William Tennent High School is a public high school serving grades 9 through 12, located in

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, US. The school is the only public high school serving

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and Upper Southampton townships and Ivyland borough in the Centennial School District, located in

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. The school replaced the Southampton High School located in Upper Southampton. The school was named in honor of

William Tennent William Tennent (1673 – May 6, 1746) was an early Scottish American Presbyterian minister and educator in British North America. Early life Tennent was born in Mid Calder, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1673. He graduated from the Univ ...

, Presbyterian minister and founder of the original

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, a very early theological school located in the colony of Pennsylvania. The first William Tennent High School building was located across the street from the current high school and when both were in use, the buildings were called William Tennent Intermediate High School (grades 9 and 10) and William Tennent Senior High School (grades 11 and 12) (the current school). The site of the original

is located near the modern high school

Notable alumni

* Brian Baker (Class of 1985) – actor, former

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pitchman * Steve Capus – president of NBC News: 2005-13; currently executive producer of CBS News *

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(Class of 1999) – champion boxer * Frank Coonelly (Class of 1978) – President,

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* Thomas W. Druce (Class of 1979) – former Pennsylvania State Representative * Len Hatzenbeller (Class of 1977) – professional basketball player * Bernie O'Neill - former Pennsylvania State Representative * Josh Ostrander (Class of 1998) – musician *

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– head coach,

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, was a head coach for the school before being terminated *

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(Class of 1998) – actor

Feeder schools

Middle schools

: Log College Middle School : Eugene Klinger Middle School

Elementary schools

: McDonald Elementary : Willow Dale Elementary : Davis Elementary

References

External links

Official school website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1955 Public high schools in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1974 Schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1955 establishments in Pennsylvania