Salisbury High School (Pennsylvania)

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Salisbury High School (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 40°35′3″N 75°26′32″W / 40.58417°N 75.44222°W

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Salisbury High School
Salisbury High School in June 2015
Address

500 East Montgomery Street Allentown , Pennsylvania 18103-5225 United States
Coordinates	40°35′3″N 75°26′32″W / 40.58417°N 75.44222°W / 40.58417; -75.44222
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1963; 61 years ago (1963)
School district	Salisbury Township School District
NCES School ID	422073002833^[1]
Principal	Heather Morningstar
Staff	31.49 (on an FTE basis)^[1]
Grades	9th–12th
Enrollment	545^[1] (2023–24)
Student to teacher ratio	17.31^[1]
Campus type	Suburb: Large
Color(s)	Navy and White
Athletics conference	Colonial League
Website	www.salisburysd.org

Salisbury High School is a public high school located in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only high school within the Salisbury Township School District.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 545 students, according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

History

Salisbury Township was founded in 1834. In 1955, the construction for Salisbury High School was planned. Construction started in 1962 and was finished in 1963.

Until 2011, Salisbury High School served 10th through 12th grades, with ninth grade attending Salisbury Middle School. The high school underwent major renovations between 2009 and 2011, which included making space to move the district's 9th-grade students into the high school.^[2]

Athletics

Districts

Salisbury participates in the Colonial League of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's District XI. The Colonial League includes Lehigh Valley high schools deemed too small to participate in the East Penn Conference.

Boys Basketball (1971, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1996, 2010)
Baseball (1980, 1985–1987, 1996, 2003, 2011, 2013)
Boys Soccer (1985–1987, 1992, 2003, 2010)
Rifle Team (2006)
Boys Swimming (2012, 2013, 2014)

Colonial League titles

Boys Basketball (1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2011)
Baseball (1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2012, 2013)
Girls Basketball (1989, 1990, 1993, 2010)

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship

Football (2006)^[3]

State championship titles

Swimming (2013)

The school fields teams in most major sports, including boys baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys tennis, cheerleading, girls field hockey, girls softball, football, soccer, rifle, wrestling, and track and field.^[4]

Teams

Salisbury has the Colonial League titles in Basketball and Baseball. The Field hockey team has never made a district appearance. The District Swimming Team won districts in 2012. Salisbury offers twenty-one varsity and twelve junior varsity sport programs.^[5]

Varsity

Boys

Baseball - AA
Basketball- AAA
Cross Country - AA
Football - AA
Golf - AA
Rifle - AAAA
Soccer - AA
Swimming and Diving - AA
Tennis - AA
Track and field - AA
Wrestling - AA

Girls

Basketball - AA
Cheer - AAAA
Cross Country - AA
Field hockey - AA
Golf - AA
Rifle - AAAA
Soccer (Fall) - AA
Softball - AA
Swimming and Diving - AA
Girls' Tennis - AA
Track and Field - AA

Notable alumni

Michael Crowther, wildlife conservationist and former president and chief executive officer, Indianapolis Zoo
Ian Riccaboni, host of All Elite Wrestling's Ring of Honor
Jason Yeisley, former professional soccer player, FC Dallas, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, Reading United AC, and Richmond Kickers

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public Schools - Salisbury High School (422073002833)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
^ "High School Construction / High School Construction". www.salisburysd.org. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02.
^ "EasternPAFootball - Your source for High School Football in Eastern PA". easternpafootball.com. Archived from the original on 2004-12-09.
^ Sports Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2013). "PIAA School Directory".

External links

Salisbury Township School District official website
- Salisbury High School athletics official website
Salisbury High School at The Express-Times

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