Pompton Lakes High School

Pompton Lakes High School (PLHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the borough of Pompton Lakes in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Pompton Lakes School District. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Pompton Lakes and Riverdale, in neighboring Morris County, whose students attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4][5][6] The high school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Pompton Lakes High School
PLHS on Commencement Day, 2008
Address
44 Lakeside Avenue

Pompton Lakes
,
Passaic County
,
New Jersey
07442

United States
Coordinates41.004822°N 74.289902°W / 41.004822; -74.289902
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"Pride and Tradition"
Established1933
School districtPompton Lakes School District
NCES School ID3413350[1]
PrincipalDr. Vincent S. Przybylinski Jr.
Asst. principalAnthony Mattera
Faculty52.4 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment642 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team nameCardinals[2]
PublicationThe Cardinal
YearbookPioneer
Websitewww.plps-k12.org/Domain/8

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 642 students and 52.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. There were 65 students (10.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 20 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school mascot is the Cardinal.[2]

History

The actual structure of the building displays a classic colonial revival exterior, a product of the New Deal Era. The building was constructed in 1932 and was opened to students in September 1933.[5]

Students from Wayne, New Jersey had attended the school until 1952, when Wayne Valley High School was opened.[7]

Awards, recognition and rankings

During the 1986-87 school year, Pompton Lakes High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[8] the highest award an American school can receive.[9][10]

The school was the 153rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[11] The school had been ranked 85th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 173rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[12] The magazine ranked the school 156th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[13] The school was ranked 188th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[14] Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 127th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 2 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[15]

History

Built in 1932 in Colonial Revival style, the High School opened to students in September of that year and graduated its first class the following June. Students from Pompton Lakes attended Butler High School before the opening of Pompton Lakes High School. At its opening in 1933, the school received students from Wayne, Oakland, and Midland Park as well as Pompton Lakes. Since then, the school has maintained much of its original structure, with additions of a larger library, another locker room, and an entirely new wing erected in the 1960s.[5]

Academics

Many different courses and programs are offered at Pompton Lakes High School, including: Physical Education, Independent Study, Teacher Aide, Language Arts Literacy (including elective courses), Social Studies (including elective courses), Science (including elective courses), Mathematics, World Languages (Spanish, French, German), Business/Technology, Industrial/Technology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Art, and Music.

Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered include AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Spanish Language, AP German Language, AP French Language

Clubs

There are many different clubs that students can participate in at Pompton Lakes High School, including: Assembly Planning Committee, Environmental Club, FBLA, Health Careers Club, Interact, Marching Band, Spring Musical, National Honor Society, Peer Helpers, Performing Arts Club, Student Council, Student Movement Against Cancer (SMAC), Student Opportunities for Academic Recognition (SOAR), Yearbook, Varsity Club, and Zonta club.

Athletics

The Pompton Lakes High School Cardinals[2] participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[16][17][18] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Pompton Lakes was part of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).[19] With 453 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.[20] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020.[21]

Boys sports offered include: football, soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, fencing, bowling, winter track, baseball, spring track and tennis. Girls sports include field hockey, soccer, cross country, tennis, basketball, fencing, winter track, bowling, softball and spring track.[2]

The field hockey team won the North I Group II state sectional championship in 1975, 1977 and 1997-1999, the North I Group I title in 1986-1988, 1991 and 2008-2010, and won the North I / II Group I title in 1993; the team won the Group II state championship in 1999, defeating Collingswood High School in the final game of the tournament.[22] The field hockey team is a perennial power in northern New Jersey. The team finished with a 17-1-2 record in 1999 after winning the Group II state title with a 3-0 win against Collingswood in the championship game.[23] The Cardinals have won the Passaic County title 14 times,[24] most recently in 2008 when they beat Wayne Hills High School 1-0 in the final.[25] Pompton Lakes won three consecutive sectional titles from 2008–2010, defeating Boonton High School 2-1 in the 2010 final.[26]

The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional title in 1982, 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and won the North I Group II state sectional title in 1997.[27] The 1998 boys football team were the North I, Group II state football champions, beating Westwood Regional High School 7-6 on a snowy field.[28] In the fall of 2005, the Football and Boys Soccer teams advanced all the way in their respective playoffs, both bringing home state championships. The football team won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North I, Group I title, defeating Hasbrouck Heights High School 27-7 in the final.[29][30] The team won the North I Group I state title in 2011 and 2012 with a win over Glen Rock High School and Cedar Grove High School, respectively.[31]

The boys' soccer team won the Group II state championship in 1996 (against runner-up Somerville High School in the tournament final) and won the Group I title in 2005 (vs. Bordentown Regional High School) and 2017 (vs. Glassboro High School).[32] The 1996 boys' soccer team were league and state champions with an overall record of 23-1, with the team's only loss that season coming in the final of the Passaic County tournament to Paterson's John F. Kennedy High School.[33] The 2017 team won the Group I state championship with a 3-2 win against Glassboro High School on a goal scored one minute into overtime.[34]

The 2001 boys' tennis team won the North I, Group II over Rutherford High School 3½-1½ in the tournament final.[35]

In 2001, the softball team won the North I, Group II sectional championship, edging Mahwah High School 1-0.[36] The team repeated in 2002, again winning by a 1-0 score in the final, this time over top-seeded Hawthorne High School, their first sectional championship since their win in 2002.[37] The 2007 team won the title, with a 4-1 win vs. Saddle Brook High/Middle School.[38][39] The 2008 team repeated the North I, Group I title, defeating Park Ridge High School 8-3 in the tournament final.[40][41]

The boys' track and field team won the 2006 and 2007 North I, Group I state sectional championships tying Hasbrouck Heights High School in 2006 and winning outright with 65 points in 2007.[42]

The girls' tennis team won the 2007 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 4-1 win over New Milford High School.[43] The win was the team's first ever state sectional title.[44]

The wrestling team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 2015.[45]

The school also has a marching band and color guard which competes in USSBA competitions. The Cardinal Marching Band has been a part of PLHS sincethe 1930s, with up to 100 students participating.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[46]

  • Vincent Przybylinski Jr., Principal
  • Anthony Mattera, Assistant Principal

Selected for its "beautiful auditorium, a great gymnasium" and other aesthetic qualities, the high school was used extensively as a filming location for the 1997 movie In & Out starring Kevin Kline.[47] Many different classrooms and facilities were used as the set for the movie, as well as many students were used as extras.[48]

Notable alumni

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