Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey)

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Phillipsburg High School
The Stateliners
Established 1871
Type public
Principal Ms.Mary Jane Deutsch
Grades 9-12
Location 200 Hillcrest Boulevard
Phillipsburg, New Jersey 08865
District Phillipsburg School District
Colors Garnet & Grey
Mascot Suzy Stateliner
Yearbook Karux
Newspaper Karux
Website www.pburgsd.net/PHS
www.pburg.k12.nj.us/PHS

Phillipsburg High School is a comprehensive, four-year public high school located in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. This school is located in the eastern part of the Lehigh Valley, at the Pennsylvania border. For this reason, the school's nickname is the "Stateliners."

The school is part of the Phillipsburg School District, an Abbott District that serves students from the town of Phillipsburg and from five area communities: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.

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[edit] Student population

Phillipsburg High School serves about 1,600 students, in excess of the school's capacity. To compensate for this, the Phillipsburg School District either owns or leases 31 trailers. A plan for a new high school has been in the works for some time, but the current proposal has stalled due to lack of funds. Local parents have organized efforts to advocate on behalf of a new high school building.[1]

[edit] Athletics

Phillipsburg High School has an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton High School. The two teams play an annual football game on Thanksgiving that is one of the oldest rivalries in American high school football.[2] The game, which typically draws some 10,000 fans, was broadcast nationally on ESPN in 1988. The rivalry, as always, was played on Lafayette College's Fisher Field in Easton. The 100th meeting between the two schools, which Easton won 21-7, was broadcast nationally on ESPN2 on Thanksgiving Day 2006.[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Please Help Save Our School, accessed January 6, 2007
  2. ^ High school rivals are like family, USA Today, September 21, 2005
  3. ^ Every year fields the game of the century, USA Today, November 23, 2006
  4. ^ Robert B. Meyner from NNDB, November 29, 2006

[edit] External links

High Schools in the Lehigh Valley
Allen High School • Allentown Central Catholic High School • Bangor Area High School • Bethlehem Catholic High School • Catasauqua High School • Dieruff High School • Easton High School • Emmaus High School • Freedom High School • Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts • Lehigh Valley Christian High School • Liberty High School • Moravian Academy • Nazareth High School • Northampton Area High School • Northern Lehigh High School • Northwestern Lehigh High School • Notre Dame High School • Parkland High School • Pen Argyl Area High School • Phillipsburg High School • Pius X High School • Roberto Clemente Charter School • Salisbury High School • Saucon Valley High School • Southern Lehigh High School • Whitehall High School • Wilson Area High School
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