Penelope High School

Penelope High School
Address
309 Avenue D
Penelope, Texas 76676
United States
Coordinates 31°51′41″N 96°55′50″W / 31.861512°N 96.930646°W / 31.861512; -96.930646Coordinates: 31°51′41″N 96°55′50″W / 31.861512°N 96.930646°W / 31.861512; -96.930646
Information
School type Public high school
School district Penelope Independent School District
Principal Scot Kelley
Grades PK-12
Enrollment 180[1] (2010)
Color(s)           Red & White
Athletics conference UIL Class A
Mascot Wolverines
Website Penelope High School website

Penelope High School is a 1A public high school located in Penelope, Texas (USA). It is part of the Penelope Independent School District located in north central Hill County. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Athletics

The Penelope Wolverines compete in the following sports:

The school and town were chronicled in the book "Where Dreams Die Hard" by Carlton Stowers, which follows the team for an entire season of football (after dropping the sport for 40 years, the school resumed play in 2000). In 2007, Penelope made the football playoffs for the first time in school history, though it lost in the first round.

State Titles

  • One Act Play - [3]
    • 1976(B), 1981(1A)

References

  1. ↑ Texas Tribune
  2. ↑ "2011 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28.
  3. ↑ UIL Centennial Webpage Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine.
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