Pleasantville High School

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name = Pleasantville High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Pleasantville Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Stephen L. Townsend
asst principal = Kelvin Cherry
Felicia Hyman
Cynthia Ruiz-Cooper
Nanette Stuart
enrollment = 1,105 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 97.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 11.4
nickname = Greyhounds
conference = Cape-Atlantic League
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location = 701 Mill Road
Pleasantville, NJ 08232
information = 609-383-6900
website = [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/High%20School School website]

Pleasantville High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Pleasantville Public Schools, an Abbott District. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 13, 2008.]

Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship. [Cohen, Lynda. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/179/story/130784.html "New issues draw new interest in Absecon school vote"] , "The Press of Atlantic City", April 12, 2008. Accessed May 1, 2008. "Few Absecon students currently attend Pleasantville High School, where the district has a sending relationship."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,105 students and 97.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.4. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409210&ID=340921000568 Pleasantville High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 25, 2007.]

The school was the 309th-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 281st 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.]

Awards and recognition

In 2004, the Try-Math-A-Lon Team won the National Championship at the National Society of Black Engineers Conference (NSBE) in Dallas, Texas. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/01/4180/01-4180-050.html Report Card Narrative: Pleasantville High School] , accessed March 3, 2007.]

Athletics

The Pleasantville High School Greyhounds compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/High%20School Home page] , Pleasantville High School. Accessed August 13, 2008.]
*Stephen L. Townsend - Principal
*Kelvin Cherry - Assistant Principal, GA
*Felicia Hyman - Assistant Principal
*Nanette Stuart - Assistant Principal
*Cynthia Ruiz-Cooper - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

*Gene Hart, sports announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League. [ [http://www.acweekly.com/view.php?id=4457 Caller, You're on the Air] , "Atlantic City Weekly", June 1, 2006. "The late, legendary Gene Hart is best known as the voice of the Philadelphia Flyers, but the Pleasantville High School graduate got his start in the field of broadcasting in Atlantic County."]

References

External links

* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/High%20School Pleasantville High School]
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps Pleasantville Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|01|4180|0|Pleasantville Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413200 Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/pleasantville/ South Jersey Sports: Pleasantville HS]