- Drexel Hill Middle School
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Drexel Hill Middle School Location 
3001 State Road, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026Information Type Public Established 1957 Principal Gregory Manfre Enrollment 1,418 Color(s) Purple & Grey Nickname Falcon Information (610)-853-4580 Website School website Drexel Hill Middle School (DHMS), located in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, United States, is one of the two middle schools in the Upper Darby School District. It was built in 1957 and was originally the Drexel Hill Junior High School.
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Academics
The school operates under a "team" system in which students attend classes in basic subjects (mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies) with other members of their team. Each grade has four teams. The sixth grade teams are currently named Apollo, Discovery, Enterprise, and Endeavor. The seventh grade teams are known as Ambassadors, Athenians, Odyssey, and Gladiators. The current eighth grade teams are 1776ers, Patriots, Untouchables, and Visionaries. "Related Arts" classes include students from various teams and grade levels. Related arts subjects include art, computers, health, gym, languages such as Spanish, and French, music, and technology.
Gifted Education
As some students are tested by their IQs if found high enough they could be classified as "gifted". Which means they will undertake a class instead of a normal intervention class. This class is taught by George Hight.
HealthySYNC
In June 2001, Drexel Hill Middle School installed 3 more multibrand beverage vending machines called "HealthySYNC". 2 regular Coca-Cola beverage vending machines were installed in 1999, and students at the end of the school day get beverages from the school's Coca-Cola vending machines or the HealthySYNC machines. The HealthySYNC machines were discontinued in 2003.
A special pass for the HealthySYNC machines at Drexel Hill Middle School was used for rewards like field trips and other events, and the pass can be inserted in any HealthySYNC machine for students with no money (If the student didn't receive the pass, he or she has to use traditional currency). When former principal Jonathan Ross in late 2002 said, "HealthySYNC passes can be used for field trips or any special events of the first marking period", he said. HealthySYNC machines along with the passes were removed at the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year.
Awards
The school has been recognized in 1995 as a National Safe & Drug-free School. In 2001 & 2004 it placed third in the National Champion Future Cities/Young Engineers competition, and First Place in Delaware County (6th & 7th grade) and Second Place in the state (6th grade)in the 2002 Pennsylvania Mathematics League competition. Also, in 2009, it placed second in the National Champion Future Cities/Young Engineers competition. In 1996 & 2001 it was awarded the Pennsylvania State Counselors of the Year, 2000, 2001, & 2002 Pennsylvania State Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalists, News of Delaware County “People’s Picks” Best Middle School in Delaware County 2002. Drexel Hill Middle School was also one of three middle schools in Pennsylvania to be recognized by the Pennsylvania Middle School Association in 2005.
Sports
DHMS athletic teams compete in a number of sports, including basketball, football, baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, cheerleading, wrestling, and track. In the 2007-2008 season, the wrestling team went undefeated, 13-0. The most points recorded in a basketball game, 22 points, was set by DHMS forward, Tarell Reason, in the 07-08 season.
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Coordinates: 39°57′24″N 75°17′51″W / 39.956645°N 75.297503°W
Categories:- Middle schools in Pennsylvania
- Educational institutions established in 1957
- Schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania school stubs
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