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UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIESANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION
Washington,D.C.20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09417

Name of Fund: The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust (BPS)

Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Name and address of agent for service: Anne F. Ackerley, Chief Executive Officer, The BlackRock
Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4

Date of fiscal year end: 04/30/2010

Date of reporting period: 01/31/2010

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Schedule of Investments January 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust (BPS)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

     Par   
Municipal Bonds    (000)  Value 
Pennsylvania — 117.5%       
Corporate — 2.4%       
Pennsylvania Economic Development       
   Financing Authority, RB, Aqua       
   Pennsylvania Inc. Project, Series A,       
   AMT 6.75%, 10/01/18  $ 600  $ 674,538 
County/City/Special District/School District — 17.9%   
Delaware Valley Regional Financial       
   Authority, RB, Series A (AMBAC),       
   5.50%, 8/01/28    1,500  1,578,690 
Marple Newtown School District, GO       
   (AGM), 5.00%, 6/01/31    600  623,562 
Mifflin County School District, GO       
   (Syncora), 7.50%, 9/01/22    200  244,876 
Owen J Roberts School District, GO,       
   4.75%, 11/15/25    700  731,227 
Philadelphia School District, GO,       
   Refunding, Series A (AMBAC), 5.00%,     
   8/01/15    1,000  1,123,630 
Philadelphia School District, GO, Series     
   E, 6.00%, 9/01/38    100  106,549 
Scranton School District Pennsylvania,     
   GO, Series A (AGM), 5.00%, 7/15/38  500  505,880 
      4,914,414 
Education — 13.0%       
Cumberland County Municipal Authority,     
   RB, AICUP Financing Program,       
   Dickinson College Project, 5.00%,       
   11/01/39    200  191,916 
Delaware County Authority       
   Pennsylvania, RB, Villanova University,     
   5.25%, 12/01/31    100  104,286 
Lancaster Higher Education Authority,     
   RB, Franklin & Marshall College       
   Project, 5.00%, 4/15/37    500  500,630 
Pennsylvania Higher Educational       
   Facilities Authority, RB, Lafayette       
   College Project, 6.00%, 5/01/30    1,250  1,259,500 
Pennsylvania Higher Educational       
   Facilities Authority, Refunding RB,       
   Trustees of the University of       
   Pennsylvania, Series C, 4.75%,       
   7/15/35    500  501,180 

     Par   
Municipal Bonds    (000)  Value 
Pennsylvania (continued)       
Education (concluded)       
University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania,     
   RB, Capital Project, Series B, 5.00%,     
   9/15/28  $ 350  $ 377,639 
Wilkes-Barre Finance Authority,       
   Refunding RB, Wilkes University       
   Project, 5.00%, 3/01/37    700  631,862 
      3,567,013 
Health — 40.9%       
Allegheny County Hospital Development     
   Authority, Refunding RB, Health       
   System, West Penn, Series A, 5.38%,     
   11/15/40    470  345,445 
Berks County Municipal Authority,       
   Refunding RB, Reading Hospital &       
   Medical Center Project, Series A-3,       
   5.50%, 11/01/31    500  523,795 
Bucks County IDA, Refunding RB,       
   Pennswood Village Project, Series A,     
   6.00%, 10/01/12 (a)    1,400  1,598,128 
Cumberland County Municipal Authority,     
   RB, Diakon Lutheran, 6.38%,       
   1/01/39    500  488,045 
Geisinger Authority, RB, Series A, 5.13%,     
   6/01/34    500  510,950 
Lehigh County General Purpose       
   Authority, Refunding RB, Hospital,       
   Saint Luke's Bethlehem, 5.38%,       
   8/15/13 (a)    3,520  4,043,283 
Lycoming County Authority, Refunding     
   RB, Susquehanna Health System       
   Project, Series A, 5.75%, 7/01/39    210  204,187 
Monroe County Hospital Authority       
   Pennsylvania, Refunding RB, Hospital,     
   Pocono Medical Center, 5.13%,       
   1/01/37    345  320,081 
Montgomery County Higher Education &     
   Health Authority, Refunding RB,       
   Abington Memorial Hospital, Series A,     
   5.13%, 6/01/33    370  364,280 
Montgomery County IDA Pennsylvania,     
   RB, Acts Retirement Life Community,     
   5.25%, 11/15/28    1,250  1,166,413 

Portfolio Abbreviations

To simplify the listings of portfolio holdings in the Schedule of Investments, the names and descriptions of many of the securities have been abbreviated
according to the following list:

AGC  Assured Guaranty Corp.  HFA  Housing Finance Agency 
AGM  Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.  IDA  Industrial Development Authority 
AMBAC  American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.  NPFGC  National Public Finance Guaranty Corp. 
AMT  Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)  RB  Revenue Bonds 
CAB  Capital Appreciation Bonds  VRDN  Variable Rate Demand Notes 
GO  General Obligation Bonds     

BLACKROCK PENNSYLVANIA STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL TRUST JANUARY 31, 2010 1


Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust (BPS)
Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

     Par   
Municipal Bonds    (000)  Value 
Pennsylvania (continued)       
Health (concluded)       
Montgomery County IDA Pennsylvania,     
   RB, Acts Retirement Life Community,     
   Series A, 4.50%, 11/15/36  $ 400  $ 316,464 
Southcentral General Authority       
   Pennsylvania, Refunding RB,       
   Wellspan Health Obligor Group,       
   Series A, 6.00%, 6/01/29    1,250  1,356,925 
      11,237,996 
Housing — 12.6%       
Pennsylvania HFA, RB, Series 95-A,       
   AMT, 4.90%, 10/01/37    1,000  953,360 
Pennsylvania HFA, RB, Series 103C,       
   5.40%, 10/01/33    250  259,353 
Pennsylvania HFA, Refunding RB,       
   Series 96-A, AMT 4.70%, 10/01/37  490  443,396 
Pennsylvania HFA, Refunding RB,       
  Series 97A, AMT 4.65%, 10/01/31  1,300  1,202,838 
Pennsylvania HFA, Refunding RB,       
   Series 99A, AMT 5.15%, 4/01/38    100  99,404 
Pennsylvania HFA, Refunding RB,       
   Series 105C, 5.00%, 10/01/39    500  504,360 
      3,462,711 
State — 9.0%       
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO,       
   First Series, 5.00%, 3/15/28    825  896,082 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO,       
   First Series, 5.00%, 3/15/29    275  296,937 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB,     
   Series C of 2003 Pennsylvania       
   Turnpike (NPFGC), 5.00%, 12/01/32  1,000  1,023,610 
State Public School Building Authority,     
   Refunding RB, Harrisburg School       
   District Project, Series A (AGC), 5.00%,     
   11/15/33    250  255,957 
      2,472,586 
Transportation — 15.4%       
City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, RB,     
   Series A, AMT (AGM), 5.00%, 6/15/37  1,150  1,095,594 
Pennsylvania Economic Development     
   Financing Authority, RB, Amtrak       
   Project, Series A, AMT, 6.25%,       
   11/01/31    1,000  1,008,650 
Pennsylvania Economic Development     
   Financing Authority, RB, Amtrak       
   Project, Series A, AMT, 6.38%,       
   11/01/41    1,000  1,010,200 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB,     
   CAB, Sub-Series E, 6.47%,       
   12/01/38 (b)    385  243,085 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, RB,     
   Series A (AMBAC), 5.25%, 12/01/32  870  875,098 
      4,232,627 
Utilities — 6.3%       
City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, RB,     
   Series A, 5.25%, 1/01/36    100  101,778 

     Par   
Municipal Bonds    (000)  Value 
Pennsylvania (concluded)       
Utilities (concluded)       
Delaware County IDA Pennsylvania, RB,     
   Water Facilities, AMT (NPFGC), 6.00%,     
   6/01/29  $ 1,250  $ 1,253,125 
Montgomery County IDA Pennsylvania,     
   RB, Aqua Pennsylvania Inc. Project,       
   Series A, AMT, 5.25%, 7/01/42    300  283,083 
Pennsylvania Economic Development     
   Financing Authority, RB, Philadelphia     
   Biosolids Facility, 6.25%, 1/01/32    100  102,368 
      1,740,354 
Total Municipal Bonds in Pennsylvania    32,302,239 
Guam — 0.9%       
County/City/Special District/School District — 0.9%   
Territory of Guam, RB, Section 30,       
   Series A, 5.75%, 12/01/34    250  252,785 
Total Municipal Bonds in Guam      252,785 
Puerto Rico — 22.6%       
Education — 4.0%       
Puerto Rico Industrial Tourist       
   Educational Medical & Environmental     
   Control Facilities Financing Authority,     
   RB, Ana G. Mendez University System     
   Project, 5.00%, 3/01/26    1,250  1,096,263 
State — 16.0%       
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO,       
   Refunding, Sub-Series C-7 (NPFGC),     
   6.00%, 7/01/27    1,385  1,448,197 
Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority,     
   Refunding RB, Government Facilities,     
   Series N, 5.00%, 7/01/37    300  263,883 
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp., RB,       
   Commonwealth Appropriation,       
 Series E, 5.50%, 2/01/12 (a)    1,495  1,631,688 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.,     
   RB, First Sub-Series A, 6.38%,       
   8/01/39    1,000  1,064,100 
      4,407,868 
Utilities — 2.6%       
Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer       
   Authority, RB, Senior Lien, Series A,       
   6.00%, 7/01/38    200  202,358 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, RB,     
   Series WW, 5.50%, 7/01/38    500  503,995 
      706,353 
Total Municipal Bonds in Puerto Rico      6,210,484 

2 BLACKROCK PENNSYLVANIA STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL TRUST JANUARY 31, 2010


Schedule of Investments (continued)

BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust (BPS)
(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

     Par   
Municipal Bonds    (000)  Value 
U. S. Virgin Islands — 0.3%       
State — 0.3%       
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority,     
   RB, Senior Lien, Capital Projects,       
   Series A-1, 5.00%, 10/01/39  $ 100 $  88,856 
Total Municipal Bonds in the U.S. Virgin Islands                              88,856 
Multi-State — 13.3%       
Housing — 13.3%       
MuniMae TE Bond Subsidiary LLC,       
   7.50%, 6/30/49 (c)(d)    3,948  3,661,363 
Total Municipal Bonds –                                      154.6%      42,515,727
Municipal Bonds Transferred to Tender     
Option Bond Trusts (e)       
Pennsylvania — 3.7%       
Health — 3.7%       
Geisinger Authority, RB, Series A, 5.25%,     
   6/01/39    1,000  1,025,910 
Total Municipal Bonds Transferred to       
Tender Option Bond Trusts – 3.7%      1,025,910 
Total Long-Term Investments       
(Cost – $43,219,554) – 158.3%      43,541,637 
Short-Term Securities       
Pennsylvania — 1.2%       
City of Philadelphia Pennsylvania,       
RB, VRDN, Fifth Series A-2, 0.20%,       
2/05/10 (f)    300  300,000 
    Shares   
Money Market Funds — 0.0%       
CMA Pennsylvania Municipal Money       
Fund 0.00% (g)(h)    25,378  25,378 
Total Short-Term Securities       
(Cost – $325,378) – 1.2%      325,378 
Total Investments       
(Cost – $43,544,932*) – 159.5%      43,867,015 
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.7%      467,894 
Liability for Trust Certificates, Including Interest   
Expense and Fees Payable – (1.8)%      (500,195) 
Preferred Shares, at Redemption Value – (59.4)%  (16,325,599) 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100.0% $  27,509,115 

* The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of 
   January 31, 2010, as computed for federal income tax purposes, were as 
   follows:     
   Aggregate cost  $ 43,139,428 
   Gross unrealized appreciation  $ 1,434,782 
   Gross unrealized depreciation    (1,207,195) 
   Net unrealized appreciation  $ 277,587 
(a) U.S. government securities, held in escrow, are used to pay interest on 
     this security, as well as to retire the bond in full at the date indicated, 
     typically at a premium to par.     
(b) Represents a step-up bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first 
     period and then a higher coupon rate for the following periods. Rate 
     shown reflects the current yield.     
(c) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act 
     of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from 
     registration to qualified institutional investors.   
(d) Security represents a beneficial interest in a trust. The collateral 
     deposited into the trust is federally tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by 
     various state or local governments, or their respective agencies or 
     authorities. The security is subject to remarketing prior to its stated 
     maturity, and is subject to mandatory redemption at maturity. 
(e) Securities represent bonds transferred to a tender option bond trust in 
     exchange for which the Trust acquired residual interest certificates. 
     These securities serve as collateral in a financing transaction. 
(f) Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date and maturity 
     shown is the date the principal owed can be recovered through demand. 
(g) Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Trust, for 
     purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, 
     were as follows:     
  Net   
     Affiliate  Activity  Income 
     CMA Pennsylvania Municipal     
         Money Fund  $ (74,592) $  127 
(h)Represents the current yield as of report date.   
  • Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the 
         fair value of investments, which are as follows:   
     • Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical 
         assets and liabilities     
     • Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: 
         quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are 
         active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in 
         markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are 
         observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield 
         curves, volatilities, repayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and 
         default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)   
     • Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information 
         available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are 
         not available (including the Trust’s own assumptions used in 
         determining the fair value of investments)   

BLACKROCK PENNSYLVANIA STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL TRUST JANUARY 31, 2010 3


of BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust (BPS)
Schedule Investments (concluded)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not 
necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those 
securities. For information about the Trust’s policy regarding valuation 
of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to 
the Fund’s most recent financial statements as contained in the semi 
annual report.   
The following table summarizes the inputs used as of January 31, 2010 
in determining the fair valuation of the Trust’s investments: 
  Investments in 
Valuation Inputs  Securities 
  Assets 
Level 1 – Short-Term Securities  $ 25,378 
Level 2:   
Long-Term Investments1  $ 43,541,637 
Short-Term Securities  300,000 
Total Level 2  43,841,637 
Level 3  - 
Total  $ 43,867,015 
 1See above Schedule of Investments for values in each state or 
   political subdivision.   

BLACKROCK PENNSYLVANIA STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL TRUST JANUARY 31, 2010 4


Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

2(a) – The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar
functions have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule
30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as
of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and
procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13(a)-15(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2(b) – There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule
30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications – Attached hereto

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.

The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust

By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer of
The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust

Date: March 19, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company
Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: /s/ Anne F. Ackerley
Anne F. Ackerley
Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust

Date: March 19, 2010

By: /s/ Neal J. Andrews
Neal J. Andrews
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
The BlackRock Pennsylvania Strategic Municipal Trust

Date: March 19, 2010