| Phillipsburg High School The Stateliners |
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| 200 Hillcrest Boulevard Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1871 |
| School district | Phillipsburg School District |
| Principal | Mary Jane Deutsch |
| Asst. Principal | Staci Horne Janice Trent Greg Troxell |
| Faculty | 127.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,735 (as of 2006-07)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 13.7[1] |
| Color(s) | Garnet and Grey |
| Mascot | Suzy Stateliner |
| Newspaper | Karux |
| Yearbook | Karux |
| Website | School website |
Phillipsburg High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. This school is located in the eastern part of the Lehigh Valley, at the Pennsylvania border. For this reason, the school's nickname is the "Stateliners."
The school is part of the Phillipsburg School District, an Abbott District that serves students from the town of Phillipsburg and from five area communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[2]
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,735 students and 127 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.7.[1]
The school was the 275th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 234th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[3]
On July 2, 2009, a Phillipsburg High School teacher, Kevin Kane, among others, was arrested for selling Oxycontin. [4]
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Student population
Phillipsburg High School serves more than 1,700 students, in excess of the school's capacity. To compensate for this, the Phillipsburg School District either owns or leases 31 trailers. A plan for a new high school has been in the works for some time, but the current proposal has stalled due to lack of funds. Local parents have organized efforts to advocate on behalf of a new high school building.[5]
Athletics
Phillipsburg High School has an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School. The two teams play an annual football game on Thanksgiving that is one of the oldest rivalries in American high school football.[6] The game, which typically draws some 15,000 - 20,000 fans before Thanksgiving dinner is eaten, was broadcast nationally on ESPN in 1988. The rivalry, as always, was played on Lafayette College's Fisher Field in Easton. The 100th meeting between the two schools, which Easton won 21-7, was broadcast nationally on ESPN2 on Thanksgiving Day 2006.[7]
As of 2008 the Stateliners have 610 wins which is first in New Jersey and 124th in the nation. In 2008 the stateliners completed a 10-2 season beating Rahway high school 20-6 in the group 3 section 2 New Jersey football championship. 2008 postseason rankings put the stateliners at 13 in the state,1 in west jersey,5 in group 3 and 10 in the express-times. [1]
The wrestling team won the 2007 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 34-25 win against Bridgewater-Raritan High School.[8]
In 2005, the Phillipsburg High School cross country team, which consisted of Matt Sheridan, Ed Sheridan, Doug Jankowski, Ryan Doyle, and Josh Huff, were north 2 group 4 state champions. In 2007, Doug Jankowski was awarded the honorable award of express times boys cross country runner of the year. Ryan Doyle and Doug Jankowski are now teammates at the University of East Stroudsburg.
Phillipsburg welcomed back long time boys basketball coach, Tom Fisher, during the 2008-09 season. Fisher was the winning coach in the 1983 Sectional Championship game. The Stateliners finished with a 14-10 record in 2009. He was assisted by Kevin Lloyd, Jim "Senor" Gonzalez, Mike Lelko, Russ Viscomi, and Justin Viscomi.
Notable alumni
- Tim Brewster - Head Coach, Minnesota Golden Gophers football team[9]
- Charlie Berry (1902-1972) - Former professional baseball and football player and umpire in Major League Baseball[10]
- Robert B. Meyner (1908-1990) - Former Governor of New Jersey[11]
- Charles Rinehart (1875-1933) - Football player, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964[12]
- Jim Ringo (1931-2007) - Former professional football player, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame[13]
References
- ^ a b c d Phillipsburg High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 21, 2007.
- ^ About the District, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed March 8, 2008. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2009/07/four_phillipsburg_area_teacher.html
- ^ Please Help Save Our School, accessed January 6, 2007
- ^ High school rivals are like family, USA Today, September 21, 2005
- ^ Every year fields the game of the century, USA Today, November 23, 2006.
- ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North II, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed July 23, 2007.
- ^ Tim Brewster
- ^ "Jack's Facts: A Closer Look at the Easton/Phillipsburg Rivalry", The Morning Call, November 21, 2006, accessed April 13, 2007. "The Garnet's Charlie Berry would score all Phillipsburg's points in a 14-7 win. Berry after graduating from PHS went on to have outstanding career at Lafayette College and later became an American League baseball umpire and officiated in the NFL."
- ^ Robert B. Meyner from NNDB, November 29, 2006.
- ^ Charles Rinehart, College Football Hall of Fame. Accessed August 14, 2007.
- ^ Brady, Erik. "Every year fields the game of the century" USA Today, November 23, 2006, accessed April 13, 2007. "Dailey was an assistant coach at Syracuse who recruited some P-burg players, including Jim Ringo, who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a center for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles."
External links
- Phillipsburg High School Official Home Page.
- Phillipsburg High School athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.
- Phillipsburg High School's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education.
- Data for the Phillipsburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 75°11′29″W / 40.696865°N 75.191252°W
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