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West Scranton High School - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 41°24′34″N 75°41′17″W / 41.4094°N 75.688°W

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West Scranton High School
Address

1201 Luzerne Street Scranton , Pennsylvania 18504 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1935
School district	Scranton School District
Principal	Renee Stevens^[1]
Staff	103.04 (FTE)^[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,401 (2022-2023)^[2]
Student to teacher ratio	13.60^[2]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Blue and white
Mascot	Invader
Information	570-348-3616
Website	Official website

West Scranton High School, is a community-based school in the west side neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest schools in the area, having opened to the public in 1935, first as a junior high facility and later as a high school. It offers about 32 clubs and 17 sports, and hosts grades 9 through 12. Renée Stevens is the school's current principal. The school colors are royal blue and white and the mascot is the Invader. It is a public school enrolling approximately 1,000 students, with an average of about 250 students in each grade.^[3]

Extracurriculars

Scranton School District offers a variety of clubs, activities, and sports.

Sports

Baseball
Basketball (boys' and girls')
Cheerleading (football and basketball)
Cross country
Football- Coached by Jake Manetti
Golf
Soccer (boys' and girls')
Softball
Swimming and diving
Tennis (boys' and girls')
Track and field
Wrestling

The school's biggest athletic rival is the Scranton High School Knights, who share a football stadium - Memorial Stadium, located outside Scranton High School - with the Invaders. Each year, the two teams meet in "The Bell Game," usually in early October. The winner of the football game takes a locomotive bell, to remain in the victor's school until the following meeting.

Notable alumni

Nick Chickillo, former professional football player, Chicago Cardinals
Carrie DelRosso, businesswoman^[4]
Bill Ferrario, former professional football player, Green Bay Packers
Cosmo Iacavazzi, former professional football player, New York Jets, and member of College Football Hall of Fame
Don Jonas, former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles
Kathleen Kane, former Pennsylvania Attorney General convicted of felony perjury and subsequently disbarred and sentence to jail time^[5]
Matt McGloin, former professional football player, Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders
Marc Spindler, former professional football player, Detroit Lions and New York Jets
Tyra Vaughn, former film actress and showgirl
John Rade, all around great guy

References

^ "West Scranton High School Homepage". Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "West Scranton HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
^ "West Scranton High School Brochure" (PDF). 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
^ "CARRIE A. LEWIS DELROSSO - PA House of Representatives". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^ "John Baer: New A.G. Kane has a lot on her plate". 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.

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Charter schools	Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children
Forest City Regional (partially located in Susquehanna and Wayne Counties)	Forest City Regional High School
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North Pocono (partially located in Wayne County)	North Pocono High School
Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton	Holy Cross High School
Career and technology school (VoTech)	Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
State-run schools	Scranton State School for the Deaf (CLOSED)

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