New Hope-Solebury High School is a high school located at 182 West Bridge Street in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The school's mascot is the Lion, and its colors are royal blue and gold. It is located in the New Hope-Solebury School District. The school houses grades 9 through 12. The school has approximately 500 students. They are ranked number two in the state by the U.S. News & World Report, and 320th nationally. Stephen Seier is the current principal of New Hope-Solebury High School.
Student body
As of 2015-2016:
Group
Number of students
Percent
All
532
100%
White
474
89.1%
Black
5
0.9%
Asian
20
3.8%
Hispanic
24
4.5%
Two or More Races
9
1.7%
Male
264
49.6%
Female
268
50.4%
Academics
New Hope-Solebury High School, although small, offers a wide variety of courses for its students from which to choose. The school is divided into departments for mathematics, science, social studies/history, foreign languages, English, fine arts, business education, gifted students, health and physical education, information technology, and practical arts and technology. AP Courses are offered in twelve subjects: Biology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Composition, English Literature, European History, Music Theory, Physics, Statistics, Studio Art, and U.S. History and additional APs offered online. The average SAT scores for New Hope-Solebury in reading, math, and writing are respectively: 555, 564, and 548. New Hope-Solebury High School was rated the second-best high school in Pennsylvania by U.S. News & World Report in 2015 and 2016. Students also may take courses at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, offering them more vocational based educations. There also is a senior program that allows students to learn either anatomy or engineering at MBIT, under the direction of a Penn State University professor, and earn college credits through Penn State University.
Performing arts
New Hope-Solebury High school offers a performing arts program that allows students to sing, dance, act, and express themselves in a variety of ways. The Stephen J. Buck auditorium houses roughly 500 people and is used for the Mask & Zany theater productions, one act festival, comedy nights, movies nights, band, choir, orchestra, assemblies, and class meetings. Mask & Zany Theatre Club is a performing arts club for students that performs roughly five times a year. Notable performers include They produce a variety of classic plays, such as Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing, and modern musicals like Suessical and Once On This Island. The New Hope-Solebury Wind ensemble is a group of musicians giving concerts several times every year. The group has participated in competitions in Disney World, Toronto, and Chicago. The ensemble also has a renowned jazz band. The choir is made up of students from grades 9-12. While the choir is open to all students who are interested in participating, students must audition to be accepted into the chamber choir. Both choirs perform at concerts and competitions in various locations. The New Hope Solebury orchestra, which consists of the bass, cello, viola and violin, has a repertoire ranging from classical music to modern Broadway songs, also has received many awards at competitions, including best overall orchestra. They have played in San Francisco, Toronto, Hersheypark, Chicago, Disney World, Disney Land, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, and others.
Clubs and activities
The school offers a number of student clubs and extracurricular activities. New Hope-Solebury High school is a part of the PIAA and part of the Bicentennial Athletic League. NHS competes in cross country, golf, field hockey, volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, baseball, football, softball, lacrosse, tennis, and track. The school has many clubs, including a yearbook club, Key Club, FBLA, Environmental Club, and Mock Trial. The girls' soccer team has gone to the PIAA state quarterfinal, and the boys' soccer team made it to the PIAA State Finals in 2006. In 2010, the boys' soccer team won the PIAA State Finals, after beating the Mercyhurst Prep team with a score of 2-1. The boys' baseball team made it the PIAA state final tournament in 2010.
