Liberty High School (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)

For schools with similar names, see Liberty High School.Liberty High School is a public high school located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Liberty is the larger of two public high schools in the Bethlehem Area School District, with Freedom High School being the other. Liberty's current attendance area includes students from most of Bethlehem, all of Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, and Hanover Township. Mrs. JoAnn Durante was appointed as the first female principal in 2007.

In the current academic year of 2009, 3,218 students attend Liberty High School. It employs a staff of 153 full-time teachers, and 5 part-time teachers. Graduation takes place annually at Stabler Arena.

Liberty High School holds football games and other sporting events at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium.

History

Liberty High School was built in 1918 and opened in 1922. It is located in the geographical center of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. Originally, Liberty was called Bethlehem High School. The name was changed after rival Freedom High School was built. The school was named Liberty after the Liberty ships that returned to Pennsylvania after World War I. Up until Liberty's recent remodel, the school was composed of three classroom buildings, two buildings with four floors and one science center with two. Also, there were many additions added over the years including a pool and two gyms.

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