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Emmaus High School
School type	Public
Established	1955
Principal	Dr. Herman Corradetti
Students	2,782
Mascot	Green Hornet
Colors	Green and Gold
Location	500 Macungie Avenue Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Website	http://www.eastpenn.k12.pa.us/ehs/

Emmaus High School is a public high school located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District.

The school is located off of Cedar Crest Boulevard, at 500 Macungie Avenue in Emmaus.

The Emmaus High School mascot is the "Green Hornet", and the school's colors are green and gold.

Contents 1 Student population 2 History 3 School accomplishments 3.1 Academics 3.2 Athletics 3.3 Music 3.4 News from the West Wing 4 Notable alumni 5 External links

As of the 2006-2007 academic year, the high school is attended by 2,783 students. Emmaus High School serves students from Alburtis, west-side Allentown, Ancient Oaks, Emmaus, Lower Macungie Township, Macungie and Upper Milford Township.

Emmaus High School ranks among the top Lehigh Valley high schools in its percentage of graduating students who pursue post-secondary education. The school also maintains a program for academically gifted students. This program includes several advanced classes, and a mentorship program

Two middle schools, Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both located in Macungie, serve grades six through eight and feed into Emmaus High School.

The school was founded in 1955. It underwent a vast renovation and expansion in 2000 that added many facilities and incorporated the former Emmaus Junior High School into the high school as the school's new North Wing. The school completed a second addition in 2004.

Emmaus High School's academic team has made several appearances at the national level, appearing the last three years (2003, 2004 and 2005) in the Panasonic Academic Challenge at Disney World and placing 5th nationally in 2003.

Emmaus High School also holds the record for the most wins of any high school in Pennsylvania's Scholastic Scrimmage contest, an academic quiz game televised on Pennsylvania PBS affiliates. Emmaus has won the contest seven times (1981, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2004) and placed second three times (1986, 1992 and 2002).

Emmaus High School competes athletically in the Lehigh Valley Conference in the District XI division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. The school fields teams in all of the association's sports. Its primary Lehigh Valley Conference athletic rivalries are with Parkland High School in neighboring South Whitehall Township and Whitehall High School in Whitehall Township.

Emmaus High School's highly successful girls field hockey team has won eight Pennsylvania state championships over the past 15 years (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2005), more than any other Pennsylvania high school. The team is regularly ranked among the best high school-level girls field hockey teams in the nation.

In addition to its unmatched field hockey success in Pennsylvania, Emmaus High School has won AAA-level Pennsylvania state championships in boys swimming and diving (2006), girls soccer (1997), girls softball (2000), and girls swimming and diving (2000, 2004, 2005, and 2006). In 2006, its girls cross country team placed 2nd in the Pennsylvania state competition.

Since its 1955 founding, Emmaus High School has won Lehigh Valley Conference championships at least once in every Lehigh Valley Conference sport. In 2006, Emmaus High School's boys and girls U.S. Marine Corps physical fitness team, which is based on the United States Marine Corps physical fitness regimen, placed 2nd in the Pennsylvania state competition. As with Emmaus's girls field hockey team, its Marine Corps physical fitness team is often ranked among the nation's best.

Twenty-two Emmaus High School choral students were selected to participate in the 2007 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 10 Chorus Festival, more than any other high school in the seven District 10 counties. Sixteen students advanced to the Regional Chorus Festival held at Boyertown High School, also outnumbering other districts (including double of rival Boyertown High School). Out of the sixteen, four Emmaus High School students, again more than any other high school participating in the festival, have placed within the top six to participate in the PMEA All-State Conference, to be be held in April 2007 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

From 1999 to 2001 an independent humor newspaper called News from the West Wing was distributed throughout Emmaus High School halls and online. Similar in style to The Onion, the newspaper was founded in 1999 by a small group of Emmaus High School students and was entirely student-run.

The newspaper featured a satirical look at Emmaus High School student life, while poking fun at the school administration. The newspaper was popular and widely-read among Emmaus High School students. The principal was always invited to preview each edition. In 2000, a special issue was selected to be placed into the high school's corner stone, upon the inauguration of the renovated high school. It also was the subject of a 1999 article in the Allentown newspaper, The Morning Call [1].

Satirical news stories in News from the West Wing included a gang war between the school's East Wing and West Wing (which inspired the publication's name), the East Penn School District Superintendent's decision to purchase a "matter transporter", and a scientific analysis of an Emmaus High School cafeteria food item dubbed the "Taco Boat."

• Roy C. Afflerbach, former Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania
• Charles Bierbauer, former television journalist, CNN
• Keith Dorney, former professional football player, Detroit Lions
• Aaron Gray, college basketball player, University of Pittsburgh, and 2007 NBA Draft prospect
• Michael Johns, health care executive and former White House speechwriter
• Marty Nothstein, 2000 Summer Olympics gold-medal winner, track cycling
• Nicole Reinhart, former professional cyclist and two-time Pan American Games gold-medal winner
• Cindy Werley, 1996 Summer Olympics women's field hockey player

• Emmaus High School Official Home Page.
• Emmaus High School athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.
• Emmaus High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site.
• News from the West Wing (an unofficial Emmaus High School student publication).
• "Memorial Service for Emmaus High School Graduate Killed in Iraq", WFMZ-TV, March 11, 2007.

High Schools in the Lehigh Valley

Allen High School • Allentown Central Catholic High School • Bangor Area High School • Bethlehem Catholic High School • Catasauqua High School • Dieruff High School • Easton High School • Emmaus High School • Freedom High School • Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts • Lehigh Valley Christian High School • Liberty High School • Moravian Academy • Nazareth High School • Northampton Area High School • Northern Lehigh High School • Northwestern Lehigh High School • Notre Dame High School • Parkland High School • Pen Argyl Area High School • Phillipsburg High School • Pius X High School • Roberto Clemente Charter School • Salisbury High School • Saucon Valley High School • Southern Lehigh High School • Whitehall High School • Wilson Area High School