Tussey Mountain Junior/Senior High School

Tussey Mountain Junior/Senior High School
Address
199 Front Street Saxton , Pennsylvania 16678 United States
Information
School district	Tussey Mountain School District
NCES District ID	4223970
Superintendent	Mark Bollman
NCES School ID	422397000753
Senior High Principal	Matthew McCahan
Faculty	45
Grades	7–12
Enrollment	529 (2009-10)
Student to teacher ratio	12:1
Team name	Titans
Communities served	Broad Top City, Coaldale, Coalmont, Dudley, Saxton
Feeder schools	Defiance, Robertsdale, and Saxton-Liberty Elementary Schools
Website	Tussey Mountain Junior-Senior High School

Tussey Mountain Junior/Senior High School is a comprehensive high school, located in extreme northeastern Bedford County, Pennsylvania serving around 525 students in grades 7–12.

Graduation requirements

A student wishing to graduate from Tussey Mountain must obtain 25 credits, complete a Graduation Project, as well as score profiecent or above on the Pennsylvania System of State Assessments.

Course breakdown

• English - 4.0 Credits
• Science - 3.0 Credits
• Social Studies - 3.0 Credits
• Mathematics - 3.0 Credits
• Arts, Humanities, or Arts & Humanities - 2.0 Credits
• Physical Education - 1.5 Credits
• Health - 0.5 Credit
• Electives - 6.5 Credits
• Applied Life Skills - 0.5 Credit
• 1.0 Credit in an Academic or Vocational Area

Courses of study

There are several courses of study available to the TMHS student, as follows:

• Business Vocational
• Production Industries
• Home Economics Occupations
• Building Construction Occupations
• Electronics
• Academic - Business Emphasis
• Academic - Math/Science Emphasis
• Academic - Arts/Communications Emphasis

Athletics

• Baseball – Class A
• Basketball – Class AA
• Football – Class A
• Golf – Class A
• Softball – Class A
• Boys Tennis – Class AA
• Track and Field – Class AA
• Volleyball – Class A
• Wrestling – Class AA