Bellefonte Area High School
Public high school in Bellefonte, , Pennsylvania, United States
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Bellefonte Area High School (previously known as Bellefonte High School) is a high school serving Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Bellefonte Area School District.
The district (this is the sole comprehensive high school of the district) covers the Borough of Bellefonte and the townships of Marion, Spring, and Walker, as well as most of Benner Township, in Centre County, Pennsylvania. It includes the following census-designated places: Continental Courts, Hublersburg, Jacksonville, Mingoville, Nittany, Peru, Pleasant Gap, Snyderville, and Zion.[3]
Facilities
In 2011, several energy companies worked together to install a photovoltaic solar array on the roof of Bellefonte Area High School.[4]
Notable people
Bellefonte has graduated several figures notable on the state level. Anna Keichline, Pennsylvania's first female architect, graduated from Bellefonte High School in 1906. Pennsylvania's 21st governor, Daniel H. Hastings, served as principal of the school in the late 1860s.
Jeremy Rose was a top wrestler at Bellefonte High before he went on to be a horse jockey.[5] He and his horse, Afleet Alex, won the Belmont Stakes and Preakness Stakes in 2005, receiving the Best Jockey ESPY Award that year.