Berwick Area Senior High School

Berwick Area Senior High School (also called Berwick Area High School, Berwick High School or BHS) is a small, rural, public high school in Columbia County, in Northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. In Columbia County, the school serves children living in Briar Creek Township Briar Creek, Berwick and Foundryville. It also serves children living in East Berwick, Nescopeck, Nescopeck Township, Hollenback Township and Salem Township in Luzerne County. This is the only public high school in the Berwick Area School District.

Berwick Area Senior High School
Location
1100 Fowler Avenue Berwick , Columbia County and Luzerne County , Pennsylvania 18603-2300 United States of America
Coordinates	41.0666°N 76.2295°W / 41.0666; -76.2295
Information
Status	Open
School district	Berwick Area School District
CEEB code	390290[1]
Principal	Jill Shipman
Staff	9
Faculty	49.91 FTE[2]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	721 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	14.45[2]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association AAA
Mascot	Bulldog
Nickname	Dawgs
Team name	Bulldogs
Budget	$11.8M
Feeder schools	Berwick Middle School
Pennsylvania School Number	1605
Website	https://www.berwicksd.org/High

Extracurriculars

Berwick Bulldog

Berwick Area School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. It is the only public school district in Columbia County that does not participate in the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference.^[3]

Sports

Noted for American football especially, the high school team has won the state championship six times.^[4] Also, the football team was ranked number 1 nationally by USA Today three times.^[5] Berwick won the 2008 PIAA AAA Baseball State Championship. The Bulldogs defeated Somerset 6 to 2 at Blair County Stadium and became the first baseball team in the Wyoming Valley Conference to win the state title.^[6] It is the school's first baseball state championship in its history. Also in 2008, the Berwick golf team was the District 2 and District 11 champions. The Berwick wrestling team won back to back District 2 championships in 2007 and 2008, as well as finishing in the top Eight PIAA AA Team Championships in 2008.

The school mascot is the Bulldog and the sports teams are called the Bulldogs, or just "Dawgs" for short. School colors and blue and white.^[7]

The District funds:

Boys American football - AAA Baseball - AAA Basketball - AAA Bowling - AAAA Cross country - AA Golf - AAA Rifle - AAAA Soccer - AA Swimming and diving - AA Tennis - AA Track and field - AAA Volleyball - AA Wrestling - AAA

Girls Basketball - AAA Bowling - AAAA Cross country - AA Field hockey - AA Golf - AAA Rifle - AAAA Soccer (fall) - AA Softball - AAA Tennis - AA Track and field - AAA Volleyball - AA

Notable alumni

• Zehnder Confair (1906-1982), Pennsylvania state senator
• Jimmy Spencer, retired NASCAR driver
• Ron Powlus, Notre Dame quarterback and NFL player ^[8]
• Day Turner, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Bo Orlando, NFL defensive back for the Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Matt Karchner, retired baseball player
• Mike Souchak, professional golfer
• Nick Adams, actor (The Rebel TV show)
• Joe Colone, NBA player for the New York Knicks
• Paul Stenn, NFL player for New York Giants, Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears