Octorara Junior-Senior High School
Octorara Junior‑Senior High School is the sole 7–12 secondary school in Octorara Area School District. Located between Atglen and Cochranville in Chester County, Pennsylvania, it serves students from both Chester and Lancaster counties, offering comprehensive academics and extracurriculars.
Address: 226 Highland Road, Atglen, PA 19310
Phone: (610) 593-8238
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Atglen Resident Named Philadelphia’s High School Basketball Player of the Year
Atglen resident Christian Ray, who attended Octorara for his first two years of high school, then The Haverford School for three more, was named Philadelphia’s…
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Check Out How the County’s High Schools Fared Among the Region’s 100 Highest-Scoring on the SATs
Chester County placed all 20 of its public high schools among the five-county region’s 100 highest-scoring public high schools on the SATs, writes Clara Lefton…
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Unionville High School Wins PennDOT’s Paint the Plow Contest
A team of students from Unionville High School has won PennDOT’s 2018 Paint the Plow contest for District Six, according to a report from the…
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Former Octorara Student Goes from Family Outcast to Owning Restaurant Empire
The owner of Han Dynasty – a restaurant empire with nine locations in Philadelphia, the suburbs, and now New York City – was neither a…
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Check Out What Makes Cochranville’s Duane and Marilyn Hershey the 2018 Farmers of the Year
The Chester County Commissioners and the Agricultural Development Council recently presented dairy farmers Duane and Marilyn Hershey of Ar-Joy Farms in Cochranville the 2018 Farmers…
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VISTA Today Announces Winners of Weekly Chester County Smartphone Photo Contest
Thank you for all of the entries we have received for our Weekly Smartphone Photo Contest Sponsored by Exton’s Red Star Craft House. The winning…
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One of City’s Greatest Philanthropists Dies at 88 with Roots Planted Deeply in Chester County
H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest, one of the Philadelphia region’s most dynamic civic leaders of the last century, has died at the age of 88, writes Pete…
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Local Students to Rep U.S. in 2018 International Young Physicists’ Tournament
Local high school students Jarod Dagney, Ben Mellema, Eric Beery, Anthony Mazur, and Katherine Baker can make coins dance without touching them, levitate Styrofoam balls,…
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Atglen Native’s Basketball Star Shines Brighter Thanks to His Winning Mentality
Atglen resident and college basketball prospect Christian Ray, a rising senior at The Haverford School, has received a number of scholarship offers thanks to his…
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State’s Secretary of Agriculture to Honor Octorara’s Retiring Superintendent at OABEST Expo
Russell Redding, the state’s Secretary of Agriculture, will thank Dr. Thomas Newcome, the retiring superintendent of the Octorara Area School District, for his dedication in…
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Octorara Angels Rainbow Run Raises Awareness of Carbon Monoxide, the Silent Killer
Carbon monoxide (CO) is often referred to as the silent killer because it’s colorless, odorless, and tasteless. In November 2014, the deadly gas took the…
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Forty Students Advance to Chester County Spelling Bee on Friday
Forty students have advanced to the 2018 Chester County Spelling Bee on Friday, February 9: Avon Grove Intermediate School: Aaditya Joshi Caln Elementary School: Daniella…
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Cochranville Olympian Bound for Budapest, Punches Ticket to World Aquatics Championships
Cochranville native and Octorara Senior High School graduate Cierra Runge’s swimming prowess has taken her from her small slice of Chester County to remote locations…
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Student-Physicists from Octorara, Phoenixville, Coatesville to Compete in Singapore
Can you suggest non-invasive methods to detect the degree to which a hen’s egg is cooked by boiling? Or build a “vacuum bazooka” with a…
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Octorara Graduate Selected as Poet Laureate of Martha’s Vineyard
He’s had the gift for most of his life, but he’s only polished it in the last 20 years. And on the last day of…
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West Chester Christmas Parade Ushers in Holiday Season
Santa and Mrs. Claus waved to a delighted crowd from their float as West Chester bid an early hello to Christmas with its 37th annual…
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New Rankings Reveal How Chester County’s Public High Schools Fare Relative to Rest of State
Conestoga has once again defended its status as one of the dozen most-elite public high schools in the nation through the latest Niche.com 2017 Best Public…
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Veterinary Science Students from TCHS Emerge as Top Dogs in National Competition
Veterinary science students from the Technical College High School (TCHS) Pennock’s Bridge Campus took the bull by the horns at the 89th National Future Farmers…
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