Northern Potter Junior Senior High School

Northern Potter Junior Senior High School
Address
763 Northern Potter Road Ulysses , Potter County , Pennsylvania 16948-9570 United States
Information
Type	Public
Principal	Susan A Valentine
Faculty	26 teachers (2012)[1]
Grades	7th –12th grade
Number of pupils	252 pupils (2015)[2]
Language	English
Color(s)	Blue & Gold
Mascot	Panther
Feeder schools	Northern Potter Childrens School
Website	northernpottersd.org

Northern Potter Junior Senior High School is a diminutive, rural, public junior senior high school located in Ulysses, Potter County, Pennsylvania. It is the sole high school operated by the Northern Potter School District. The School serves the municipalities of Ulysses, Ulysses Township, Genesee, Bingham, and Harrison as well as portions of Allegany Township and Hector Township. In 2015, enrollment was reported as 252 pupils in 7th through 12th grades.[3] Northern Potter Junior Senior High School employed 26 teachers.[4]

Northern Potter Junior Senior High School students may choose to attend a half day vocational training program at Seneca Highlands Area Career and Technical Center, which is located in Port Allegany, McKean County, Pennsylvania. The Seneca HIghlands Intermediate Unit IU9 provides the School with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

The Northern Potter School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.[5]

Sports

The District funds:

Boys Baseball - A Basketball- A Cross Country - A Soccer - A Track and Field - AA

Girls Basketball - A Cross Country - A Softball - A Track and Field - AA Volleyball - A

Junior High School Sports

Boys Basketball Cross Country Soccer Track and Field - added 2014

Girls Basketball Cross Country Volleyball Track and Field - added 2014

According to PIAA directory July 2014 [6]

Notable alumni

• Tracey Poirier (1992), Vermont National Guard brigadier general[7][8]

References

1. NCES, Common Core of Data - Northern Potter Junior Senior High School, 2012
2. PDE, Northern Potter School District Fast Facts 2015, December 2015
3. Pennsylvania Department of Education (November 4, 2015). "Northern Potter Junior Senior High School Fast Facts 2015".
4. US News and World Report, Best High Schools, 2015
5. Pennsylvania Department of Education (2013). "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities".
6. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2014). "PIAA School Directory".
7. "Honor Rolls: Northern Potter High School". Star-Gazette. Elmira, NY. May 2, 1992. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Biography, Colonel Tracey Poirier, Director of the Joint Staff". vt.public.ng.mil. Colchester, VT: Vermont National Guard. 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

External links

• Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9
• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

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