Pleasant Valley High School (Pennsylvania)

Pleasant Valley High School is a midsized, rural, public 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 used by the locals. Pleasant Valley High School is located on Route 209. It is the sole high school operated by the Pleasant Valley School District. The building was built in 1960 and renovated in 2005.[3] The school had 1,569 students as of the 2018–2019 school year.[1]

Pleasant Valley High School
Address
1671 Route 209

Brodheadsville
,
Pennsylvania
18322

United States
Coordinates40°55′22.8″N 75°24′10.8″W
Information
Typepublic
Motto"Excellence in Education: A Community Commitment"
Established1960
School districtPleasant Valley School District
PrincipalMatthew Triolo
Staff108.00 (FTE)[1]
Faculty107 teachers [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,569 (2018–2019)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.53[1]
Color(s)   
Athletics conferenceEastern Pennsylvania Conference
MascotBear
Feeder schoolsPleasant Valley Middle School
WebsitePleasant Valley High School

Extracurriculars

The Pleasant Valley School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports
See also: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (PIAA)

Pleasant Valley competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the District XI division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, one of the premier high school athletic divisions in the nation.

The district funds the following varsity sports:

According to PIAA directory July 2013 [4]

Pleasant Valley has had athletic successes in many different events. For over a dozen years, the baseball team was undefeated. All of the school's teams participate in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

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. 2 wrestlers in 2010 medaled in states.

Pleasant Valley Football The Pleasant Valley Football program was 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 were MVC champions a few more times and 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 (Division 2's Heisman Trophy) tried 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. Pleasant Valley currently holds "The Bucket" after an emotional game that came down to the last play. Pleasant Valley won 24–19. Pleasant Valley leads the series with Pocono Mountain.

Arts

Pleasant Valley Marching Band The 2010 Pleasant Valley High School Marching Band was crowned the USSBA Group 4A Pennsylvania State Champions with their show "Western Portraits." The show included songs such as The Magnificent Seven, Silverado, and Hoedown.

References
  1. "Pleasant Valley HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  2. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data - Pleasant Valley High School, 2010
  3. Public Financial Management, Inc. (July 8, 2010). "PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES - General Obligation Bonds, Series of 2010 report" (PDF).
  4. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2013). "PIAA School Directory".
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