When applying for American high schools, Pennsylvania High School is often the focus of everyone's choice. But how much do you know about the excellent high schools in Pennsylvania? This article introduces excellent high schools in Pennsylvania.

Excellent high school recommendation

Guilfoyle Bishop Catholic High School Guilfoyle Catholic High School

School profile:

Religious background: Catholicism

Number of students: 3 19

Average class size: 18

Teacher-student ratio: 1: 12

Number of international students: 18(5 China students)

Nearby University: Pennsylvania State University at Park.

School Comments: With the tenet of "kindness, discipline and knowledge", the school provides students with faith-oriented and challenging pre-university education on a beautiful and modern campus. The school environment is quiet, with large green areas, carefully mowed lawns and modern teaching buildings, which are pleasing to the eye.

School advantages:

1. The new students will live in the off-campus dormitory, which is less than 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) away from the school. The school will provide the best accommodation environment for high school students. There is an accommodation manager in the student dormitory to arrange transportation and prepare food according to the student's time.

2. The school has rich sports activities and won many championships, and women's basketball and cheerleading won the championship in interstate competitions; Women's basketball and men's basketball regional champion; Women's tennis and volleyball regional champions; There are also qualifications for cross-country and track interstate competitions.

3. University tuition discount: Guilfoy graduates can attend some Catholic schools, such as Duquesne University and St. Francis University. Because of the successful completion of their studies in Catholic high schools, students who are admitted to these universities will automatically receive tuition discounts.

Lancaster High School Lancaster Country Day School

School profile:

School time: 1908

Religious background: None.

Teacher-student ratio: 1: 8

AP course: 13 course

Average SAT score: 1823.

Senior teachers: 90% (senior middle school)

School opinion: fax notification, etc.

The Latin proverb "Cordisincendiumgloriae" can best explain Lancaster's teaching purpose, which means "lighting the spark of wisdom and soul and illuminating life". Teachers in Lancaster provide quality education for students with different needs.

School advantages:

1, the school covers an area of 26 mu. Recently, the teaching facilities in junior high school and senior high school have been renovated, providing students with the most advanced computer equipment, and providing high school teachers and ninth grade students with iPad. These are all in the hope that students can use high-tech electronic products to improve their learning efficiency.

2. The extracurricular activities of the school are very rich, and there are many sports events. Art projects are mainly painting and sculpture.

Students travel in various ways, including Madrid, Scotland, Rome and Paris. Experienced faculty and staff will also travel around the United States with 12 students.

La Salle College Boys' High School.

School profile:

Type of school: boys' school

Religious background: Catholicism (La Salle Sect)

School time: 1858

Average class size: 19

Proportion of senior teachers: 85%

AP courses: 20 courses

Average SAT score: 1809.

Teacher-student ratio: 1: 1 1.

Number of international students: 15 (5 Korean students and 8 China students).

School Comments: La Salle High School is an independent pre-university boys' school with Catholic background, providing quality education for boys from different backgrounds. This school inherits the tradition founded by La Salle, a Baptist. Through extensive and comprehensive humanities education, Lasalle High School guides every student to learn to study and live, cultivates their unique talents and strengthens students' academic, service and leadership abilities.

School advantages:

1, La Salle High School covers an area of 85 mu, which is comparable to universities in terms of venue width and scale. The school has intelligent wireless campus, professional music equipment, numerous sports facilities and large-scale scientific laboratories under infrastructure construction.

2. La Salle High School offers strict pre-university courses, including 20 AP courses and 38 advanced courses including 18 honorary courses.

3. La Salle High School is the only high school registered as "Microsoft IT Institute" in Pennsylvania. This means that all aspects of the school meet the conditions of becoming a professional and technical training center. When students study computer-related courses, they can be exposed to professional equipment and guidance, such as programming, web design, CAD, web production and management, multimedia products and management, network management, server management and so on.

This school has a special team of teachers to help students improve their English. When students pass the academic English test, the team can teach students the knowledge of SAT and TOEFL preparation.

Serra Catholic High School

School profile:

Religious background: Catholicism

School time: 196 1 year.

Number of students: 352

Proportion of senior teachers: 80%

Average SAT score: 18 10.

Teacher-student ratio: 1: 13

Number of international students: 3 (all from China)

Nearby universities: Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.

School Comments: Serra Catholic High School is a private Catholic school under the leadership of Pittsburgh Diocese and one of the top Catholic schools in the United States. Just like the founder's personal idea, the school motto is "Go ahead, never back down", which shows that the school and the whole society are committed to cultivating students' moral and educational values.

School advantages:

1, Serra Catholic High School stands out from 1200 Catholic High School and ranks in the top 50. The school covers an area of 32 mu, and the campus environment is quiet and comfortable, suitable for studying and giving students the same feeling as home.

2. Perfect modern facilities. Most of the classrooms in the school are located in a multi-storey main teaching building. The newly renovated art center and biophysics laboratory provide a teaching environment comparable to that of universities for preparatory courses. Outdoor facilities include outdoor track, greenhouse (for students to grow vegetables and flowers) and football field/outdoor track.

3. College preparatory courses lay a good foundation for students' future college study. This program allows students to exchange credits from many universities in Pittsburgh, including Mount Si Tong University, Saint Vincent College and the University of Pittsburgh.