Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)

Infobox School

name = Phillipsburg High School
native_name = "The Stateliners"
motto =
established = 1871
type = Public high school
principal = Mary Jane Deutsch
asst principal = Staci Horne
Janice Trent
Greg Troxell
grades = 9-12
address = 200 Hillcrest Boulevard
city = Phillipsburg
state = NJ
province =
zipcode = 08865
district = Phillipsburg School District
enrollment = 1,720 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 136.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.6
oversight =
accreditation =
campus =
colors = Garnet & Grey
mascot = Suzy Stateliner
emblem =
yearbook = "Karux"
newspaper = "Karux"
website = [http://www.pburgsd.net/PHS/index.htm School website]
footnotes =
picture =

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. [ [http://www.pburg.k12.nj.us/AboutheDistrict/AboutthePhillipsburgSchoolDistrict.htm 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."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,720 students and 136.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710&ID=340471000380 Phillipsburg High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 21, 2007.]

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. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

tudent 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. [ [http://www.pburg.k12.nj.us/PSDJC/PSDJointCommittee.html Please Help Save Our School] , accessed January 6, 2007]

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. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2005-09-21-rivalries_x.htm High school rivals are like family] , "USA Today", September 21, 2005] The game, which typically draws some 10,000 fans, 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. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-11-21-1a-cover-centenary-game_x.htm Every year fields the game of the century] , "USA Today", November 23, 2006.]

As of 2005, the football team's 581 wins over its 100-year-plus history were the most wins by any football team in New Jersey history. [Caldwell, Dave. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13njFOOTBALL.html "The Winningest Football Team"] , "The New York Times", November 13, 2005. Accessed October 28, 2007. "Tradition marches on at Phillipsburg High, which has won more football games, 581, than any other school in New Jersey."] As of the 2007 season, the Stateliner football program reached another landmark of 600 wins with a win over Hillsborough High School.Fact|date=January 2008

The wrestling team won the 2007 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 34-25 win against Bridgewater-Raritan High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=200640&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20IV 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North II, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 23, 2007.]

In 2005, the school's Cross Country team placed 1st in the New Jersey Group IV Championship Race held in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, and placed 3rd in the New Jersey Meet of Champions race, also held in Holmdel. In 2007, Doug Jankowski, a senior at the time, was recognized as runner of the year by "The Express-Times".Fact|date=May 2008

Notable alumni

* Charlie Berry (1902-1972), former professional baseball and football player and umpire in Major League Baseball. [ [http://www.mcall.com/sports/highschool/eastonpburg/all-jacks-facts,0,6183907.htmlstory "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 (1908-1990), former Governor of New Jersey. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/565/000122199/ Robert B. Meyner] from NNDB, November 29, 2006.]
* Charles Rinehart (1875-1933), football player, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. [ [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=90010 Charles Rinehart] , College Football Hall of Fame. Accessed August 14, 2007.]
* Jim Ringo (1931-2007), former professional football player, Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles, member of Pro Football Hall of Fame. [Brady, Erik. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-11-21-1a-cover-centenary-game_x.htm "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."]

References

External links

* [http://www.pburgsd.net/PHS/index.html Phillipsburg High School Official Home Page] .
* [http://www.highschoolsports.net/defaultcal_300.cfm?school=NJ0886522269 Phillipsburg High School athletics schedule and scores] at HighSchoolSports.net.
*NJReportCard|41|4100|050|Phillipsburg High School.
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412960 Data for the Phillipsburg School District] , National Center for Education Statistics