Point Pleasant Beach High School

Infobox_School
name = Point Pleasant Beach High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Point Pleasant Beach School District
type = Public high school
principal = Dr. Raymond D. Ellis
enrollment = 384 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 30.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.5
teamname = Garnet Gulls
conference = Shore Conference
colors = Red & White
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location = 700 Trenton Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
information = 732-899-1817
website = [http://www.ptpleasantbch.k12.nj.us/ptbeach/Point%20Pleasant%20Beach%20HS School website]

Point Pleasant Beach High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Point Pleasant Beach School District.

In addition to the students of Point Pleasant Beach, the high school serves the students of Bay Head and Lavallette for grades 9-12 and those from Mantoloking for K-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/29/4220/29-4220-000.html POINT PLEASANT BEACH BORO - School Report Card] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2007. "In addition to serving the students of Point Pleasant Beach the district serves the high school age students of Bay Head, Mantoloking and Lavallette."] A significant number of outside tuition students attend, rare for public schools. The mascot is the Garnet Gull, and the school colors are red and white.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 384 students and 30.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413320&ID=341332004702 Point Pleasant Beach High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 17, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 59th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 68th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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.]

Athletics

The Point Pleasant Beach High School Garnet Gulls compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. [ [http://www.shoreconference.org/school_info.php School Info] , Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

History

The building in the block between Trenton and Forman Avenues was originally built in 1908 replacing a building nearby built in 1886 when Point Pleasant Beach was still part of Brick Township. It has been renovated and expanded several times since. It was the only high school serving both Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough students until the Point Pleasant Boro High School was built in 1963. [Chickaree in the Wall: a History of one-room schools in Ocean County, NJ. Carolyn M. Campbell. Ocean County Historical Society, 1987. p. 134.]

Notable alumni

* Jack Ford, TV legal commentator. Graduate of PPBHS Class of 1968. [Kamin, Arthur Z. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E3D81331F934A3575BC0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "New Jersey Q & A: John R. Ford; Analyzing the Simpson Case for TV"] , "The New York Times", August 7, 1994. Accessed May 22, 2008. "Jack Ford was an all-county football quarterback at Point Pleasant Beach High School, won a scholarship to Yale University and then helped to finance his tuition at the Fordham University School of Law with the winnings from appearances on the television quiz show 'Jeopardy.'" .]
* Alfred M. Gray, Jr. (born 1928), 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, from July 1, 1987 to June 30, 1991. Graduate of PPBHS Class of 1946.Fact|date=September 2008
* Leonard Lomell (born 1920), U.S. Army Ranger who played a pivotal role in destroying German gun emplacements on D-Day. Graduate of PPBHS Class of 1937. [Christopher, Sam. [http://www.monmouth.edu/news/news_story.asp?iNewsID=4448&strBack=/Default.asp "Toms River Vet to be Honored by Monmouth University"] , copy of article from "Ocean County Observer", May 6, 2007. Accessed April 7, 2008.]

Administration

*Dr. John Ravally - Superintendent
*Dr. Raymond D. Ellis - Principal

References

External links

* [http://www.ptpleasantbch.k12.nj.us/ptbeach/Point%20Pleasant%20Beach%20HS Point Pleasant Beach High School]
* [http://www.ptpleasantbch.k12.nj.us/ Point Pleasant Beach School District]
*NJReportCard|29|4220|0|Point Pleasant Beach School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413320 Data for the Point Pleasant Beach School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://orig.app.com/day/pointbeachhs/ A Day in the Life of Point Pleasant Beach High School] from the "Asbury Park Press"