Norristown Area School District

Norristown Area School District

Norristown Area School District is located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The school district serves the borough of Norristown, East Norriton Township, and West Norriton Township municipalities in central Montgomery County, just north-west of Philadelphia. The district is compiled of six elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools. The Philadelphia Inquirer has recognized Norristown Area School District as the most diverse district in the Pennsylvanian suburbs of the greater Philadelphia area.[1] Dr. Janet C. Samuels was appointed superintendent on January 11, 2008.[2]

Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Norristown Area School District is in blue in the central part of the county.

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Schools

History

The Norristown Area High School (NAHS) was established in 1870 in the Borough of Norristown and relocated to West Norriton Township in 1972. The student population is about 1900 students in grades 9-12.

The high school utilizes a modified block schedule, offers all core courses in a college prep and weighted honors format, and has entered into a partnership with Montgomery County Community College to offer dual enrollment (both high school and college credit) in a number of courses.

In 2005-2006, NAHS received a Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Project 720 grant in support of our reform effort and that grant was renewed for the 2006-2007 school year and again for 2007 - 2008. In addition, the high school received a PDE Classrooms for the Future grant for 2006-2007, which has greatly increased student access to technology for instruction, and a United States Department of Education Small Learning Communities Project grant as well.

NAHS has a full complement of boy’s and girl’s sports, musical groups, co-curricular and extracurricular activities including Army JROTC, cultural, service, and drama clubs. The state-of-the-art TV production studio broadcasts news and original programming both internally and on our community access cable channel.

Athletics

The high school's wrestling program has experienced much success over the past two decades - winning 12 league titles and 4 Southeast Regional titles. Individually, 23 Norristown wrestlers have earned medals at the PIAA State Tournament.

Notable alumni

Kellee Stewart graduated from NASD in 1993 [3]. Jerry Spinelli, well known children's author, also graduated from NASD, and wrote two books based in the area.

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