| Number of Schools Managed |
15 |
4 |
| Number of Students Managed |
11,729 students |
2,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$157,411,000 |
$24,078,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$209,653,000 |
$23,565,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,421 |
$10,846 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$17,875 |
$10,615 |
| District Graduation Rates |
95% |
95% |
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- Henderson High School is named after B. Reed Henderson and is one of the three high schools (Henderson, East, and Rustin) in the West Chester Area School District. It was one of the original high schools in the district and is located in the borough of West Chester. Henderson has recently finished an ongoing renovation of the entire school, much to the delight of its students, and additional athletic fields, including a new turf, are coming soon. Robert Sokolowski is the current principal and has led Henderson to achieve success in academics, athletics, music, and drama productions.
- Mission Statement
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The mission of Henderson High School, a borough school embracing the pride and diversity of its heritage, is to educate all students to achieve their personal best so that they develop into responsible, contributing citizens by fostering individual growth and life-long learning, creating varied learning experiences, integrating the rich resources of our community, and establishing high expectations for all.
- Objectives
- All students will demonstrate proficiency in state and district standards or meet the goals of their individualized learning plans.
- Each student will successfully complete a course of study that reflects his or her personal best in academics and extra curricular activities.
- All students will achieve personal excellence by consistently demonstrating the character traits and behaviors necessary to be responsible, respectful, and contributing citizens in the Henderson community.
- Tactics
- We will actively increase family and community participation and involvement in achieving our mission and objectives.
- We will develop and implement plans to provide the staff with the time and tools necessary to meet external mandates as well as to personalize instruction to meet students’ needs.
- We will design a system for students, parents, and staff to develop and for students to complete a course of study that reflects each student’s personal best in academics and extra-curricular activities.
- We will develop and implement plans, procedures, and interventions to challenge and inspire our underachieving and at-risk students.
- In order to encourage personal excellence, we will model, reinforce and integrate the character traits necessary to be responsible, respectful, contributing members of our community.
- We will work collaboratively to assure that we implement discipline policies and procedures effectively, efficiently, and consistently throughout the school.
- Accomplishments
- Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence from the U.S. Department of Education
- Academics
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Henderson is a host to many successful academic teams including the Mathematics Team, which has won numerous state math contests, the Academic Team, Science Olympiad, and Physics Olympiad. Henderson also has a great variety of clubs; one of the most popular, the Astronomy Club, has recently acquired a high powered telescope through a generous donation. Henderson is also very proud of a former student's perfect score on the SAT (twice) and its superb standardized test results; Henderson has the highest scores in the West Chester Area School District.
- Athletics
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Henderson athletic teams are part of the Ches-Mont League. Many of Henderson's sports teams have had good seasons, winning numerous Ches-Monts, Districts and State Championships. These teams include boys soccer, field hockey, football, girls tennis, basketball, swimming, cross country, and track and field. Specifically the girls tennis, track and field teams, and the boys basketball team have been Ches-Mont Champs for multiple years. Several individuals have been named All-Americans in their sport. Several athletes have gone on to win NCAA championships in college and several have made the Olympic Trials. In 2007 the Varsity Hockey team won the Flyers Cup Championship and were crowned Pennsylvania State Champs at the Class A level with a victory over Penguins Cup winner Freeport, the same year their football team went on to the AAAA district 1 championships. The girls soccer team has won a national championship. The boys cross country team won back to back state titles in 2002 and 2003 and finished second to eventual national champion Coatesville High in 2006. Currently, the team is nationally ranked (#18) and expects to contend for another state championship. At Nike Indoor Nationals in 2007 the boys distance medley relay won the national championship, edging Fork Union high school by 1/2 of a second. In 1991, the 4x400 relay won the Championship of America race at the Penn Relays defeating several international teams and was the only US team to win the event between 1985 and 1996.
- Notable alumni
- Jermaine Jones, Ohio State Wrestler.
- Linda and Terry Jamison, the "Psychic Twins".
- Samuel Barber, classical composer.
- Kerr Smith, Actor.
- Robert Henson, WCOJ News Director/Talkshow host.
- Nick Berg, murdered hostage.
- Jon Matlack, former Major League Baseball pitcher.
- Peter W. Heed, former attorney general of New Hampshire
- Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Pennsylvania state representative.
- Sharon Reed, NBC news anchor Cleveland Ohio
- Henderson Official Site
- School Profile (pdf)
- http://blog.pennrelaysonline.com/event-history/high-school-boys-4x400/
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