Miller Place High School

Miller Place High School
Location
Miller Place, New York, United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"Excellence and Beyond"
Principal	Kevin Slavin[2]
Faculty	60 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	965 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.1[1]
Mascot	Panthers
Yearbook	Dawning
Website	http://www.millerplace.k12.ny.us

Miller Place High School is a public high school in the Miller Place Union Free School District along the north shore of Long Island, New York, United States. It is the only high school in the district and contains grades 9-12. The school has been ranked the 78th in the United States for the amount of students taking AP classes.^{[citation needed]}

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 965 students and 60 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 16.1.^[1]

Location

View of the school from its athletic fields

Miller Place High School is located in the hamlet of Miller Place, Suffolk County, New York, United States. MPHS, unlike the three other district schools, is located south of Rt. 25A. Miller Place High School is the only building of the Miller Place Union Free School District not on the original property.

Sports

The school is known for being the home of the Miller Place High School Panthers badminton team, a group that remained undefeated for 504 straight games from 1973 until the streak's end on April, 2005 against Smithtown High School. The team was undefeated under coach Pat McCarrick's 25 year's leading the team, and had only a single loss in the ten years following her 1997 retirement.^[3] Currently the school's record is 534 wins and 9 losses, five losses to the Smithtown High School team and four to Half Hollow Hills. In the 2008 season Miller Place High School was undefeated until the boys badminton championship, where they lost to Half Hollow Hills. This ended the school's string of 35 consecutive county championships.^{[citation needed]}

Clubs

Among the current clubs are the following-

• Big Buddy Little Buddy
• Drama Club
• Future Business Leaders of America
• Mathletes
• Media
• National Honor Society
• Robotics
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.)
• Student Government
• Varsity Club
• Yearbook Club
• Service Club

Robotics

Miller Place's FIRST Robotics Team (Team 514) has recently gained notoriety. In less than a decade, the team has managed to win a number of awards, among them several in the SBPLI (School-Business Partnerships of Long Island) Long Island Regional event (including champion, finalist, sportsmanship, rookie, chairman's, and judge's honors, among others) The team also won a championship participation award at the Deer Park Invitational in 2005. The Robotics Team made two consecutive trips to the World Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia.

Because Miller Place High School does not have a wood or metal shop any longer (due to their conversion into chemistry labs), the team meets at the North Country Road Middle School to construct their robots.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Miller Place High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 3, 2007.
2. ^ "Contact Us". http://www.millerplace.k12.ny.us/hs/Contact_Us/Contact_Us.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
3. ^ Strauss, Robert. "Impressed by Threepeats? How About a 23-Peat", The New York Times, January 7, 2007. Accessed November 3, 2007. "That woman was Pat McCarrick, the coach of the badminton team at Miller Place High, which won every match in the 25 years she coached it. Since she retired in 1997, Miller Place has lost only once, making the overall record for Miller Place badminton an incredible 530-1."

External links

• Miller Place School District Website
• Miller Place High School, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°56′03″N 72°59′25″W / 40.93417°N 72.99028°W / 40.93417; -72.99028