User:Azharsumar/Parkland High School (Pennsylvania)

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I am editing the wikipedia article on Parkland High School. While editing this article, I would like to add more information on the history of the school, the academics, and more information to the athletic section. The article does a good job of discussing the basic history of the school but could add more information. I would also like to add information to the academic section discussing the different departments and classes available to students. There are numerous classes available and I feel would show the variety of classes that students could take. I would then like to add more information to the athletics of the school. It briefly discusses some achievements but a plentiful amount of information could be added to make the article more knowledgeable for readers. The article does a good job discussing the athletic achievements but information could be added discussing the athletic fields included on the property. There are numerous classes available and I feel would show the variety of classes that students could take. I would also like to add another section that discusses the layout of the school such as how the main rotunda includes an entrance for athletics, academic, and visual arts.

History[edit]
See also: Most Valuable Players (film)

Parkland High School was formed in 1949 when North Whitehall Township and South Whitehall Township merged to create Parkland Union School District, with Upper Macungie Township joining in 1950. Its predecessor, South Whitehall High School, was housed in the current day Troxell Building. Parkland used the same facility until a larger building on Route 309 in Orefield was completed in 1954, which served as the high school for 45 years.

In 1999, the new and current Parkland High School building on Cedar Crest Boulevard was opened due to overcapacity of the Orefield building. The old school was renovated and renamed Orefield Middle School, replacing Troxell Junior High School. When viewed from above, the layout of the current building and grounds closely approximate the shape of the Millennium Falcon, a spacecraft featured in the Star Wars films.School officials claim that the design was not deliberate. MY EDIT: The entire parkland high school campus is 128 acres. The campus was built to have three entrances. One entrance for the main academic and administration entrance, one for the cafeteria and gymnasium, and one for the auditorium. The entrances are labeled by academics, athletics, and arts.

Athletics[edit]
See also: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Parkland competes athletically in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (EPC) in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, one of the premier high school athletic divisions in the nation. Cumulatively among all of its sports, Parkland has secured fourteen Pennsylvania state championship titles. MY EDIT: The high school through all athletics since its opening has a record of 13,019 wins and 5,550 losses. The high school has won 282 conferences championships, 182 district championships, and 15 state titles.

Boys volleyball[edit]
In 2015, the boys volleyball team won the PIAA state championships. MY EDIT: The boys volleyball team has won 13 conference championships, 10 district championships, and 1 state title in its 36 seasons as a program. The program has produced 24 athletes into the Parkland High School hall of fame. The volleyball program as a whole has a record of 507-164 with a winning percentage of 0.756%.

Girls volleyball[edit]
In 2011, 2014, and 2015, the girls volleyball team won the PIAA AAA state championships. MY EDIT: The girls volleyball program at Parkland High School has 9 conference championships, 11 district championships, and three state championships. The girls team has had 27 girls inducted to the Parkland hall of fame. The record over 42 seasons for the girls volleyball program is 577-289 with a win percentage of 0.666%

Ice hockey[edit]
Parkland High School also is one of eleven Lehigh Valley-area high schools with an ice hockey team; the team competes in the Lehigh Valley Scholastic Ice Hockey League.

Boys Basketball
The boys basketball team has won 6 conference championships and 10 district titles. There have been 7 players inducted into the Parkland High School hall of fame. The program has had 8 1,000 point scorers. The program as a entirety has a record of 1,145-698 with a winning percentage of 0.621% in its 74 seasons.

Girls Basketball
The Parkland Girls basketball team has an overall record throughout program history of 807-621 which has a winning percentage of 0.565%. The program has 8 1,000 point scorers throughout the program with the most recent being in the 2006-2007 season. The program has 3 conference championships, 4 district championships, and 1 state title which was in the 2004-2005 season.

Baseball
The baseball program has won 17 conference championships and 7 district titles. The program has 11 athletes that have been inducted to the Parkland High School Hall of Fame. The program has a record of 854-416-1 with a winning percentage of 0.672% in 73 seasons.

Boys Swimming and Diving
The swimming program has won 8 conference championships and 12 district championships. The program has a winning percentage of 0.724% with a record of 508-192-5 over 62 seasons.

Girls Swimming and Diving
The girls swimming and diving program has a program overall record of 545-124-2 with a winning percentage of 0.814%. The program has won 19 conference titles, 25 district championships, and 3 state titles in its 54 seasons. The program has 40 athletes that are in the Parkland hall of fame.

Football
The football program at parkland high school has won 18 conference championships, 10 district titles, and 1 state titles in its 69 years as a program. Their overall record is 454-269-21 with a winning percentage of 0.624%. There are 30 athletes that have been inducted into the parkland hall of fame, 29 athletes with 1,000 rushing yards, 16 athletes with 1,000 passing yards and 1 athlete with 1,000 receiving yards.

Boys Tennis
The boys tennis program at parkland has 3 athletes that have been inducted into the Parkland Hall of Fame. they have a winning record with a winning percentage of 0.814%. They have won 671 matches, lost 151, and dragged 5. They have one 23 conference championships and 11 district titles.

Girls Tennis
The girls tennis program has a winning percentage of 0.827% with 633-132 with 18 conference championships and 11 district titles. They have had one athlete inducted into the parkland hall of fame in the 2011-2012 season.

Softball
The Parkland softball program has a record of 912-241 with a winning percentage of 0.791% over 53 seasons. They have won 5 state titles, 27 conference championships, and 16 district titles. They have had 20 athletes inducted into the hall of fame.

Boys Soccer
The parkland boys soccer team has a overall record of 615-303-48 with a winning percentage of 0.661% over 47 seasons as a program. They have won 11 conference championships and 9 district championships. 13 athletes have been inducted into the hall of fame and the most recent being two athletes inducted in 2017-2018. The most league wins for the program was 17 which occurred in 2002. The most overall wins occurred in 1998 with 25. The most goals scored by the team in a single season is 115 and the fewest goals allowed in a season was 10. The best record the team has had was 17-0. The most goals by an athlete in a season was 39 and was completed by Josh Ottinger in 2000. The most assists was 23 completed by JC Tishishimbi in 2005. The most points was also completed by Josh Ottinger with 89 and the most shutouts in a season was 19 by Rob Weisel in 1998

Girls Cross Country
The parkland girls cross country team has a record of 449-179-2 over 40 seasons with a winning percentage of 0.714%. The program has won 7 conference championships, 5 district championships, and 1 state title. They have 3 athletes that have been inducted into the Parkland Hall of Fame.

Academics
Parkland high school has 25 AP courses that are offered at school. Some examples are AP literature, AP psychology, AP statistics, AP spanish, AP calculus, etc. The AP exam pass rate 86%. The school has an average SAT score of 1240 and average ACT score of 29. The average graduation rate at Parkland is 95%. The state testing scores have an average of 86% in reading and 80% in mathematics. Parkland high school has about 3,000 students enrolled throughout grades 9-12. The student to teacher ratio is 17-1. Parkland high school is ranked 123 in the state of Pennsylvania. About a quarter of the students participate in some type of AP classes. There is a variety of students from different backgrounds at parkland high school. Their is a 36.6% of students that are a minority.