Pleasant Valley High School - Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania/PA

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Pleasant Valley High School

Route 209, Brodheadsville, PA, 18322 -

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Definition of Terms

Pleasant Valley High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Monroe County, PA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1797 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

99 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 666 students

Grade 11 - 566 students

Grade 12 - 565 students

This School

(PA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(PA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	7%	3%
% Black	7%	14%
% White	85%	81%

Additional Student Information

This School

(PA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(PA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Pleasant Valley Sd School District

This School's Agency

(PA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	7	4
Number of Students Managed	6,964 students	2,220 students
District Total Revenue	$66,411,000	$24,078,000
District Expenditure	$61,026,000	$23,565,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,536	$10,846
District Expenditure / Student	$8,763	$10,615
District Graduation Rates	88%	95%

Chestnuthill column (Times News)
posted on November 24, 2009 at 10:14:44 pm
Day of Listening The second annual National Day of Listening will be hosted on Nov. 27 this year. read more
Boys’ Soccer: Dock rallies past Benton to reach semis (Souderton Independent)
posted on November 23, 2009 at 12:58:47 pm
BRODHEADSVILLE — The postseason can take a team to many different places, and on Saturday, Christopher Dock was in an unfamiliar place — trailing in a soccer game. But the Pioneers found their way.
CORRECTION (Times News)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:18:36 pm
In an article in last weeks TIMES NEWS, the times were incorrect for the Pleasant Valley Choral Society's annual Christmas Concert, "The Sounds of The Season." The concert will be held on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., and Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Pleasant Valley High School, Route 209, Brodheadsville. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused.
Dock rallies, reaches semis (The Intelligencer)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 07:54:02 am
Something happened to Christopher Dock on Saturday that hadn't happened in a while.
Boy Scout Troop 98 sending 3,000 cards overseas (Times News)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 10:17:42 pm
The holidays are fast approaching. One of the traditions of the season is to send out Christmas cards to friends and family. Boy Scout Troop 98 of Brodheadsville has taken that tradition to a higher level. They send Christmas cards to the troops of United States military men and women serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Working with Friends of Our Troops in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in a ...

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Pleasant Valley High School is a high school in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. The school's name was given by its founder, John C. Mills, who took it from a common name for the area of the locals. Over two thousand students attend the school.
Pleasant Valley has had its greatest athletic successes in many athletic events. For over a dozen years, the baseball team was undefeated. All of the school's teams participate in the Mountain Valley Conference.
School Snapshot
Principal: John Gress
Charter school: No
Coeducational: Yes
Enrollment: 2,000+
Grade levels: 10-12
Mascot: Bear
Motto: "Excellence in Education: A Community Commitment"
Newspaper name: Bear Facts
Nickname: Bears
School colors: Royal blue and white
School district: Pleasant Valley School District
Year opened: 1960
Year-round schedule: No
Yearbook name: "the Bruin"
Claim to fame: 6-time MVC soccer champions
Pleasant Valley Wrestling: The wrestling program has grown strong over the past several years. In 2002-2003 the school was ranked top 10 in the PIAA AAA rankings. They were also ranked top 50 nationally.
Pleasant Valley Football: The Pleasant Valley Football program has been a major contender in the Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) for quite some time, winning the District 11 Championship in 1999 and numerous Conference Championships. Since then they have been MVC champions a few more times and have continued to be a top competitor in the MVC. The New Football Coach Jim Terwilliger was hired in March 2009. Terwilliger, the former Harlon Hill Trophy winner is trying to put the Bears back in the MVC race. The Proudest part of Pleasant Valley Football's history is "The Old Oaken Bucket". It is an annual rivalry game between the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals and the PV Bears, which has been played since the 60's. For 8 years, up until the 07-08 season, the bears have kept the bucket. This is an individual record for the most times in a row either of the teams have had the bucket. Also Pleasant Valley has had the bucket, the trophy given to the team who wins the game each year that really is a bucket with a football trophy topper on it, the most times out of all 40+ years they have been playing this game.
East Coast Wrestling Association (1992-1996)
Tournament of Fans Winner (1992)
ECWA Mid Atlantic Championship (1993-1995)
Eastern Wrestling Alliance (1998-2003)
EWA Hardcore Championship (1998), (2000-2002)
EWA New England Championship (2002-2003)
External links
Pleasant Valley High School website

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