Whitehall High School (Pennsylvania)


Whitehall High School is a public high school, based in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley region, in the United States. It is the only high school in the Whitehall-Coplay School District. As of the 2006-2007 academic school year, 1,393 students attend the school.
Whitehall High School is located at 3800 Mechanicsville Road. The school's mascot is the Zephyr, a train that used to travel through Whitehall Township, and school colors are maroon and vegas gold.
Whitehall's primary athletic rivals are Parkland High School, located in South Whitehall Township, Emmaus High School, located in Emmaus, and Northampton Area High School, located in Northampton.

Academics

In 2007, Whitehall High School earned second place in the Scholastic Scrimmage final.

Arts

Whitehall High School has won several Freddy Awards for their play and musical productions, including:
Whitehall High School is one of 18 high schools that comprise the East Penn Conference, generally considered one of the highest quality athletic conferences in Pennsylvania. Prior to 2014 the 12 Lehigh Valley schools in this conference were in the Lehigh Valley Conference. Whitehall is in District XI of the PIAA.

Whitehall alumni in the NFL

Whitehall High School has graduated three notable NFL players: Dan Koppen, a former starting offensive center for the New England Patriots, Matt Millen, a former defensive linebacker with three Super Bowl-winning teams, and Saquon Barkley, a running back who was taken 2nd overall in the 2018 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, to which he is their current starting running back, and winner of the 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. Millen's career as President and General Manager of the Detroit Lions has been a subject of criticism.
Between them, Whitehall alumni have won six Super Bowls, with Koppen winning two with the Patriots and Millen winning two with the Oakland Raiders, one with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the Washington Redskins. Both players' Whitehall jerseys have been permanently retired in honor of their football accomplishments.

State and national championships

Whitehall has distinguished itself nationally and in the state of Pennsylvania with the following state and national championships:
Whitehall has won many conference championships, including the following sports and years :
Whitehall holds the record for the most Lehigh Valley Conference championships in boys basketball.

Notable alumni