Class of
2014-2015

Penncrest High School received an Honorable
Mention in the High School Mathematics Contest in
Modeling (HiMCM).
Penncrest High School Sent two teachers to attend the Anja S. Greer Mathematics Conference in Exeter,
NH this summer.
AP Statistics, AP Calculus, Calculus, and Geometry classes all completed their year-end projects that applied their course of study with a real-life application. Projects included scale models of buildings, string art, tessellations, origami, statistics surveys, music videos, etc.
More than 200 students received help from the 84 members of Mu Alpha Theta this year doing in doing their Math homework and preparing for quizzes and tests.
Penncrest High School scored third place in the
American Mathematics Scholastic Association (ASMA)
Math Contest.

Foundations of Technology
Over 60 students participated in the second year of our revamped introductory course entitled
Foundations of Technology. Students began the year reviewing technological advances throughout history from an anthropological point of view, paying particular attention to technology’s impact upon civilization. The remainder of the year was spent investigating current applications of technology in the manufacturing and construction sectors of industry. Computer aided drawing and computer aided machining applications were used in prototyping exercises that mimicked the work performed by industrial designers and engineers.
The introduction of 3D printing tools aided greatly in the rapid prototyping of design concepts and was a hit with both the students and staff.
Architectural Design and Construction
The students in the Architectural Design and
Residential Construction course spent the first half of the year immersed in the use of CAD software for the production of a set of architectural drawings for an independently designed “emergency house”. The emergency home exercise encouraged students to design small inexpensive housing that could be built quickly after natural disasters utilizing the vernacular architectural history of the devastated area. The second half of the year focused students on residential housing building techniques. This included the building of models of platform-framed structures and culminated in the building of a utility shed using these same practices.
Publications
Students in the Publications class again produced a yearbook which highlighted the events of the year and gave readers an inside look at what it means to be a student at Penncrest High School in 2014-15.

Transportation Robotics & Aviation
Students in TRA completed a unit calculating routes to various job opportunities utilizing public transportation. In the robotics unit, students designed and built robots made from cardboard that performed a student driven function. They utilized a variety of construction methods and control devices to accomplish this feat. They also created wheels and parts from cardboard using the CNC Router and all robots contained at least one part designed and produced on our 3-D printer. In the aviation unit, students learned basic aeronautical principles, flew a series of missions using the flight simulation software and experimented with an RC plane. The plane was used to help students understand how the various parts of a plane function and experience flying from a practical perspective.
Visual Design
Students produced over 5000 t-shirts for various school district and community groups this school year. In addition, students designed the
JV Show program, game programs for basketball, banquet programs for the Delaware County
Athletes Hall of Fame and other sports groups.
A number of items for Glenwood Elementary fifth grade were designed and produced, including their Memory Book and hallway pennants.
Advanced Visual Design students designed and printed the Pride Day t-shirts for Penncrest.

The Penncrest Science Department launched electronic midterm and final examination. Using their IPads, physics students were able to log on to
WebAssign and take a timed multiple choice examination custom designed for each of our three physics programs. The administration of the innovative assessment went very smoothly.
Half of the midterm was multiplechoice. WebAssign also randomizes question order and scrambles up the answers for each student. The same principle was used for the level 2 physics final (the AP physics 1 students were exempt from the final). There were no technical issues with connectivity and the process went smoothly and efficiently.
The course formerly known as level 1
Physics became AP Physics I this year, and
85 students took the AP exam. This increases the number of students taking
AP exams in the sciences at Penncrest.
This year Physics classes launched the wireless Bluetooth interfaces linking existing PASCO laboratory probeware with student's IPads. This capability significantly reduces laboratory setup time that greatly assisted our adaptation to the new school schedule

Academic teams
The Chester Ridley Crum Watershed Association honored the Penncrest Envirothon program.
Penncrest received the Organizational Stewardship
Award for its work in developing citizens who have an understanding of natural resources, and maintaining a balance between the quality of life and the quality of the environment. Penncrest
Envirothon was also recognized for its accomplishment of 21 consecutive counties titles, 10 state championships and 3 North American championships.
The Penncrest Envirothon team won it's 22nd consecutive county competition on April 28th. They competed for the state championship May 19th-21st at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, and won the state competition by a margin of over 40 points. The
Team earned second place in the national championship at Missouri State University. The team members who attended were Abigail Pearse, Lucy
Hall, Vy-linh Gale, Daniel Rosenberger and Justin
Rosenberg.
The Penncrest Science Olympiad Team won 3 rd place in the PA state tournament.
The Penncrest Physics Olympics Team won first place overall.
Co-curricular activities
The Penncrest Medical Scholars Club attended a live
Surgery at Lankenau Hospital. Fifteen students attended the surgery, a Cholecystectomy, or Gall
Bladder removal, which served as the kickoff activity for the 11th Annual Annenberg High School
Science Symposium. The Medical Scholars Club continues to participate in the Symposium as they investigate the topic of Neurodegenerative disease.
In addition to participating in the Annenberg
Symposium our members also competed in the US Bio-
Olympiad and The HOSA Future Health Care
Professionals competition. Club members continue to volunteer at local hospitals and internships around the area.

Interact Club
The Interact Club hosted multiple community and philanthropic events this year. The Interact Club's marquee event this year involved promoting and organizing components of the Cradles to Crayons
Drive.
History Day
The History Day Team continued its success at the local level by winning 2nd place at the Chester
County Historical Society's local History Day
Competition. Liam Forsythe and Gabrielle Dunn both competed with their award winning group exhibit on
Alan Turing at the PA State Competition held at
Millersville University.
Model UN
The Model UN Club participated in the 28th Annual
Delaware Model United National Conference hosted by Salesianum School where 4 students were given
Honorable Mention awards.
The club also participated in the Penn International
Relations Conference at the University of
Pennsylvania where students listened to lectures and discussed issues currently facing the Middle
East and Africa.
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
On Wednesday, December 10, students from across
Greater Philadelphia and around the world assembled at Temple University’s Fox School of
Business, ahead of the 2015 United Nations Climate
Change Conference in Paris, France. four seniors participated as delegates representing advanced, emerging and least-developed nations, as well as intergovernmental organizations like OPEC, the
World Bank and the Alliance of Small Island States.
Delegates convened to draft a legally binding, universal agreement aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Emily Evenden ‘15 was recognized as an outstanding student delegate at the end of the daylong conference.

Students completed
206 AP Exams in the five Advanced
Placement courses offered by the
Social Studies department: AP US
History (83), European
History (18),
Government and
Politics (33),
Macroeconomics (7) and Microeconomics
(65).
The Department held special presentations for the 10/11 Grade Health students including a presentation by the organization, Women against Rape , and programs titled, “Survivor
101” and “the Blunt truth about marijuana”
The department also coordinated the following special events for the students and faculty and staff:
Breast Cancer Awareness Events
HIV/AIDS Awareness Events
National Eating Disorder Week
National Sportsmanship Week
Suicide Prevention Week
National Bullying Awareness Day
CPR Class for staff

Phyllis Kavanaugh Student Exchange
Scholarship .
The scholarship was awarded for the 34 over the summer. th year.
This year’s winner will study abroad in France
National French Week events in November. PHS French department sponsored a school-wide trivia contest, a pétanque tournament, a film night and a field trip to a local francophone restaurant.
RTM district World Language contests .
Over 900 PHS language students participated and
The top three students of each language and level were honored at the annual World
Language Fête in May.
World Language Honor societies for French,
Latin, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish welcomed over 60 new members at the induction ceremony on May 7 th .
81 Penncrest students were recognized for their achievement in the National Spanish Exam.
12 Penncrest students were recognized for their achievement in the National Latin Exam.
39 Penncrest students were recognized for their achievement on the National French Exam .
Five students scored 100 % on the YCT ,
International Chinese proficiency test .

24 Intermediate, Advanced, and AP French students traveled to Southern France as part of the French Exchange in March. Over the two weeks, students saw Roman ruins, medieval castles, and world-renown works of art. The trip ended with two days in Paris where students visited the Louvre museum and la Tour
Eiffel .
23 Spanish students traveled to Costa Rica as part of the Spanish Immersion trip from Tuesday,
March 24 th until Thursday, March 2 nd . During the trip, students volunteered in local schools, visited a butterfly farm and learned about the rainforest.
Mandarin Chinese students celebrated the
Chinese New Year with a field trip to
Philadelphia’s Chinatown in March .
In celebration of Chinese New Year, Penncrest students performed a traditional dragon dance during lunches.
AP French, AP Spanish and Advanced Mandarin
Chinese students participated in oral proficiency interviews in May. Modern language professors from local universities sat down one-on-one with students to assess their oral level providing both the students and the RTM program with valuable feedback. The results continue to exceed expectations.
World Language Honors Club members sold fair trade items to raise over $1600 for the Phyllis
Kavanaugh scholarship for study abroad.
Intermediate French students collected over
4000 books for the public library of Javier,
Philippines as part of a service-learning project.
AP French students raised over $2900 through bake sales, a yard sale, and donations. With the money, students worked with the Stop Hunger
Now foundation to produce over 10,000 meals.

Eighteen students were inducted into Pi Lambda Sigma,
Penncrest’s Chapter of the National English Honor
Society. These students maintained GPA’s of 3.5 or higher, in addition to having a 4.0 or higher in English.
Pi Lambda Sigma, for the third year, sponsored a Writing
Center, designed to help students with essays and other writing assignments.
Pi Lambda Sigma hosted its third “Pastry, Poetry, and
Prose.”
Pi Lambda Sigma sponsored its second school-wide “Blind
Date with a Book.”
The department ran its fifth Poetry Out Loud competition and sent one student to the Regional competition in
Philadelphia.
The department participated for the second time in
Reading Olympics and won a Blue Ribbon award.
The department participated in the Poem in Your Pocket project with the local community.
The department brought in the Philadelphia Shakespeare
Company to perform Much Ado about Nothing for our students.
Two students won awards in the Central League Writing
Competition.
Humanities went on a field trip to New York City to see the
Cloisters and St. John the Divine and attended a performance of Don Carlo at the Academy of Music in
Philadelphia.
The Gryphon staff published another outstanding issue of the student literary magazine. Last year's 2014 issue won the Pennsylvania School Press Association's Keystone
Award, recognizing it as one of the top two high school literary magazines in the state.
OnLion , Penncrest’s on-line newspaper published multiple editions.
We continued an Improv Club that ended up staging a couple amazing performances.
The department added the following electives: Women in
Literature, Theater Lab, and SAT Boot Camp.

Advanced Ceramics students competed in the
Scholastic Art and Writing competition in
February. Madi Harper and Lauren McGee both received honorable mentions and Carolanne
Kelly received a Silver Key award.
Forty-five students participated in the 2 nd
Annual Penncrest High School Student Art Show at Lima Estates. Both two and three-dimensional works are featured.
March was Pennsylvania Art Education
Association’s Youth Art Month. Penncrest High
School submitted four works for the K-12 YAM
Art Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Department of Education in Harrisburg.
The following art students participated in the
7 th Congressional District’s Annual Art
Competition: Julian Bonsall-Shepard (11
Tori Carroll (11 th grade), Katie Coyle (12
Hunter Faddis (12 th th th
grade),
grade),
grade), Nicole Mancarella (12 th grade), Marin McPeak (11 th grade), Sarah Mills (12 th grade), Julianna Palmer (12
Rementer (12 th th grade), Abby
grade), and Maddie Sheridan (12 th grade). Julian Bonsall-Shepard received an honorable mention in black and white drawing;
Marin McPeak received third place in color drawing; Maddie Sheridan received 1 st place in color drawing; and, Julianna Palmer received third place in printmaking.
The Penncrest High School Art Department hosted the 57 and the 4 th th Annual Celebration of the Arts
Annual Alumni Art Exhibition on the evening of May 6 th . Those in attendance were treated to outstanding artwork created by every student enrolled in an art class as well as fantastic works by alumni artists dating back to the class of 1980.

Field trips
Advanced Metalwork students interviewed artists and crafters at the Sugarloaf Craft Festival.
Advanced Ceramics students participated in a Raku workshop at the Community Arts Center in
Wallingford.
Art I students painted the gardens and flowers at
Longwood Gardens.
Art II, III and Portfolio Prep students toured and critiqued the collection at the Brandywine River
Museum.
The National Art Honor Society
Face Painting: the members of the NAHS provided face painting at the following events:
Harvest Fest at Glenwood Elementary, Harvest Fest at Media Elementary, Bark in the Park, Hoops for
Hope, YMCA Healthy Kids, Strawberry Festival, Relay for Life
Induction Ceremony
On Tuesday, January 13 th the National Art Honor
Society held its annual Induction Ceremony in the
Penncrest High School library. Thirty-three students were inducted. The guest speaker was
Lauren Stakias, class of 1998. Lauren is the Director of Exhibition and Program Funding at the Museum of
Modern Art (MoMA).
The Memory Project
Members of the NAHS created portraits of orphans from Jamaica for the Memory Project. It is a unique initiative in which art students create portraits
(drawings, paintings, digital art, etc.) for children and teens around the world that have been orphaned, neglected, or disadvantaged.
Members of the NAHS painted the lion mural in Mrs.
Graham’s office.
Members of the NAHS finished painting the faux windows for the house on the corner of Rose Tree and Middletown Roads for the Middletown
Historical Society.

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Thirteen seniors walked across the graduation stage this June to receive their high school diplomas. Future plans for our students include; Delaware County Community College,
Point Park University, and Universal Technical
Institute.
RTMSYA made a smooth transition from the
Granite Run Mall to Penncrest High School this school year. The benefits from moving to the high school campus were: more opportunities to take Penncrest courses, social opportunities with PHS peers, and the opportunity to participate in clubs and activities held on campus. The students built picnic tables, as a team-building project, which served as an outdoor learning classroom.
RTMSYA students served their community this year by volunteering at Fair Acres, the
Community Art Center, and the Media Veterans
Day Parade.
This year the SYA formed a relationship with the
Rocky Run YMCA and students participated in the
Y-achievers program. The Y- achievers program afforded the students the opportunity to take part in gym class two times per week, receive a free YMCA membership for the year and volunteer/ apply for employment at the YMCA.
As part of their SYA curriculum, students participated in Art. a teacher at the Community
Art Center worked with students on various art skills and projects.
Mrs. Ronni Miller and four SYA students participated in the “Close Up” trip to Washington
D.C. from June 15 th to June 19 th . Students visited
Capitol Hill, Arlington National Cemetery, toured the White House and participated in a variety of activities. The skills and experiences gained from this trip will help our school develop a student leadership group for the 2015-16 school year.

Emanon Players produced three successful shows for the RTMSD community. Readers
Theater, Identity , kicked off the 2014-15 Season.
The winter play, Almost, Maine , followed. The season wrapped up with the Hilarious children’s
Theater production of Law and Order: nursery rhymes unit . Congratulations to Mr. Nolen and
Mr. Grouzes and the entire emanon membership for another fantastic year!
The all-school musical celebrated another hit with the apple tree! congratulations to the students and to Mr. Patrick Murphy and his supporting cast of faculty directors for another excellent production!

Central League Champions: Boys Lacrosse and
Boys Outdoor Track
State Playoff Qualifiers: Boys Basketball,
Wrestling and Boys/Girls Indoor and Outdoor
Track
District Playoff Qualifiers: Golf, Boys and Girls
Soccer, Volleyball, Boys and Girls Swimming,
Boys Lacrosse, Baseball and Softball.
3 seniors signed National Letters of Intent. 2 D1
Football (Monmouth, Rutgers) and 1 Girls Track
(Elon University).
24 seniors will be playing a sport in college next year.
3 students named to All-State teams
13 state medalists/37 state medals for
Indoor/Outdoor Track
1 student named to All-American Lacrosse team
1 student named to US Lax Academic All-American team
2 students named Delco Hall Of Fame Scholar
Athletes
31 students named 1 st
19 students named 2
Team All Central nd Team All Central
13 students named 1 st Team All-Delco
11 students named 2 nd Team All-Delco

Fall 2014
Cross
Country (G)
Cross
Country (B)
Field
Hockey
Football
Golf
Soccer (G)
Soccer (B)
Tennis (G)
Volleyball
Varsity
5-6
5-6
5-13
3-7
8-7
12-5-0
14-4-1
3-10
15-5
JV x x
10-4
1-6
4-4
10-3-1
6-7-2
2-8
11-7
F/JVB x 9th Place in League x 5th @ League; 6th overall; 4th @ Delcos
3-6-2
1-7 x x
1-6-1 x
0-10
2nd in League Sportsmanship Award
Tie for 7th in League
7 Students in CAL Tourn./3 in D1 Tourn.
5th in League/District Qualifier
2 nd in League /District Qualifier
9th in League
3rd League/District 2 nd round
Winter ’14-
15
Basketball
(G)
Basketball
(B)
Ice Hockey
Indoor
Track (G)
Indoor
Track (B)
Swimming (G)
Swimming (B)
Wrestling
Varsity
5-17
17-11
6-13-2 x x
5-6
7-4
8-8
Spring 2015 Varsity
Baseball 12-7
Boys
Lacrosse
Girls
Lacrosse
15-6
Softball
Boys Tennis
Boys Track
Girls Track
6-12
9-10
3-10
11-0
10-1
JV
2-16
10-11
2-12 x x x x x
JV
6-5
5-9
6-9-1
9-7
2-8
0
0 x x x x x
F/JVB
9-8 League Sportsmanship Award
4-13 x
5 th in League/District/State Tourn.
Tied for 4th in South Division
Team 8th in state/8 state medals
8 state medals
7 th League
5 th League
5 th League/1 State Qualifier
7-2 x x
0
0
0
F/JVB
6-4 2nd Place League/ District Qualifier
League Champions/District Quarter
8 th League
District Qualifier-loss to Radnor
Team Sportsmanship Tied for 3rd
League Champions/13 state medals
2 nd League/ 8 state medals

(+ and – compared to 2013-2014)
16 Students in Girls XC -6
34 Students in Boys XC +4
71 Students in Football -5
23 Students in Golf +2
42 Students in Field Hockey +2
41 Students in Girls Soccer +4
61 Students in Boys Soccer +3
18 Students in Girls Tennis -2
25 Students in Volleyball -7
24 Students in Ice Hockey +5
33 Students in Boys Basketball +1
24 Students in Girls Basketball -7
39 Students in Girls Indoor Track +2
44 Students in Boys Indoor Track +5
35 Students in Boys Swimming +3
31 Students in Girls Swimming -8
27 Students in Cheerleading -8
36 Students in Wrestling -13
48 Students in Baseball +3
52 Students in Boys Lax -15
50 Students in Girls Lax -7
23 Students in Softball -3
23 Students in Boys Tennis +1
53 Students in Girls Outdoor Track -15
64 Students in Boys Outdoor Track -7

Roaring Lions Marching Band
Raised nearly $300.00 in the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge
Competed in Tournament of Bands and won the
Group 4A Atlantic Coast Championship
Performed on national television in the Outback
Bowl halftime show in Tampa, FL
Wind Ensemble
Four band members – Scott Dabundo, Sam Messer,
Chris Urffer, and Stephen Yee – qualified for PMEA
All-State ensembles.
Jazz Band
Selected to perform at the PMEA State Music
Conference, where we presented the Oliver Nelson
Songbook. Penncrest was the only high school in the state to be invited to perform.
Stephen Yee arranged, rehearsed and conducted
“The Core” and received a Superior Musician Award at Atlantic Coast Championships
Won the Silver Medal with a score of 96.33 at
Atlantic Coast Championships.
Indoor Program
Indoor Percussion Ensemble once again won the
Chapter 3 Championship for class A Novice. They went on to qualify for finals at Atlantic Coast
Championships and won the Silver Medal.
Indoor Color Guard qualified for finals competition at Atlantic Coast Championships in only their second year after being promoted to
Scholastic Intermediate

Choir
Performances at Back to School night,
Homecoming, Course Selection Night, Riddle
Hospital, Dining Under the Stars, and Penncrest
Arts Night.
Won a Silver Medal at the Heritage Music
Festival in Washington, DC
Combined with the orchestra, won the
Sweepstakes Award as the best school music program represented at the Heritage Festival
Antonella DeCicci was selected for PMEA
District Choir
String Ensemble
- Both the String Ensemble and Chamber
Ensemble received ratings of "Gold" and were invited to participate in the WorldStrides Elite
Festivals of Gold, which are held in major cities throughout the country.
- The String Ensemble and Chamber Ensemble also received "Adjudicators Awards" for having scores of 92 or above, and Penncrest String
Orchestras received the "Overall Outstanding
Orchestra" award.

# of Students Destination Percentage
246
65
11
8
2
5
1
1
1
4-yr College / University
2-yr or Community College
Trade and Technical
Career Education
Military
Full-time Employment
Undecided
Year Off
Other
72.3
19.1
3.2
2.4
0.6
1.4
.5
.5
.5
Noteworthy
95% of the graduates in the Class of 2015 are planning to continue their education in one form or another.
1833 applications were sent out by 300 applicants or approximately 5 applications per person.
(High: 22, Low: 1)
Members of Penncrest’s Class of 2015 will be dispersing around the corner or to the furthest reaches of the
U.S.A.
Massachusetts;
Alabama:
Boston University
University of Alabama
Michigan:
California:
Michigan State University
University of California @
Los Angeles/Berkley/Santa
Barbara

The Graduates of the Class of 2015 will attend:
Albright College, Alvernia University, Automotive
Training Center, Aveda Institute Florida, Bloomsburg university, Boston University, Bryn Mawr College,
Cabrini College, Capital University, Carnegie Mellon
University; Champlain College, College of Charleston,
Community College of Philadelphia, Cornell University,
Dartmouth College, Delaware County Community College,
Delaware ValleyCollege, Drexel University, East
Carolina University, East Stroudsburg University, Elon
University, Emory University, Empire Beauty School,
George Washington University, Gettysburg College,
Gordon College, Hampden-Sydney College, Haverford
College, Indiana University of PA, James Madison
University, Johns Hopkins University, Johnson & Wales
University, Kean University, Kennesaw State University,
Kutztown University, LaSalle University, Lehigh
University, Liberty University, Loyola University
Maryland, Lycoming College, Manor College, Mansfield
University, Messiah College, Michigan State University,
Millersville University, Misericordia University,
Monmouth University, Neumann University, New York
University, Northampton College, Northeaster
University, Northwestern University, Norwich,
University, Ohio State University, Penn College of
Technology, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, Penn
State University Park and Brandywine, Philadelphia
University, Point Park University, Randolph College,
Restaurant School @ Walnut Hill College, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Rutgers
University, Saint Joseph’s University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Shenandoah University, Shippensburg
University, Smith College, Southampton Solent
University, Southern Methodist University, Temple
University, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, The
Citadel, United States Military Academy, Universal
Technical Institute, University of Alabama, University of the Arts, University of California @ Berkeley/Los
Angeles/Santa Barbara, University of Delaware,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of
Mississippi, University of Pennsylvania, University of
Pittsburgh, University of Rhode Island, University of
South Carolina, Ursinus College, Valley Forge Christian
College, Valley Forge Military College, Vassar College,
Venus Beauty Academy, Villanova University, Virginia
Tech, Wake Forest University, Warren Wilson College,
Wellesley College, Wesley College, West Chester
University, West Virginia University, Widener University,
Wilkes University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.