Proud Grauate of Phillipsburg High School. Wonderful teachers, leaders and friends. It is what you make it, and I made it the best expierience of my life.
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Posted by a student on 09/19/09
I have 2 sons presently in the school now. Unfortunately for them they will never see a new school nor will their siblings that are in elementary school now. Anyone who thinks the state is going to give PHS money to build a school when more than half the population of the school are not Abbott are
... Read more kidding themselves. For those that are bright and go the honors route they will be fine. For those in the middle and below it's hit and miss. There are some good teachers. The key word here is SOME. The worst thing that happened to the education system as a whole is tenure. Our kids deserve better. How about a banner at 150 years that says 150 years of academic excellence instead of sports. That will be the day. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/24/08
My son is a freshman, and he's a very smart kid. So far, he's being challenged, maybe to his surprise! They do focus on sports, yes, but with the amount of homework these kids get, you can definitely say they focus on academics as well. They are always given time before sports practice to get some
... Read more homework done. Of course it's not perfect - it's a public school in the state of NJ - the state is a disaster and a disgrace right now. I think that if parents stay involved, their kids will do well. The teachers there really do seem to care and many are young and enthusiastic. Hopefully one day we will get our new school built - these kids certainly deserve it. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/20/07
Phillipsburg HS has a good sports program and a few good teachers. Extreme overbuilding in the sending school districts has forced a shift from a small local HS to a large regional HS. The writing was on the wall for a long time and they failed the transition process (and most of our students). A
... Read more handful of students are successful, but, not in comparison to the surrounding high schools. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/19/07
I have been disappointed in this high school for a few years now. I have two sons who have gone through and was less than impressed. They care too much about money and sports, and not nearly enough on academics. The school is too crowded and loaded with beuracratic red tape. Not enough teachers or administrators
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Posted by a parent on 03/28/07
PHS has all the ingredients to make an entirly successful school with the exception of a school. We have very good teachers that strive to make us the best we can be. There are some extremely talented individuals both acedemically and athletically. Year in and year out PHS sends students to Ivy League
... Read more schools and is competitive it sports, the big ones being wrestling and football with some of the other less known well acheiving athletic programs including Cross Country and Cheerleading. However PHS is like a wave in that as high as it goes it sometimes will plunge to that opposite end with a lack of security, small high school (and trailers that make it virtully imposible to make class on time), and previlent drug scene. Music and art programs are also slightly lacking. Read less
Posted by a student on 10/27/06
I am a student here, at PHS, a sophmore. While I do think it is a great school, i think it definitely needs improvement. No matter what the season is, we must still walk through the trailer yard to get to our classes. We have way too many students shoved in this high school. It would be nice to move
... Read more into this new highschool, that we already spent millions of dollars on building it. Aside from that, our security rate is not so good, either. We also do not have many courses involving law. I would like to become an attorney, but there are no courses for that. Read less
Posted by a student on 08/16/06
I would like to start by saying that phs does offer a variety of classes/activities including debate and newspaper club. I would also like to add that there is no gang activity present at the high school. Many students do graduate and go onto ivy league schools and the sports programs are excellent.
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Posted by a teacher on 07/12/06
Phillipsburg has the environment typical of a large urban HS combined with a large suburban sending district population. Consequently, there are large strata of different students. The upper academic end of the spectrum is excellent. There are more Honors and AP classes than most NJ high schools.
... Read more Students in my son's class (2005) at this level went on to MIT, Dartmouth, Cornell, Lehigh, Lafayette, Rutgers and other very good colleges, most with substantial scholarships. The sports teams are very high caliber, esp, football and wrestling. The other end of the spectrum has students heavily involved in drug and gang activity. The students in the middle have a choice to make. Get involved in sports and academics and you will be fine. Get involved in the lower end and it will drag you right in to the sewer. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/16/06
PHS is growing and improving, however there are not enough choices beyond the basics in your courses. A school of this size should offer journalism, creative writing, poetry classes, debate, jr. rotc and so on.
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* In 2007-2008 New Jersey used the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) to test students in grade 11 in language arts literacy, math and science. The HSPA is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of New Jersey. Students are required to pass the HSPA in order to graduate. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.
Student enrollment:
1,625
Students per teacher:
16
Full-time teachers:
100
Number of classrooms:
76
Vocational Education
Agriculture Education, Auto Mechanics, Food Nutrition, Health, Keyboarding/Typing, Phys Ed, Word Processing, Woodworking
Arts
Art
Music
Choral
Social Studies / Social Sciences
Economics, Sociology and Anthropology, Psychology
Special Education
Gifted Students
Math
Statistics
Advanced Placement
Math, Science, Social Studies
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Advanced Placement
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Before/After School
"Extended day" programs where the school day is extended before and after school to accommodate working parents. These programs should not be confused with common after school clubs or athletic activities.
Gifted and Talented
A school system may identify 10% to 15% or more of its student population as gifted and talented. A brief description of each area of giftedness or talent as defined by the Office of Gifted and Talented:
general intellectual ability or talent - high intelligence test score (usually two standard deviations above the mean), and high levels of vocabulary, memory, abstract work knowledge and abstract reasoning;
specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
Vocational and/or technical courses offered within a comprehensive school, usually a senior high school.
Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
Programs offering GED or equivalent courses for adults within regular schools, whether classes are held during evening or daytime schedules.
English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
Phillipsburg schools — Phillipsburg High School is located at 200 Hillcrest Blvd, Phillipsburg NJ 08865. 200 Hillcrest Blvd is in the 08865 ZIP code in Phillipsburg, NJ The school district for Phillipsburg High School is the Phillipsburg School District. Phillipsburg High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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