Bethel Park High School

Bethel Park High School
309 Church Road
Bethel Park, PA 15102
Phone: (412) 854-8591
Fax: (412) 854-8510
District Voice Mail: (412) 833-5005
http://www.bpsd.org/

The high school in Bethel Park has around 2 thousand students in grades 9–12. It’s one of the biggest high schools in Pennsylvania and consists of 8 buildings on a 80-acre campus. Its curriculum includes ten Advanced Placement Program courses, 14 honors courses and four foreign language programs. The current principal is Dr. Zeb Jansante. Its mascot is the Black Hawk.

The BPHS is similar to a college as it’s originally intended to be part of the Community College of Allegheny County. It was built in 1959 and was extensively renovated in 1996. The high school is made up of 8 buildings, with each building being specifically for a set of subjects.

The BPHS is located in the Bethel Park School District, which is home of a school district in the state of Pennsylvania. Bethel Park is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Bethel Park School District comprises a total of eight schools. It has 5 elementary schools: Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, George Washington Elementary School, William Penn Elementary School, and Memorial Elementary School. All 5 Elementary Schools host grades K-4, and children are assigned to different elementary schools based on where they live in the community. For example, if one lives in the south of Bethel Park, then the child will go to Benjamin Franklin; if one lives in the North of Bethel Park, then the child will go to Abraham Lincoln.

There are also 2 middle schools in the district: Neil Armstrong Middle School for grades 5-6, and Independence Middle School for grade 7-8. The high school, Bethel Park High School, is home to grades 9-12. After 4th grade, all children in Bethel Park go to the same School as the other children in their grade, regardless of where one lives in the community.

Additionally there are three Roman Catholic elementary schools for which the school district provides transportation: St. Germaine, St. Thomas More and St. Valentine.

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