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2018 after winning the Western Pennsylvania Excellence Award at the state championship. Three teams, 16101X, 16101Y, and 16101Z, advanced in 2019 after winning the Excellence Award, Design Award, and Skills Champion Award, respectively. In 2020, two teams qualified, 16101E which won the Design Award, and 16101V which won both the Excellence Award and the Tournament Championship, but the world competition was canceled due to
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what is now the junior high wing and field house of the new high school building, which opened in 2005. This resulted in the closure of Ben Franklin Junior High School, while George Washington was converted to an intermediate school housing grades 4, 5, and 6 in 1988. Eventually, 3rd grade would also be added at George Washington.
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The old New Castle High School was closed in 2003 and replaced with a new school, also designed by W.G. Eckles Architects. The first phase of construction of the $ 40 million building completed on a site next door to the former high school in 2004. The former building was then razed and replaced with
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As a growing city, demands for a larger New Castle High School grew in the early 20th century. The former building, which was built in 1879, had become too small to house classes. Thus, in 1907 the New Castle School District purchased a plot of land along Lincoln Avenue in the city's lower North Hill
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New Castle's robotics team has sent teams to both state and world championships. Multiple teams have won awards at state championships and gone to the VEX Robotics Worlds Competition. Since inauguration in 2016, 7 individual teams have advanced to the world competition. One team, 16101Z, advanced in
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Current basketball coach Ralph Blundo has been coaching since 2010 and has led the team to 7 WPIAL championships since then. His team won a PIAA state championship in 2014 after an undefeated season. In total, the New Castle Red Hurricanes boys' basketball team has won 14 championships, the most in
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and Lindy Lauro coached the football team for a combined 67 years, both with excellent winning records; in 1991 the school recorded its 600th football win, the first in Pennsylvania and the fifth in the US to achieve the milestone. The school's football field is officially named Lauro-Bridenbaugh
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Later, two additional buildings in other regions of town would be constructed to support the increasing population. Benjamin Franklin Junior High School on the city's east side opened on September 11, 1922. George Washington Junior High School on the city's North Hill (now George Washington
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2023 - 2024 Season: The New Castle Bocce Team had a finishing season score of 2 wins to 2 losses. and got 2nd place in the Ellwood City Playoff game, and will advance to regional championships March 7th, 2024 (Results Pending)
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In the 2021-22 school year, 1,524 students attended New Castle High School with an approximate full-time educational faculty of 89.7. This results in a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9 to 1. The makeup of the school is 57.8%
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neighborhood. The district selected local architecture firm W.G. Eckles (now Eckles Construction Services, Inc.) to design the building. Construction commenced in 1910 and the building opened on September 11, 1911.
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Beginning in 2019, the New Castle School District reallocated its 6th grade students to an unused wing of the Junior High School to reduce congestion at George Washington.
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Originally led by Shannon Rabold, Now led by John Onufrak as of 2022, is a place for every voice to sing and improve their beautiful singing voice
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and has labs dedicated for STEM curriculum. New Castle High School has won team WPIAL championships in the following sports:
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Boys' Basketball (14 wins; 1927, 1936, 1982, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
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2022 - 2023 Season: The New Castle Bocce Team had a finishing season score of 1 wins to 3 losses.
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Football (11 wins; 1924, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1998)
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are the two most popular sports, but other sports are offered including
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championships in football, which is the third most in league history.
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Field at Taggart Stadium to honor both coaches. New Castle has 11
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is Richard Litrenta. Carol Morell is the junior high principal.
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Students participate in many activities, including sports and
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New Castle's girls' basketball team has won 4 championships.
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100% of the 1,524 students qualify for free lunch under the
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Junior high school and high school in the United States
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Boys' Cross-Country (4 wins; 1947, 1948, 1954, 2019)
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Girls' Basketball (4 wins; 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010.)
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New Castle
Pennsylvania
Coordinates
41°00′18″N 80°20′24″W / 41.005°N 80.34°W / 41.005; -80.34
Junior high school
High school
New Castle Area School District
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Hurricanes
public school
New Castle, Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
New Castle Area School District
Taylor Township
junior high school
high school
White
Black
two or more races
Hispanic or Latino
Native American
Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
National School Lunch Act of 1946
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
principal
forensics

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