Parsippany High School

Infobox_School | name = Parsippany High School


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established = 1957
grades = 9 - 12
district = Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
type = Public high school
principal = Bert Ammerman
asst principal = Natalie Betz
Ryan D. Miller
Denis Mulroony
enrollment = 987 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 79.2 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.5
teamname = Redskins (1957-2000)
Redhawks (2000-present)
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publication = "The Drumbeat"
location = 309 Baldwin Road
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ 07054
information = 973-263-7001
website = [http://www.pthsd.k12.nj.us/SCH/PHS/PHS.title.html School website]

Parsippany High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. The school serves approximately 975 students who live in the eastern half of Parsippany who are in grades 9-12. Its companion school in the District is Parsippany Hills High School, which serves the western portion of the Township.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 987 students and 79.2 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412480&ID=341248004430 Parsippany High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 27, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 104th-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 84th 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.]

Athletics

The Parsippany High School Red Hawks participate in the Iron Hills Conference. Parsippany High has many sports, such as football, soccer, cross-country running, marching band (in which they were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), field hockey, volleyball, and cheerleading in the fall, swimming, basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, track (in which the girls were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), and cheerleading in the winter, and baseball, softball, track(in which the girls were the 2006 New Jersey State Champions, tennis, and golf in the spring. Ryan Miller is the Athletic Director.

The wrestling team won the 2000 North II, Group III with a 29-26 win over Rahway High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=373&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20III Team Wrestling - North II, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 23, 2007.]

The school's mascot was originally a caricature of a Native American, and the teams were referred to as the Redskins. However, that was changed recently due to concerns of political correctness, and the official mascot was changed to that of a Redhawk in the early 2000s, based on student body nominations.

Mock war crimes trial

On March 2, 2006, an Advanced Placement AP United States Government class taught by Mr. Joseph Kyle held a mock "war crimes" trial of President George W. Bush, in which students argued before a "jury" of five teachers whether or not Bush was guilty of "crimes against civilian populations" and "inhumane treatment of prisoners". Among the nine "witnesses" brought to the stand were Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen allegedly tortured by U.S. forces, international human rights attorney Michael Ratner, Larry Wilkerson, chief of staff for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, retired CIA foreign policy analyst Ray McGovern, and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. The trial was reported on by the Daily Record. A brief controversy ensued after the story was picked up by the Drudge Report, with talk-radio programs discussing the trial. Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Vice President James Vigilante, a Republican, said that the students were entitled to the right of free speech (the class's 27 students agreed upon the trial), [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186793,00.html N.J. High Schoolers Try Bush for 'War Crimes'] , Foxnews.com, March 3, 2006.]

Notable alumni

* Clarence Curry (born 1981), Class of 2000, played for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL in 2004 and 2005. [Gainor, Brian. [http://www.nfleurope.com/teams/story/RHE/8361670 "Spicing it up"] , NFL Europe, April 5, 2005. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Growing up in Parsippany, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City, Clarence was an all-conference basketball player and track athlete at Parsippany High School."]
* Jane Krakowski (born 1968), Tony award-winning actress. [ [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/7812 Leave It to Jane] , TheaterMania.com, March 10, 2006.]
* Mike Maksudian (born 1966), former major league baseball player.
* Paul Mirabella (born 1954), Major League Baseball Player. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Paul-Mirabella.shtml Paul Mirabella player profile] , accessed May 14, 2007.]
* Garrett Reisman (born 1968), NASA Astronaut. [ [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/reisman.html Astronaut Bio: Garrett E. Reisman] , NASA, Accessed May 14, 2007. "EDUCATION: Parsippany High School, Parsippany, New Jersey, 1986."]
* Richie Zisk (born 1949), Major League Baseball Player.Taveras, Danny. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/dayinthelife/ph-phs/teacher.htm "Classroom a thrill for teacher: Students say Caprio gives and receives respect, offers encouragement"] , "Daily Record (Morristown)", November 9, 2004. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Caprio fondly recalls some of his former students who achieved success in the world of sports -- Joe Orsulak, the former professional baseball player, and Johnnie Morant, a recent graduate who is now a rookie playing football for the Oakland Raiders. 'My most famous student is Richie Zisk,' he says of the former professional baseball player."]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.pthsd.k12.nj.us/SCH/PHS/Administration/Staff.html Parsippany High Administrative Staff] , Parsippany High School. Accessed August 21, 2008.]
*Bert Ammerman - Interim Principal
*Natalie Betz - Assistant Principal
*Ryan D. Miller - Assistant Principal
*Denis Mulroony - Assistant Principal

References

External links

* [http://www.pthsd.k12.nj.us/SCH/PHS/PHS.title.html Parsippany High School home page]
* [http://www.pthsd.k12.nj.us/ Parsippany-Troy Hills School District home page]
*NJReportCard|27|3950|050|Parsippany Hills High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412480 Data for the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District] , National Center for Education Statistics