Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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| Liberty High School | |
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| Address | |
| 1115 Linden Street Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Bethlehem Area School District |
| Superintendent | Joseph Roy |
| Principal | Harrison Bailey |
| Teaching staff | 156 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,749 (September 2014) |
| Color(s) | Maroon Navy |
| Fight song | Liberty Forever |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
| Nickname | Hurricanes |
| Rival | Freedom High School Bethlehem Catholic High School |
| Website | www-lhs |
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Liberty High School is a public high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Liberty is the larger of two public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District, with Freedom High School being the other. Liberty's current attendance area includes students from the City of Bethlehem, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, and Hanover Township.
In the 2014-2015 academic year, Liberty High School had 2,749 students and 156 full-time teachers.[2] Graduation takes place annually at Stabler Arena.
Liberty High School holds football games and other sporting events at the Frank Banko Field at the Bethlehem Area School District Stadium.
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History
Liberty High School was built in 1918 and opened in 1922 under the name "Bethlehem High School".[3] It is located in the geographical center of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. As the school started nearing its capacity, the Bethlehem Area School District established a second high school, Freedom High School, and renamed the original school "Liberty High School" as a memorial to the Liberty ships that returned to Pennsylvania after World War I.
Liberty High School served all of Bethlehem until Freedom High School was built. Afterwards, Center City, Pembroke, and South Side residents attended Liberty while Bethlehem Township and Hanover Township residents went to Freedom. Adjustments have been made to these borders however, and Liberty now has students from Hanover, Center City, Pembroke and some of South Side (with some South Side residents attending the Freedom school).
Up until Liberty's recent remodel, the school was composed of three classroom buildings, two buildings with four floors and one science center with two. Over the years, several renovations have been performed on the school, with the most recent being an overhaul of the main building, along with the construction of a new student activity center.
Currently Liberty High School's Main building (Common's Building) is currently home to the Freshman Center. It is a new program established in 2013 meant to help freshmen make the transition the high school a little easier. Students there are now following a different schedule than the 10-12 graders attending Liberty. All freshmen take classes in the 2nd and 3rd floor of the commons building and travel for gym, business and sciences classes. It was developed due to the fact that freshmen typically struggle academically with such a big transition from middle school. This is the first time Liberty High School has done something like this in its history.
Clubs
Liberty High School offers a range of clubs including PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science), BASD Mini-THON, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), Chess Team, Science Olympiad, Class Play – Fall (Fall Play), Shakespeare Club, Class Play – Spring (Spring Musical), DECA, Stage Crew Drama Club, Step Team, Ecology Club, Student Government, Class Offices, FBLA, Teen Summit, Historic Bethlehem Club, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Ski Club, Key Club, Tempest Dance Team, Latino Leadership, Video Production Club, LHS Strategy Club, Anime club, Jr.NAACP, Mini Globe Trotters, Photography Club, the Young Republican and Democrat club, and Art club.
Athletics
The school's athletic teams compete in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, which also includes high schools from Allentown, Easton, Emmaus, and other Lehigh Valley locations. The sports include Cheerleading (non-competitive and competitive), Baseball, Field Hockey, Boys and Girls Soccer, Boys and Girls Track & Field, Boys and Girls Basketball, Football, Softball, Boys and Girls Volleyball, CoEd Golf, Boys and Girls Swimming, Rifle, Boys and Girls Tennis, Girls and Boys Lacrosse, Wrestling, and Boys and Girls Cross Country. In December 2008, the Liberty High School varsity football team won the Pennsylvania 4A State Championship.[citation needed]
Liberty (as well as Freedom High School and Bethlehem Catholic High School) plays in Frank Banko stadium. It seats approximately 14,000.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- David A. Bader, professor and executive director of high performance computing, Georgia Institute of Technology[4]
- Chuck Bednarik, former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles, and Pro Football Hall of Fame member
- John B. Callahan, Mayor of Bethlehem
- Pete Carril, former basketball coach, Basketball Hall of Fame member
- Alexandra Chando, actress, As the World Turns and The Lying Game
- Jimmy DeGrasso, drummer, Alice Cooper band; former drummer, Megadeth
- Ted Deutch, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 21st congressional district.
- Peter D. Feaver, Former Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform, United States National Security Council
- Jonathan Frakes, actor and director, Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Mike Hartenstine, former professional football player, Chicago Bears
- Darrun Hilliard, professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons
- Loren Keim, real estate author
- Gary Lavelle, former professional baseball pitcher, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Toronto Blue Jays
- Barry W. Lynn, political activist and executive director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- J. J. Maura, voiceover artist and television announcer, WCAU and QVC[5]
- Matt McBride, professional baseball player, Colorado Rockies
- Paul McHale, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security and former Member of Congress
- Billy Packer, college basketball television sportscaster, CBS
- Dan Persa, former quarterback for the Northwestern Wildcats and finished his college career with the highest completion percentage in the NCAA
- James J. Reed, former head coach, United States men's national soccer team
- Sheetal Sheth, actress, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
- Devin Street, professional football player, Dallas Cowboys
- David Zinczenko, diet author, editor of Men's Health magazine
Notable faculty
- James Delgrosso, taught driver's education from 1965 to 2003. Mayor of Bethlehem from 2003 to 2004.
References
- ↑ http://www-lhs.beth.k12.pa.us/2010_11.profile/2014-2015_LHS_Profile.pdf
- ↑ http://www-lhs.beth.k12.pa.us/2010_11.profile/2014-2015_LHS_Profile.pdf
- ↑ LHS Profile
- ↑ College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
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External links
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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Schools
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- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2015
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Educational institutions established in 1922
- Public high schools in Pennsylvania
- Schools in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Schools in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
- 1922 establishments in Pennsylvania
