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| motto= Corpori Menti Moribus
| established=1957
| type=[[High School]]| address= 600 N. Ithan Ave.
| location = [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania|Rosemont]] in [[Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Merion Township]], [[Pennsylvania]], 19010
| faculty = 85
| enrollment = 889
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| free_text = Red, White, Black
| information = (610) 658-3950
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| fax_text = (610) 525-6771
| principal = Mr. Steven R. Kline
| website = [http://www.lmsd.org/schools/harriton/default.php LMSD.org]
| write up= [http://www.lmsd.org/schools/harriton/profile.pdf Fact Sheet] Correct as of August 2006.
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{{Infobox school
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| name = Harriton High School
'''Harriton High School''' is a public [[secondary school]] located in [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania|Rosemont]], a community in [[Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Merion Township]], [[Pennsylvania]].
| image= Harriton.jpg
| caption = Harriton High School in [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania]]
| motto= "Carpe Diem"<ref name="About Harriton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lmsd.org/harritonhs/about|title=About Harriton - Lower Merion School District|website=www.lmsd.org}}</ref>
| established=1958<ref name="About Harriton"/>
| type=[[High school (North America)|High School]]
| address= 600 North Ithan Avenue
| city = [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania|Rosemont]]
| state= [[Pennsylvania]]
| zipcode =19010
| country =United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|40.041|-75.317|region:US-PA_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| faculty = 118.05 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 10.22<ref name=NCES/>
| enrollment = 1,206 (2023–24)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=421416003296|title=Harriton SHS|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 22, 2024}}</ref>
| campus= {{convert|49.23|acre|m2}}
| nickname = Rams
| colors = [[Red]], [[White]], and [[Black]]<br>{{color box|#ff0000}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#000000}}
| publication = ''The Banner''
| principal =
| website = {{URL|http://www.lmsd.org/harritonhs/index.aspx?hhs}}
| ceeb = 394290
}}
'''Harriton Senior High School''' , also known simply as '''Harriton High School''', is a [[Public school (government funded)|public]] [[secondary school]] in [[Rosemont, Pennsylvania]], serving portions of [[Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania]]. The school is located on the [[Philadelphia Main Line]].

Harriton is one of two high schools in the [[Lower Merion School District]], with the other being [[Lower Merion High School]].

==History==
Harriton High School is situated on a portion of the plantation grounds belonging to [[Charles Thomson]], son-in-law of Richard and Hannah Harrison, giving Harriton High School its name. Thomson was secretary (1774–1789) of the [[Continental Congress]]es as well as the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Convention]] to debate and negotiate the [[Constitution of the United States]].
[[File:CharlesThomson.jpg|thumb|[[Charles Thomson]] (1729–1824), proprietor of [[Harriton House]] built in 1740s and on whose lands Harriton High School is sited. Thomson was secretary (1774–1789) of the first and second [[Continental Congress]] as well as convention to debate and negotiate the [[Constitution of the United States]]. As secretary, Thomson, a [[Founding Father of the United States]], prepared the [[Journals of the Continental Congress]]. Thomson is also known for co-designing the [[Great Seal of the United States]] and adding its Latin mottoes ''[[Annuit cœptis]]'' and ''[[Novus ordo seclorum]]''.]]

Harriton High School was designed in 1957 by architect [[Vincent Kling (architect)|Vincent Kling]] and opened in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lmhalum.org/lmhweb/html/hhs.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217002624/http://www.lmhalum.org/lmhweb/html/hhs.htm|url-status=usurped|title=The History of Harriton High School|archivedate=February 17, 2007|website=lmhalum.org}}</ref> Kling's design consisted of five buildings connected by covered walkways otherwise open to the elements, a style unusual for the region (and that it shared with [[Welsh Valley Middle School]], built at the same time). Kling intended to create a modern design that encompassed a simple and effective layout with a focus on natural light and an airy environment. Ironically, Harriton's 1958 campus buildings surrounded a mostly concrete courtyard and was nicknamed "the Tombs" (despite the natural light and air).

By 2009, a new three-story building had replaced Kling's 1958 design, providing more sports and academic facilities to serve the growing student body.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url =http://www.lmsd.org |title=Home - Lower Merion School District }}</ref>

==Clubs and activities==
===Science Olympiad===
Harriton hosts a successful Science Olympiad chapter. The team has placed among the top 10 at the [[Science Olympiad]] National Tournament for 21 consecutive years, winning three national championships and 16 consecutive state championships in that span.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lmsd.org/sections/schools/default.php?t=hhs&p=hhs_about_history&menu=hhs_about |title=HHS &#124; History |publisher=LMSD |access-date=September 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719064946/http://www.lmsd.org/sections/schools/default.php?t=hhs&p=hhs_about_history&menu=hhs_about |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/PA|title=Pennsylvania - Science Olympiad Student Center Wiki|website=scioly.org}}</ref>

Harriton competes in the Southeastern Region for Regionals and Pennsylvania for States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Harriton High School - Science Olympiad Student Center Wiki|url = http://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Harriton_High_School|website = scioly.org|access-date = 2016-01-24}}</ref> Although they have not run any invitationals in the past, Harriton participates in multiple invitationals, including Conestoga, Twin Tiers (Athens), Solon, Wright State, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)]], [[Cornell University|Cornell]], [[University of Pennsylvania|UPenn]] and [[Princeton University|Princeton]].<ref name=":0" /> In the states competition, Harriton held the longest winning streak of any Pennsylvanian team—athletic or not—placing first place at State for sixteen consecutive years (1997 to 2013). At the National competition, the team won the national title in 1995, 2001 and 2005.

{| class="wikitable"
!Team Placements
!Regionals
!States
!Nationals
|-
|2021
|2
|2
|16
|-
|2019
|2
|1
|3
|-
|2018
|1
|1
|3
|-
|2017
|1
|1
|2
|-
|2016
|2
|1
|2
|-
|2015
|1
|1
|8
|-
|2014
|2
|2
|3
|-
|2013
|1
|1
|2
|-
|2012
|1
|1
|6
|-
|2011
|1
|1
|8
|-
|2010
|2
|1
|8
|}

===Academic Decathlon===
Harriton High School features a chapter of the United States Academic Decathlon. The chapter participates in the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://demidecscores.gilslotd.com/wiki/Regionals/Pennsylvania/Southeastern/2015ASL|title = Regionals/Pennsylvania/Southeastern/2015ASL - AcaDec Scores and Information Center}}</ref>

===Music at Harriton===
Harriton's music department features a full concert band, choir, orchestra, and performance jazz band. Every winter and spring, Harriton stages a music concert featuring all the ensembles, as well as an occasional string quartet and percussion ensemble.


Every year Harriton musicians audition for positions in the PMEA district band and/or orchestra.
Harriton is one of two high schools in [[Lower Merion School District]]; the other is [[Lower Merion High School]]. It is a comparatively small high school, containing 889 students in 9th through 12th grades. The student teacher ratio is 16:1, and the average class size is 25 students.


===''Harriton Banner''===
== History ==
The school newspaper had been called the ''Harriton Forum'' or the ''Harriton Free Forum'' since the opening of Harriton High School in 1957. In October 2006, it was renamed the ''Harriton Banner''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://hhsbanner.com/|title=The Harriton Banner}}</ref>
In 1697, [[William Penn]] sold a 700-acre tract of land to Rowland Ellis. Years later, Ellis sold his home to Richard Harrison who had married a local woman named Hannah Norris. Some of the land holdings of her family were known as Norriton. Thus the combination of the names of Harrison and Norriton became known as Harriton. The daughter of Richard and Hannah Harrison married [[Charles Thomson]].


===Technology Student Association (TSA)===
In 1957, a new "campus-style" school was designed by architect Vincent Kling. It situated on a portion of the plantation grounds belonging to Charles Thomson, which gave Harriton High School its name. Harriton High School opened its doors for the first time in 1958.
Harriton TSA has had successes at regional, state, and national competitions, including a TSA national championship in Prepared Presentation in 2010. Harriton TSA members held five of the eight Pennsylvania TSA state officer positions. The four Lower Merion School District TSA chapters, including Harriton's TSA, consistently win more awards than any other school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.


Harriton TSA has held many dominant performances including chapter team getting first at states in 2023 and 2024.
* ''Source:'' [http://www.lmhalum.org/lmhweb/html/hhs.htm Harriton High School History]


===Harriton Student Council (HSC)===
== Notable Teams ==
[[File:Mr. Harriton 2010.jpg|thumb|Mr. Harriton 2010, an event by the Student Council]]
=== Science Olympiad ===
The Harriton [[Science Olympiad]] team is one of the most followed teams at the school. Harriton has placed first in the Pennsylvania state Science Olympiad competition for the last nine years, and it is considered the team to beat in Pennsylvania. The Harriton team traditionally scores in the top ten at the national competition. Most recently, Harriton placed ninth at the 2006 Science Olympiad National Championship at the Indiana University.


HSC is the main body of representation for the Harriton student body and holds meetings that are open to any Harriton student. Members are divided into six committees: Students' Rights, Events, Communication, Finance, Planning, and Technology. There is a sub-committee under Students' Rights that was established after the district initiated the 1:1 laptop-to-student initiative (the Students' Rights Technology Sub-Committee). Council is the organizing and executing body of the annual "Mr. Harriton" competition, one of the flagship productions at Harriton High School. "Mr. Harriton" is a competition between male students engaging in a "beauty pageant" style competition. The event is held in a comedic spirit and raises money for charity. The Student Council collects revenue through ticket sales and catalog advertising. In 2014, the Student Council raised a record $17,000, all of which went to charity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. Harriton 2014|url=http://www.lmsd.org/news/article/index.aspx?linkid=2268&moduleid=24|access-date=2015-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208033706/http://www.lmsd.org/news/article/index.aspx?linkid=2268&moduleid=24|archive-date=2015-02-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2018, the name of the event was changed to "Dr. Harriton" to reflect the fact that anyone may participate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinesuburbanlife/update-lower-merion-officials-agree-to-a-second-name-change/article_54d1cb4e-0534-11e9-bd87-c39e31584fb3.html|title=Update: Lower Merion officials agree to a second name change of Mr. Harrition event|last=Ilgenfritz|first=Richard|website=Main Line Media News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>
==== First Place ====
'''The Harriton Science Olympiad team placed first at Nationals in''':
* 1995
* 2001
* 2005


==== Coaches ====
==Athletics==
[[File:Harriton-field-practice.jpg|thumb|Harriton's football field]]
The Harriton Science Olympiad team currently has four official coaches:
Harriton High School competes the [[Central League (PIAA)|Central League]] in District 1 of the [[Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association]] (PIAA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Member Schools: H|url=http://www.piaa.org/schools/directory/list.aspx?alpha=H&district=1|publisher=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association|access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> The schools has [[tennis]], [[lacrosse]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[track and field]], [[ice hockey]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[American football|football]], [[Association football|soccer]], and [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]].
* Mr. Brian Gauvin (Head Coach) - Chemistry teacher
* Mr. Lee Mescolotto- Biology teacher
* Mr. Dan Jewett- Chemistry teacher
* Ms. Danielle Michelman (on leave of absence for 2006-2007 school year, but still coaching) - Astronomy/Geology/other related Earth Sciences teacher


=== State titles ===
Mr. Robert Schwartz, Harriton physics teacher and founder of the Harriton Science Olympiad team, also puts in a lot of effort.
<!-- ==Tennis Team== -->


* Girls tennis PIAA Team Tennis Title 2004–2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Girls Team Tennis Past Champions|url=http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/results/fall/tennis/Girls_Team_Tennis_Past_Champions.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113173653/http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/results/fall/tennis/Girls_Team_Tennis_Past_Champions.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2016|publisher=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association|access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> After moving up to Class AAA in 2012, girls tennis won the PIAA State Class AAA Team Tennis Titles in 2016, 2017, and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/2016_AAA_GTT_Brax.pdf|title=Remote Desktop Redirected Printer Doc|access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref>
=== Politics, International Affairs, & Forensics ===
* Harriton's girls lacrosse won the PIAA State Championship in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phillylacrosse.com/2016/historical-list-piaa-boys-girls-champions/|title=Historical list of PIAA boys', girls' lacrosse champions - Updated - PhillyLacrosse.com|date=June 11, 2016|access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/high-school-sports/pennsylvania/harriton-pulls-away-win-girls-class-3a-piaa-state-lacrosse-championship-20190608.html|title=Harriton pulls away to win girls' Class 3A PIAA state lacrosse championship|date=June 8, 2019|access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> Harriton's boys lacrosse won Pennsylvania State championships in 1970, 1971, and 1972 and came in second in 1974 and 1975.
Harriton is also noted to have an excellent Speech and Debate Team. In the recent past, interest in politics and world affairs has risen at Harriton, due mainly to the advent of a formal Model United Nations delegation in 2006.
* In the Spring of 2013, the Women's Varsity 4+ boat won the Scholastic National Championships, as well as made it to the final round of the Women's Henley Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England. Both its girls' and boys' teams have won races in the all-city regatta. In 1976, Harriton's Varsity 4+ won the boys Stotesbury Regatta. In 1977, the boys Varsity 4+ won the Boys National Championship on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, NJ.
* The school has a boys and girls swim team. As of 2016, the boys teams had won 3 out of the last 5 state championships and the girls had won 2 out of the last 4.<ref name=":1" />


==Laptop privacy lawsuit==
===Harriton Theater Company===
{{Main|Robbins v. Lower Merion School District}}
While not really a team, the HTC is a great company, most noted for being a completely student-run organization. The shows are chosen by a student director, who then, with the guidance of a sponsor, directs the show. All of the set construction and lighting is done by students aswell.
In the 2010 [[Robbins v. Lower Merion School District|WebcamGate]] case, plaintiffs charged Harriton High School and Lower Merion High School with secretly spying on students by remotely activating webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home, thus infringing on their privacy rights. The schools admitted to secretly snapping over 66,000 webshots and screenshots, including webcam shots of students in their bedrooms.<ref name="USATODAY">{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/02/school-district-accused-of-issuing-webcam-laptops-to-spy-on-students/1|author=Doug Stanglin|title=School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams|date=February 18, 2010|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated5">[http://lmsd.org/documents/news/100503_l3_report.pdf "Initial LANrev System Findings"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615100827/http://lmsd.org/documents/news/100503_l3_report.pdf |date=2010-06-15 }}, LMSD Redacted Forensic Analysis, L-3 Services – prepared for [[Ballard Spahr]] (LMSD's counsel), May 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.</ref> In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits related to privacy violations.<ref name="philly32">{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20101012_Lower_Merion_district_s_laptop_saga_ends_with__610_000_settlement.html |title=Lower Merion district's laptop saga ends with $610,000 settlement &#124; Philadelphia Inquirer &#124; 10/12/2010 |publisher=Philly.com |date=October 12, 2010 |access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref>


==Notable alumni==
==The Harriton Banner==
*[[Lynda Resnick]] (1960) – President/CEO Roll International Corporation.
Since the opening of Harriton High School in 1957, the school newspaper has been called either the ''Harriton Forum'' or the ''Harriton Free Forum'' but as of Octoboer, 2006 it was renamed to''The Harriton Banner''.
*[[Mark Hallett (neurologist)|Mark Hallet]] (1961) - American neurologist and chief of the Human Motor Control Section and Medical Neurology branch at NIH<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video Viewer |url=https://www.movementdisorders.org/MDS/Resources/Videos/Video-Library/Video-Detail-Handler.htm?DataID=14396 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=www.movementdisorders.org}}</ref>
*[[Andy Hertzfeld]] (1971) – Personal computing pioneer, member of the original Apple Macintosh design team.
*[[Susan Kare]] (1971) – Graphic designer and originator of icons and typefaces for Apple Computer.
*[[Lawrence Summers]] (1972) – former [[president of Harvard University]], former U. S. [[Secretary of the Treasury]], and former director of the [[United States National Economic Council|National Economic Council]]. (Summers returned to Harriton in 2009 to speak at the school's 50th commencement, and in 2015 to speak in the auditorium for the Stock Market Club.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmsd.org/documents/schools/hhs/hsa_updates/090608.pdf|title=doc|access-date=September 29, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719065037/http://www.lmsd.org/documents/schools/hhs/hsa_updates/090608.pdf|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Arn Tellem]] (1972) – Sports agent named "One of the 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business".
*[[David Crane (producer)|David Crane]] (1975) – Emmy Award-winning TV writer/producer/director, creator of ''[[Friends]]''.
*[[Kenneth Merz]] (1977) – American biochemist and molecular biologist currently the Joseph Zichis Chair and a Distinguished University Professor at [[Michigan State University]].
*[[Adena Halpern]] (1987) – Author, ''The Ten Best Days of My Life'' (2008, Plume), ''29'' (2010, Touchstone), and ''Pinch Me'' (2011, Touchstone)
*[[Josh Becker (politician)]] (1987) – California State Senator
*[[John Wozniak]] (1988) – guitarist/singer [[Marcy Playground]]
*[[Katie Wright]] (1990) – actress, ''[[Melrose Place]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/life/congrats-to-grads-a-look-at-local-commencement-traditions/article_a8de9c9e-2c69-5606-bf71-c5079c402bc5.html|last=O'Loughlin|first=Kathy|title=Congrats to grads: A look at local commencement traditions|work=Main Line Times|date=June 16, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906015616/http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinetimes/life/congrats-to-grads-a-look-at-local-commencement-traditions/article_a8de9c9e-2c69-5606-bf71-c5079c402bc5.html|archivedate=September 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> married to actor/director [[Hank Azaria]] since 2007
*[[Lou D'Angeli]] (1991) – performer & writer for [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] and [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] & currently working for [[Cirque du Soleil]] in Las Vegas overseeing all marketing and PR.
*[[Josh Cooke]] (1998) – actor, notably ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', ''[[I Love You Man]]'', and ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Graduate Josh Cooke|url=http://lmsd.org/sections/news/default.php?m=0&t=today&p=lmsd_news&id=1964|publisher=LMSD|access-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314231509/http://lmsd.org/sections/news/default.php?m=0&t=today&p=lmsd_news&id=1964|archive-date=March 14, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Wendell Holland]] (2002) - Winner of ''[[Survivor: Ghost Island]]'' and contestant on [[Survivor: Winners at War]]
*[[Eugene Bright]] (2003) – American football player
*[[Britt Reid (American football)|Britt Reid]] (2003) - American football coach
*[[Callahan Bright]] (2005) – American football player


==References==
==High School Modernization==
{{Reflist|30em}}
Currently, Lower Merion School District is undergoing a ''Highschool Modernization'' program. Construction of a new school will begin on Harriton's athletic fields, starting in January 2007. The new school is set to open in time for the 2009-2010 school year, with the original building beign demolished the same year.


==External links==
The new school is planned to house approximately 1250 students and cover about 330,000 square feet as opposed to its current square footage of 176,825.
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.lmsd.org/ Lower Merion School District]
* [http://www.lmsd.org/harritonhs/ Harriton High School]


{{Pennsylvania Central League High Schools}}
== Notes ==
{{Lower Merion}}
* Harriton is built in a unique way for a Philadelphia-area public school because it is built with a California-style campus, with its buildings surrounding a main quad known as the Tombs. The new Harriton High School, currently being built, will not feature this style.
{{Montgomery County, Pennsylvania School Districts}}
* Harriton is also one of only 426 high schools in the United States to offer the [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate Diploma Program]].
* One notable Harriton graduate is former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]] and [[President of Harvard University|President]] of [[Harvard University]] [[Lawrence Summers]], who has announced his intention to resign the later office as of June 30, 2006.
* Harriton is considered to be among the best public schools in the nation. It is a two-time recipient of the Department of Education's Blue Ribbon School Award, and consistently ranks high in [[Newsweek]]'s lists of the top 1000 high schools in the country. In a 2005 [[Newsweek]] list of the top high schools in the United States, Harriton ranked 427. On a similar Newsweek list from 2003, it ranked 384.
* In [[Philadelphia Magazine]]'s September 2006 issue, it ranked Harriton the 33rd best school in Pennsylvania, 6th best public school in Pennslyvania and, 2nd best school in Montgomery County (just behind its sister school).


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== External links ==
* [http://www.lmsd.org/schools/harriton/images/aerial.jpg An Aerial View of the School]
* http://harritonhs.com Pictures of some Harriton Science Olympiad competitions. Maintained by a former Harriton Student.
* [http://lmsd.org/hsmodernization/ Highschool Modernization Page]
* [http://www.lmhalum.org/lmhweb/html/hhs.htm Harriton High School Alumni Site]
* [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qp6bw08qq7nx&style=o&lvl=2&scene=4046624 Interactive Aerial Map of Harriton]


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Harriton High School
Harriton High School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania
Address
Map
600 North Ithan Avenue

Rosemont
,
Pennsylvania
19010

United States
Coordinates40°02′28″N 75°19′01″W / 40.041°N 75.317°W / 40.041; -75.317
Information
TypeHigh School
Motto"Carpe Diem"[1]
Established1958[1]
CEEB code394290
Faculty118.05 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Enrollment1,206 (2023–24)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.22[2]
Campus49.23 acres (199,200 m2)
Color(s)Red, White, and Black
     
NicknameRams
PublicationThe Banner
Websitewww.lmsd.org/harritonhs/index.aspx?hhs

Harriton Senior High School , also known simply as Harriton High School, is a public secondary school in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, serving portions of Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. The school is located on the Philadelphia Main Line.

Harriton is one of two high schools in the Lower Merion School District, with the other being Lower Merion High School.

History

[edit]

Harriton High School is situated on a portion of the plantation grounds belonging to Charles Thomson, son-in-law of Richard and Hannah Harrison, giving Harriton High School its name. Thomson was secretary (1774–1789) of the Continental Congresses as well as the Convention to debate and negotiate the Constitution of the United States.

Charles Thomson (1729–1824), proprietor of Harriton House built in 1740s and on whose lands Harriton High School is sited. Thomson was secretary (1774–1789) of the first and second Continental Congress as well as convention to debate and negotiate the Constitution of the United States. As secretary, Thomson, a Founding Father of the United States, prepared the Journals of the Continental Congress. Thomson is also known for co-designing the Great Seal of the United States and adding its Latin mottoes Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum.

Harriton High School was designed in 1957 by architect Vincent Kling and opened in 1958.[3] Kling's design consisted of five buildings connected by covered walkways otherwise open to the elements, a style unusual for the region (and that it shared with Welsh Valley Middle School, built at the same time). Kling intended to create a modern design that encompassed a simple and effective layout with a focus on natural light and an airy environment. Ironically, Harriton's 1958 campus buildings surrounded a mostly concrete courtyard and was nicknamed "the Tombs" (despite the natural light and air).

By 2009, a new three-story building had replaced Kling's 1958 design, providing more sports and academic facilities to serve the growing student body.[4]

Clubs and activities

[edit]

Science Olympiad

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Harriton hosts a successful Science Olympiad chapter. The team has placed among the top 10 at the Science Olympiad National Tournament for 21 consecutive years, winning three national championships and 16 consecutive state championships in that span.[5][6]

Harriton competes in the Southeastern Region for Regionals and Pennsylvania for States.[7] Although they have not run any invitationals in the past, Harriton participates in multiple invitationals, including Conestoga, Twin Tiers (Athens), Solon, Wright State, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell, UPenn and Princeton.[7] In the states competition, Harriton held the longest winning streak of any Pennsylvanian team—athletic or not—placing first place at State for sixteen consecutive years (1997 to 2013). At the National competition, the team won the national title in 1995, 2001 and 2005.

Team Placements Regionals States Nationals
2021 2 2 16
2019 2 1 3
2018 1 1 3
2017 1 1 2
2016 2 1 2
2015 1 1 8
2014 2 2 3
2013 1 1 2
2012 1 1 6
2011 1 1 8
2010 2 1 8

Academic Decathlon

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Harriton High School features a chapter of the United States Academic Decathlon. The chapter participates in the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Competition.[8]

Music at Harriton

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Harriton's music department features a full concert band, choir, orchestra, and performance jazz band. Every winter and spring, Harriton stages a music concert featuring all the ensembles, as well as an occasional string quartet and percussion ensemble.

Every year Harriton musicians audition for positions in the PMEA district band and/or orchestra.

Harriton Banner

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The school newspaper had been called the Harriton Forum or the Harriton Free Forum since the opening of Harriton High School in 1957. In October 2006, it was renamed the Harriton Banner.[9]

Technology Student Association (TSA)

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Harriton TSA has had successes at regional, state, and national competitions, including a TSA national championship in Prepared Presentation in 2010. Harriton TSA members held five of the eight Pennsylvania TSA state officer positions. The four Lower Merion School District TSA chapters, including Harriton's TSA, consistently win more awards than any other school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Harriton TSA has held many dominant performances including chapter team getting first at states in 2023 and 2024.

Harriton Student Council (HSC)

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Mr. Harriton 2010, an event by the Student Council

HSC is the main body of representation for the Harriton student body and holds meetings that are open to any Harriton student. Members are divided into six committees: Students' Rights, Events, Communication, Finance, Planning, and Technology. There is a sub-committee under Students' Rights that was established after the district initiated the 1:1 laptop-to-student initiative (the Students' Rights Technology Sub-Committee). Council is the organizing and executing body of the annual "Mr. Harriton" competition, one of the flagship productions at Harriton High School. "Mr. Harriton" is a competition between male students engaging in a "beauty pageant" style competition. The event is held in a comedic spirit and raises money for charity. The Student Council collects revenue through ticket sales and catalog advertising. In 2014, the Student Council raised a record $17,000, all of which went to charity.[10] In December 2018, the name of the event was changed to "Dr. Harriton" to reflect the fact that anyone may participate.[11]

Athletics

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Harriton's football field

Harriton High School competes the Central League in District 1 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).[12] The schools has tennis, lacrosse, cross country, track and field, ice hockey, rowing, football, soccer, and swimming.

State titles

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  • Girls tennis PIAA Team Tennis Title 2004–2010.[13] After moving up to Class AAA in 2012, girls tennis won the PIAA State Class AAA Team Tennis Titles in 2016, 2017, and 2019.[14]
  • Harriton's girls lacrosse won the PIAA State Championship in 2013[15] and 2019.[16] Harriton's boys lacrosse won Pennsylvania State championships in 1970, 1971, and 1972 and came in second in 1974 and 1975.
  • In the Spring of 2013, the Women's Varsity 4+ boat won the Scholastic National Championships, as well as made it to the final round of the Women's Henley Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England. Both its girls' and boys' teams have won races in the all-city regatta. In 1976, Harriton's Varsity 4+ won the boys Stotesbury Regatta. In 1977, the boys Varsity 4+ won the Boys National Championship on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, NJ.
  • The school has a boys and girls swim team. As of 2016, the boys teams had won 3 out of the last 5 state championships and the girls had won 2 out of the last 4.[9]

Laptop privacy lawsuit

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Main article: Robbins v. Lower Merion School District

In the 2010 WebcamGate case, plaintiffs charged Harriton High School and Lower Merion High School with secretly spying on students by remotely activating webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home, thus infringing on their privacy rights. The schools admitted to secretly snapping over 66,000 webshots and screenshots, including webcam shots of students in their bedrooms.[17][18] In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits related to privacy violations.[19]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "Harriton SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "The History of Harriton High School". lmhalum.org. Archived from the original on February 17, 2007.
  4. ^ "Home - Lower Merion School District".
  5. ^ "HHS | History". LMSD. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania - Science Olympiad Student Center Wiki". scioly.org.
  7. ^ a b "Harriton High School - Science Olympiad Student Center Wiki". scioly.org. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  8. ^ "Regionals/Pennsylvania/Southeastern/2015ASL - AcaDec Scores and Information Center".
  9. ^ a b "The Harriton Banner".
  10. ^ "Mr. Harriton 2014". Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  11. ^ Ilgenfritz, Richard. "Update: Lower Merion officials agree to a second name change of Mr. Harrition event". Main Line Media News. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
  12. ^ "Member Schools: H". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "Girls Team Tennis Past Champions" (PDF). Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  14. ^ "Remote Desktop Redirected Printer Doc" (PDF). Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  15. ^ "Historical list of PIAA boys', girls' lacrosse champions - Updated - PhillyLacrosse.com". June 11, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "Harriton pulls away to win girls' Class 3A PIAA state lacrosse championship". June 8, 2019. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  17. ^ Doug Stanglin (February 18, 2010). "School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams". USA Today. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  18. ^ "Initial LANrev System Findings" Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, LMSD Redacted Forensic Analysis, L-3 Services – prepared for Ballard Spahr (LMSD's counsel), May 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  19. ^ "Lower Merion district's laptop saga ends with $610,000 settlement | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/12/2010". Philly.com. October 12, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  20. ^ "Video Viewer". www.movementdisorders.org. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  21. ^ "doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
  22. ^ O'Loughlin, Kathy (June 16, 2010). "Congrats to grads: A look at local commencement traditions". Main Line Times. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017.
  23. ^ "Interview with Graduate Josh Cooke". LMSD. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
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