Nationally Recognized: |
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Named one of 100 best school districts in the nation by Offspring: The Magazine of Smart Parenting (Only northwest Pennsylvania school recognized.) |
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Named one of 55 districts in Pennsylvania to receive "outperformer" status by Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services. |
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Placed in the 92nd percentile of all schools across the country for academic performance. |
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Nationally Accredited: |
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Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, December 2003 |
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Noted in the report of the independent evaluation team:
"General McLane is an attractive, vital high school. Students, teachers and their communities are rightfully proud that it is THEIR school."
"In the General McLane School District, we found leadership with vision and energy, hard-working staff members at all levels, steadfast commitment to students, and willingness to grow. We found a school community that is quiet and pastoral. We found educators and community members who would meet each student's needs." |
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Successful Graduates |
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Approximately 73% of GM Graduates continue on to post-secondary degree programs, including schools such as Harvard, Yale, Cornell, University of Connecticut, MIT, RIT, Duke, Stanford, Brown, Harvey Mudd and many other prestigious institutions. |
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Exceptional Staff: |
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All teachers possess Pennsylvania certification and have at least 24 credits beyond a Bachelor's Degree. |
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25% of the GM staff possess Master's Degrees. |
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An additional 25% have earned credits beyond their Master's Degree. |
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Outstanding Academic Programs: |
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Accelerated curriculum in English, Math, Science, Social Studies and Foreign Language. |
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Advance classes such as Physics II, Calculus II, Chemistry II and Biology II. |
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43% of the class of 2006 terminated their high school math careers in AP Calculus I or Calculus II. Eight students scored at the advanced level on the AP Calculus Test, and fifty-six members of the class of 2006 graduated with five or more credits in science. |
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Students may earn college credits through cooperative programs with Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, California University, Gannon and several other post-secondary institutions. |
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Spanish, German and French foreign languages are provided at five levels of study. In additions, trips to Germany, Mexico, France and Spain provide live-learning opportunities. |
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Wide Array of Activities: |
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The GM Student Council earned the prestigious selection as the 2003 Pennsylvania State Student Council Association convention host. |
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Interscholastic sports programs earning multiple regional and district titles plus the 2006 state AAA football championship!!! |
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Humanities: |
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An award-winning music program boasts 21% of the student body participating in band and 15% participating in choral activities. All ensembles receive superior ratings each year. |
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An award-winning journalism program. The Lancer Ledger has earned a First Place rating by the Pennsylvania School Press Association, placing it in the top 10% of school media products. The paper has also been awarded a Gold Medallist Certificate from Columbia University and GM's student journalists have captured many first, second, and third place awards at state and regional competitions. |
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An outstanding art program based on rigorous traditional courses as challenging as those offered by most post-secondary art institutions. Graduated have found successful careers in fine arts, art education, art restoration, commercial graphics, and photography. |
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Academic Competitions: |
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Hi-Q: A quiz-bowl format, this team travels and competes interscholastically. |
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J.E.T.S. (Junior Engineering Technical Society): The team competes annually at Gannon University. |
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Chemistry Olympiad: Advanced chemistry students annually participate in this rigorous assessment. In 2005, a GM student finished in the top 8 of the regions. |
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Ingenuity Challenge: A test of problem solving and design skills, GM students have excelled in this competition. GM has garnered the Koehle Cup in 2004 and 2005 as the overall winner with a combined 11 first place, 8 second place and 7 third place wins. |
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Technology Student Association" Students compete on technology-related topics with an emphasis on leadership, problem solving, and critical thinking. In the 2005 competition, GM captured nine awards, four of which were first place. |
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PJAS (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science): In the 2005 state competition alone, GM students earned five first place and two second place awards. All first place winners won monetary awards and will compete at the state level. One GM student won $8,000.00 in scholarships and another was the first ever to earn a perfect score. |
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