Pennsauken Technical High School (also known as [Penn Tech]) is a vocational/technical public high school located in Pennsauken Township

Pennsauken Township, New Jersey

Pennsauken Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, USA, and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 35,885....

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States]], that operates as part of the Camden County Technical Schools

Camden County Technical Schools

The Camden County Technical Schools is a countywide public school district that provides vocational and technical education to high school and adult students in Camden County, New Jersey, United States....

. It buses students from all parts of Camden County

Camden County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...

 to the school.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 780 students and 63 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...

 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.00.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:

• Patricia Fitgerald, Principal
• Greg Cappello, Assistant Principal

School day

At Penn Tech the school day begins with homeroom, which starts at 7:34am EST. The school day ends at 2:30pm EST. There are nine periods per school day.

Athletics

The Pennsauken Technical High School Tornadoes compete in the Olympic Conference

Olympic Conference

The Olympic Conference is an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.-Participating...

, an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County

Burlington County, New Jersey

There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...

, Camden County

Camden County, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census the population of Camden County was 60.28% Non-Hispanic white, 18.45% Non-Hispanic black, 1.12% Hispanic blacks, 0.17% Non-Hispanic Native American, 0.15% Hispanic Native Americans, 5.07% Non-Hispanic Asian, and 0.14% non-Hispanics reporting some other race...

 and Gloucester County

Gloucester County, New Jersey

Gloucester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 288,288. Its county seat is Woodbury....

. The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...

 (NJSIAA). The School mascot is the Tornado.

Athletics include:

• Boys'/Girls' Cross Country *Baseball
• Bowling
• Boys'/Girls' Basketball
• Softball
• Boys'/Girls' Volleyball

The Boy's Baseball Team won the NJVTAC Championship in back to back years.(1997-1998)

Activities

• FBLA
  FBLA-PBL
  The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
  
  
• SkillsUSA
  SkillsUSA
  SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
  
  
• FFA
  National FFA Organization
  The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
  
  
• Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
  The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
  
  
• Journalism Club
• Yearbook Club
• Student Council
• Newspaper
• Interact
• National Technical Honor Society
  National Technical Honor Society
  The National Technical Honor Society is an honor society for outstanding career and technical students of workforce vocational education institutions in the United States....
  
  
• Practical Politics
• Performing Arts
• SADD
• Renaissance

External links

• School website
• Camden County Technical Schools website
• Pennsauken Technical High School, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
  The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...