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Conestoga High School
200 Irish Road | Berwyn, PA 19312 | (610) 240-1000

Conestoga History

1908 T/E High School
 
  1894
 
  • A high school opened on the second floor of the Easttown School in Berwyn. In June, 1896, five students graduated. 

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        January 1909

  • The joint Tredyffrin-Easttown High School opened.

 

1939

  • The high school became a junior-senior high school, serving Willistown, East Whiteland, the Borough of Malvern as well as Tredyffrin and Easttown townships.

 

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  March 5, 1954
 
  • Groundbreaking ceremony for new senior high school of The Paoli Area High School System

 

May 17, 1954

  • School board votes to name the new high school Conestoga Senior High School. A contest was held to name the school. A ninth grade student suggested the name Conestoga because the old Conestoga road passed through all six communities which send students to the new school.

 

October 27, 1954

  • Cornerstone ceremony.

 

June 9, 1955

  • Last commencement of the Tredyffrin-Easttown Senior High School

  

September 9, 1955 

  • Conestoga High School opens with a student enrollment of 549 and a faculty of 35.

 

September 1959

  • 19 room addition changed the shape of the high school from "J-shaped" to a "U-shaped" building. Student enrollment was 1036.

   

September 1967

  • 20 room addition changed the shape to an enclosed rectangle.

 

1980-81

  • The library was enlarged and named the Karl Zettelmoyer Library in recognition of his years as principal from 1957-1971.

 

1989-1990

  • A new gymnasium, named for John C. Rittenmeyer, principal from 1971-1988, was added as well as a new science wing, and communication center.

 

2002-03

  • Fourteen general-purpose classrooms and ten science labs/classrooms were added. The cafeteria has been enlarged and modernized. The entire music area was reconfigured. A new 3,660 square foot choral classroom houses the growing choir. There is a new keyboard lab with updated electronic music equipment and new practice rooms. In the family and consumer sciences lab, kitchens were completely reconfigured and renovated. A new and welcoming main entrance includes a spacioius lobby (see picture left) and reception area.

 

  • Outside Conestoga High School, all parking areas were reconfigured and landscaped.

 

Principals:

1915-1940: S. Paul Teamer
1940-1952: Wallace S. Brey
1952-1959: B. Anton Hess
1959-1972: Karl A. Zettelmoyer
1972-1988: John H. Rittenmeyer
1988-1989: Clifford Franks, Acting Principal
1989-1994: Daniel Waters
1994-1999: Kaye Pollock
1999-2002: Susan Yates
2002-2009: Timothy Donovan
2009-Present: Dr. Amy Meisinger