Haverford High School


Haverford Senior High School is the public high school of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, United States, operated by the School District of Haverford Township. It is at 200 Mill Road in Havertown.
The school serves the entirety of Haverford Township, including all of the unincorporated community of "Havertown", and the Haverford Township portions of the unincorporated communities of Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Ardmore, Drexel Hill, and Wynnewood.
Approximately 90% of Haverford's graduates continue their formal education at colleges, universities and technical schools. Haverford students traditionally are well-placed in the National Merit Scholar Program and other academic award competitions in mathematics, science, foreign languages, writing, art and music.
All five elementary schools in the School District of Haverford Township feed into the middle school, which then feeds into Haverford High School.
Haverford High operates WHHS, the first FM broadcast high school radio station in the United States. The High School also has an award-winning newspaper that is almost over 80 years old The Fordian, which is now exclusively online at

History

The first recorded purchase of land for educational purposes in Haverford Township was made on October 28, 1797. A stone structure erected on a site along Darby Road at the crossroads Coopertown served as a school until 1872. Today, known as the Federal School, the building still stands and serves as a window to history for Haverford Township children. Every fourth-grade student spends a day at the Federal School learning what it was like to be a student in 1797.
The Llanerch School was built in 1905 and still stands on Darby road. It served as the high school until 1910. The Oakmont School was built on Eagle Road at Hathaway Lane in 1912 to serve as the new high school. It remained the high school until 1923. With the dawn of a new decade and World War I behind the country, Haverford Township began experiencing another wave of expansion. In 1923, the "new" Haverford High School on Darby Road was completed. It was expanded to include a junior high school in the 1930s and now serves as the Haverford Middle School and had previously housed the school district's administrative offices.
In 1956, the new Haverford High School was constructed on Mill Road creating a complex of fields and buildings used by both the high school and the adjacent Haverford Middle School.
The high school building was expanded and modernized from 1996–1999. Renovations took a long time and created many issues, one being that one side of the school is higher than the other. The most significant physical addition to the school during these years was the demolition of a small building at the rear center of the and the construction of a three-floor addition to house new and spacious science classrooms/laboratories, as well as large seminar classrooms. With this change, rear classrooms in the center of the original building lost exterior windows, and now looked out over open common space adjacent to two new cafeterias, separated by a large new kitchen. Further this new addition included new administrative offices. This meant that these offices left their original locations along the front of the center wing of the original building. This space became a new principal's office, infirmary, sewing classroom, and a new staircase was added, as well. With the construction of the additions, the wood, metal, and motor shops were eliminated from the building, along with those courses. Wood shop continued to be offered to at the Haverford Middle School wood shop.
Also during the 1996–1999 renovations, the original cafeteria was renovated into a new art classroom wing, as well as a large college-style seminar classroom. With the moving of the art rooms, the former art space became the current choir classroom. The former choir classroom became a new weight room for the use of the school's athletes. The original library space was turned into classroom space for child development and cooking classes. With this change also came the elimination of a faculty lunchroom from that part of the building.
Additionally, renovations involved removing the entire interior of areas being renovated, such that today's classrooms are not merely redone versions of the original rooms, but rather, entirely new rooms. One long-debated result of this renovation was that in removing the interior and building it anew, walls of concrete brick and glazed tiling were removed, and replaced uniformly with drywall. As a result, the walls are easily damaged and frequently require patching or painting. One other change was that many windows were covered or eliminated in the renovation. For example, the exterior of the building today reveals that along the upper section of the gymnasium, stuccoed panels cover what had been large windows. And most classrooms lost half their window area as glass bricks were covered over, leaving only the lower, operable parts of the windows exposed. The rear wall of the interior of the auditorium also once was lined with windows covered with drapes; renovations replaced the windows with walls. The only area of the school that appears nearly as it did when the building first opened is the auditorium and gymnasium lobby, which still combine terrazzo flooring, chrome, blond varnished wood, and glazed bricks, giving this area the character the entire building once had.
A very positive result of the renovation was a large, bright, and attractive library that includes a large mezzanine with desktop computers for student usage. The school was also fully air-conditioned in the renovation.

Haverford Hi-Q

Hi-Q is an interdisciplinary and interscholastic quiz competition between 21 schools in Delaware County and schools in three other states: Washington, Alabama, and Wisconsin. Haverford High School has won Delco Hi-Q 11 times since 1963 and the National Championship twice in 2017 and 2018.

Sports

The Haverford High School sports teams are called the "Fords," and have a Model T Ford as mascot. A book about the athletic history of the school was written by Art Sciubba. It is a document that Haverford High School Alumni are proud of.

Football

The Haverford High School football team has one of the longest running gridiron rivalries in Pennsylvania, facing off against Upper Darby High School since 1921.
The game is played on Thanksgiving Day and alternates between the two schools football stadiums.
Notable NFL players from Haverford High School include four-time Super Bowl champion Randy Grossman of the Pittsburgh Steelers, former Washington Redskin Sam Venuto and 1974 Maxwell Award winner Steve Joachim of the Baltimore Colts.
Upper Darby vs. Haverford All-Time Results
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Year and ResultYear and ResultYear and Result'
2019: Haverford 42, Upper Darby 181986: Upper Darby 7, Haverford 31953: Haverford 25, Upper Darby 12
2018: Haverford 14, Upper Darby 131985: Haverford 41, Upper Darby 121952: Upper Darby 46, Haverford 12
2017: Haverford 14, Upper Darby 71984: Haverford 21, Upper Darby 61951: Upper Darby 22, Haverford 14
2016: Haverford 35, Upper Darby 211983: Haverford 21, Upper Darby 121950: Haverford 19, Upper Darby 0
2015: Haverford 49, Upper Darby 421982: Upper Darby 7, Haverford 01949: Upper Darby 27, Haverford 13
2014: Haverford 28, Upper Darby 121981: Haverford 30, Upper Darby 81948: Haverford 21, Upper Darby 0
2013: Haverford 31, Upper Darby 131980: Haverford 12, Upper Darby 61947: Upper Darby 12, Haverford 6
2012: Haverford 26, Upper Darby 71979: Haverford 33, Upper Darby 01946: Tie, 0–0
2011: Haverford 21, Upper Darby 161978: Haverford 14, Upper Darby 131945: Haverford 9, Upper Darby 0
2010: Haverford 26, Upper Darby 01977: Haverford 15, Upper Darby 61944: Haverford 7, Upper Darby 0
2009: Upper Darby 14, Haverford 01976: Upper Darby 14, Haverford 81943: Upper Darby 13, Haverford 6*
2008: Upper Darby 17, Haverford 101975: Haverford 13, Upper Darby 01942: Tie, 7–7
2007: Haverford 10, Upper Darby 71974: Upper Darby 25, Haverford 211941: Upper Darby 6, Haverford 0
2006: Haverford 20, Upper Darby 81973: Upper Darby 9, Haverford 61940: Upper Darby 19, Haverford 6
2005: Upper Darby 40, Haverford 71972: Upper Darby 19, Haverford 71939: Haverford 26, Upper Darby 0
2004: Haverford 16, Upper Darby 131971: Haverford 23, Upper Darby 01938: Upper Darby 26, Haverford 6
2003: Upper Darby 28, Haverford 01970: Haverford 26, Upper Darby 131937: Upper Darby 12, Haverford 7
2002: Upper Darby 18, Haverford 71969: Haverford 20, Upper Darby 01936: Haverford 6, Upper Darby 0
2001: Upper Darby 27, Haverford 171968: Haverford 42, Upper Darby 71935: Haverford 18, Upper Darby 13
2000: Upper Darby 35, Haverford 01967: Upper Darby 10, Haverford 71934: Upper Darby 20, Haverford 7
1999: Upper Darby 21, Haverford 131966: Haverford 27, Upper Darby 71933: Haverford 19, Upper Darby 0
1998: Upper Darby 23, Haverford 71965: Upper Darby 21, Haverford 141932: Haverford 7, Upper Darby 0
1997: Upper Darby 32, Haverford 141964: Upper Darby 7, Haverford 61931: Haverford 13, Upper Darby 0
1996: Upper Darby 20, Haverford 01963: Upper Darby 20, Haverford 61930: Upper Darby 6, Haverford 0
1995: Haverford 27, Upper Darby 141962: Tie, 13–131929: Tie, 6–6
1994: Upper Darby 20, Haverford 141961: Upper Darby 3, Haverford 01928: Upper Darby 13, Haverford 0
1993: Upper Darby 20, Haverford 01960: Haverford 24, Upper Darby 191927: Haverford 12, Upper Darby 6
1992: Upper Darby 28, Haverford 71959: Upper Darby 13, Haverford 61926: Upper Darby 23, Haverford 0
1991: Upper Darby 26, Haverford 01958: Haverford 25, Upper Darby 61925: No Game
1990: Haverford 26, Upper Darby 141957: Haverford 14, Upper Darby 01924: Upper Darby 42, Haverford 0
1989: Haverford 17, Upper Darby 131956: Haverford 18, Upper Darby 01923: Tie, 27–27
1988: Upper Darby 7, Haverford 01955: Tie, 7–71922: Upper Darby 26, Haverford 6
1987: Haverford 18, Upper Darby 71954: Haverford 13, Upper Darby 61921: Haverford 7, Upper Darby 0

*NOTE: Haverford and Upper Darby played twice in 1943. Upper Darby won the first game, 18–0.''

Basketball

The Haverford High men's basketball team won its only PIAA State Championship in 1958, defeating Altoona 67–45 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. Haverford High also were PIAA runners-up in 1970, losing to Beaver Falls 82–58 at the Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg.

Volleyball

The Haverford High School men's volleyball team, under coach Ted Keyser, won 17 district titles and 9 Pennsylvania state championships.
YearResultScore
1966Haverford def. Tunkhannock15–8 15–6
1967Haverford def. Tunkhannock6–15 15–12 15–11
1968Haverford def. East Deer15–11 15–7
1969Haverford def. Townville15–12 15–2
1970Haverford def. Tunkhannock15–6 15–2
1971Haverford def. Townville15–3 15–10
1974Haverford def. Penn Hills15–7 15–8
1976Haverford def. Penn Hills15–3 15–5
1981Haverford def. Plum21–18

Ice Hockey

In 1969, the Haverford High School ice hockey team was one of the seven original members of the , the first high schools to participate in Pennsylvania high school hockey. The team's original coach, Ed Galli, was also the president of the league.
Flyers Cup Championships
2007Flyers Cup AA Champions
2006Flyers Cup AA Champions
2005Flyers Cup AA Champions
1992Flyers Cup A Champions*

* Class A State Champions

Girls Sports

Cheerleading
PIAA State champions of 2016, 2017

Field Hockey

WHHS

is the student-run high school radio station of Haverford Senior High School. WHHS is the oldest high school radio station in the country. The station itself is located within the high school, and the transmitter is located nearby, covering a 5 to 10-mile radius around the High School. WHHS originally occupied 89.3 FM until 1992, when the FCC forced them to change frequencies, and then 107.9 FM, until a new, major radio station based in Philadelphia forced WHHS to change frequencies again. WHHS currently occupies 99.9 FM under a special exemption from the FCC while the station undergoes the formal process of applying for a station license.
Typical show formats include rock, classic rock, rap/hip-hop, sports talk, political talk, and sometimes more eclectic genres like classical or jazz. Occasionally, shows feature live performances from local or school-based bands.
Students of the High School apply for a radio show, and a typical show has 2–4 hosts. On the basis of interviews and previous experience with the station, students are chosen to fill several positions, including Station Director, Director of Music, Director of News, etc. The radio station provides an introduction into the radio or communications industries for students interested in careers in these fields.
In 2006, the station began broadcasting live sporting events such as football and hockey, even broadcasting live from the Wachovia Spectrum; the former home of the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers. The station is continuing to branch out into the community with the effort spearheaded by producing a product that township residents can understand and enjoy while teaching students necessary skills and encouraging creativity. This has been accomplished in many ways; one of which included a 12-hour election day special along with interviews before the elections with such politicians and Congressman Curt Weldon and Congressman elect Joe Sestak.

Alumni