Central Bucks High School East

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Central Bucks High School East

Established	1969
Type	Public Co-Ed Secondary
Principal	A. Joseph Jennelle, Ed.D
Grades	10-12
Location	2804 Holicong Road Buckingham, Pennsylvania 18912 U.S.A.
Colors	Red and Blue
Mascot	The Patriot
Information	267-893-2300
Website	http://www.cbsd.org/cb-east

Central Bucks High School East is one of three high school in the Central Bucks School District. The school is located in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in Bucks County, adjunct to Holicong Middle School. Its sister schools are Central Bucks High School West and Central Bucks High School South.

The curriculum boasts sixteen Advanced Placement courses and honors courses in most disciplines. Over 650 Advanced Placement tests were recently administered to East students, who excelled in every area. Newsweek magazine designated Central Bucks High School East one of the most competitive high schools in the nation. Recent graduating classes consistently score in the top five percent of all high schools in the state on the rigorous Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). The Class of 2000 scored highest of all comprehensive high schools on both the math and reading portions of the PSSA. This feat is especially noteworthy since there are over 500 high schools in the Pennsylvania. Central Bucks East is also a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. CB East has had several additions built onto it over the years, and as of 2007, the CB East auditorium refurbishment has been completed. CB East has a student population of about 1,750, making it the second largest high school in the district.

[edit] Student Activities

Amnesty International — East's chapter of this world-wide organization whose mission it is to promote internationally recognized human rights.

Argestes — CB East's yearbook club is now an electable class! This club collaborates year-round to produce the yearbook celebrating the academic and extra-cirricular year that was. The name Argestes is another name for the Greek god, Notos. Notos is the god of the South Wind and his name means "Clearing or Brightening"¹

CBEJA — CB East Juggling Association

Chess Club

CFC — (Christian Fellowship Club)

Comic Book Club

ELC — (East Leadership Council) This club compromises of one representative from each of the other clubs and activities. The ELC meets quarterly with Mrs. Lb to help bridge communication and planning between clubs.

[edit] Notable alumni

Doug Katsaros, award winning Broadway orchestrator, arranger, composer, performer, lyricist, musical supervisor and conductor.
Bryan Scott, is a professional American football player in the National Football League. He currently plays strong safety for the Tennessee Titans.
Justin Guarini, American Idol runner up from Season 1 who lost to Kelly Clarkson.
Karl Dusen, Quailified for the 2007 Olympic Trials in the marathon with a time of 2:20.