Perkiomen Valley School District

The Perkiomen Valley School District (PVSD) is a school district based in central Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (US). It serves the boroughs of Collegeville, Trappe, and Schwenksville, and the townships of Lower Frederick, Perkiomen, and Skippack, in Pennsylvania.^[1] The district headquarters are in Perkiomen Township.^[2][3]

The district's mascot is the Viking.

History

The Perkiomen Valley School District was formed in 1969 through the merger of the Perkiomen Joint School District and the Schwenksville Union School District. Perkiomen Joint School District was, itself, a consolidation of Collegeville, Trappe, and Skippack Township (served by the former Collegeville-Trappe High School), while Schwenksville Union School District had unified Schwenksville, Lower Frederick Township, and Perkiomen Township (served by the former Schwenksville High School).

Its mascot and distinctive colors of orange and brown were elected by the students in the spring of 1969, after the merger was announced. (Collegeville-Trappe had the Colonel and colors of red and gold, and Schwenksville, the Bluebird, with blue and white.) Some alumni believe that the new mascot and colors were chosen by the administration – for some unexplained reason – without regard to the election results.

Perkiomen Valley High School, then housed in what had been the Collegeville-Trappe High School building, and the former Perkiomen Valley Junior High School, housed at the old Schwenksville High School, opened that fall. The current high school building, at 509 Gravel Pike (Pennsylvania Route 29), Graterford, Perkiomen Township (Collegeville postal address), opened in the fall of 1976.

The original superintendent was the late Dr. U. Berkley Ellis, Jr.

U.S. News & World Report, in its 2018 list of best high schools in the United States,^[4] ranked Perkiomen Valley High School the ninth best high school in Pennsylvania.^[5]

Schools

• Evergreen Elementary School
• Skippack Elementary School
• South Elementary School
• Schwenksville Elementary School
• Perkiomen Valley Middle School East
• Perkiomen Valley Middle School West
• Perkiomen Valley High School

Notable alumni

• Jen Carfagno, meteorologist
• Daddy Long Legs, musician
• Joseph DeSimone, entrepreneur
• Bill Neill, American football player
• Jimmy Pop, musician
• John Smiley, baseball player
• Grant Wiley, American football player
• Steven Rich, Journalist

References

External links

• www.pvsd.org

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Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, schools

Main school districts
Abington	Abington Senior High School
Bryn Athyn	Does not operate any schools
Cheltenham	Cheltenham High School Cedarbrook Middle School
Colonial	Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Colonial Middle School
Hatboro-Horsham	Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School Keith Valley Middle School
Jenkintown	Jenkintown Middle/High School
Lower Merion	Lower Merion High School Harriton High School Bala Cynwyd Middle School Welsh Valley Middle School
Lower Moreland Township	Lower Moreland High School
Methacton	Methacton High School
Norristown Area	Norristown Area High School
North Penn	North Penn High School
Perkiomen Valley	Perkiomen Valley High School
Pottsgrove	Pottsgrove High School
Pottstown	Pottstown Senior High School
Springfield Township	Springfield Township High School
Upper Dublin	Upper Dublin High School
Upper Merion Area	Upper Merion Area High School
Upper Moreland	Upper Moreland High School
Wissahickon	Wissahickon High School Wissahickon Middle School

Other schools
Boyertown Area	Boyertown Area Senior High School Other schools are in Berks County
Private schools	Abington Friends School Academy Of The New Church Boys School Academy Of The New Church Girls School AIM Academy Armenian Sisters Academy Calvary Baptist School Coventry Christian Schools Dock Mennonite Academy Episcopal Academy French International School of Philadelphia Friends' Central School Germantown Academy Huntingdon Valley Christian Academy Indian Creek Mennonite School Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy La Salle College High School Lakeside School Lincoln Academy Main Line Academy Martin Luther School Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School Meadowbrook School Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy New Life Youth & Family Svcs Reformation Christian School Saint Aloysius School Saint Basil Academy Saint Katherine Day School Shipley School Stowe Lighthouse Christ Academy The Baldwin School The Haverford School The Hill School The Pathway School The Perkiomen School Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia Trinity Christian Academy Valley Forge Baptist Academy Wyncote Academy
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Bishop McDevitt High School Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Lansdale Catholic High School Pope John Paul II High School
Souderton Area	Souderton Area High School Other schools are in Bucks County
Spring-Ford Area	Spring-Ford Senior High School Other schools are in Chester County
Upper Perkiomen	Upper Perkiomen High School Other schools are in Berks County
Sections of the Boyertown Area, Souderton Area, Spring-Ford Area, and Upper Perkiomen school districts extend into other counties; only schools in Montgomery County should be listed in this template