athletic teams belong to Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc. is one of the governing bodies of high school and junior high school sports for the state of Pennsylvania, United States....
District XI
PIAA District 11
District 11 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association is an interscholastic athletic association in Northeastern Pennsylvania. District 11 is one of the PIAA's 12 athletic conferences and comprises mostly high schools within the Lehigh Valley and a few surrounding counties. Member...
and most sports belong to the district's Colonial League.
The school's theatre program is widely recognized in the Lehigh Valley as one of the best. The theatre program's crowning achievement was the 2009 Freddy Awards where the production of West Side Story
West Side Story
West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins...
garnered numerous awards including Outstanding Production of the Musical. The program is also a trend-setter with its 2010 spring musical premiere of Curtains for a high school in Eastern Pennsylvania and for its 2010 fall play premiere of Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine is a play by John Cariani, an American actor. The play is composed of nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical place called Almost, Maine. It premiered at the Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine where it broke box office records and garnered critical...
, a first in the Lehigh Valley.
The school also boasts one of the best marching bands in the Lehigh Valley area.