Been travelling and just saw this.
I went to Conestoga in the 70s. Back then, we had 4-5 hour of homework or prep work per night, plus had one or two term papers per semester. I really learned to read, analyze and write and to do research
papers. 90% of my class went on to a 4 year college. Very impressive stats for a public high school. Place was very driven toward academic achievement and getting into a good college.
My 'stoga classmates whose kids went there said the requirements are not as stiff. Not as much reading/prep work as when we were there and few term papers now. funny but I have heard the same thing from some of my Penn State profs--reading/class prep requirements are not as extensive as 20-30 years ago.
Sports -- at 'stoga, two guys a year ahead of me on the football team got football scholarships at Boston College. One of them--Glenn Capriola--got the Chevrolet Player of the Game award when BC upset Notre Dame in the mid-70s. The other--Steve Schindler--played for the Denver Broncos, including their Super Bowl team in the early 80s.
Conestoga has had state champ lacrosse teams in recent years but that program was just starting when I was there.
When I went to law school, I told my classmates I thought it was like high school. 4-5 hours of prep work each night (you might get called on in class and did not want to be embarrassed) that you had to keep up with. My law school friends thought I was nuts. I realized then how different my high school experience was from most other people. Glad for it, but it was intense when there.
