North Penn High School - in The Media

In The Media

In 1999, ESPN featured the football team in a documentary entitled "The Season."

The school's football team was featured in the 1999 film "The Last Game". The movie includes a storyline about North Penn's former rivalry with neighboring Central Bucks West High School.

In 2004, the school made national news and was the subject of a show on MTV due to the elaborate senior class prank pulled by Thomas McDonald, Brendan Mulvihill, Marty Sandeen, Andrew Molholt, Jay Habre, Tim Frisch, and 50+ participants they recruited over the course of the entire 2003-2004 academic year. On the night of June 6, the rear and cafeteria courtyards of the school's grounds were forked with over 40,000 plastic forks. At graduation, Dr. Hassler, the superintendent, threw forks onto the field to congratulate the senior class on their brilliant and harmless senior prank.

In 2007 after winning the free dance, the morning show had a habit of replaying their most popular segments on repeat during the day this included their comments on the dance. The parents strong reaction to hearing the morning show's comments on the dance lead to the "No 90 degree Dancing" rule. Now, before every dance students are lectured on proper dance etiquette.

On Friday, April 18, 2008, former President Bill Clinton delivered a speech on the steps of North Penn High School at a rally for Hillary Clinton's presidency. The Pennsylvania primary was Tuesday April 22. Preceding President Clinton were introductions by PA Representative Allyson Schwartz, former Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel.

On Monday, September 8, 2008, John Oates, half of Hall & Oates and member of the Class of 1966, returned to North Penn for an assembly in his honor, which included a video about his life made by the school's broadcasting class, and a question and answer period. He also played several songs from his new solo album 1000 Miles of Life, and "Rich Girl".