Miller Place High School
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| Miller Place High School | |
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| Miller Place, New York, United States | |
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| Enrollment |
965 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 60.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 16.1[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Motto | "Excellence and Beyond" |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Homepage | http://www.millerplace.k12.ny.us |
Miller Place High School is a public school of the Miller Place Union Free School District along the north shore of Long Island. It is the only high school of the district and contains classes from grades 9-12. The school has been ranked the 78th in the United States for the amount of students taking AP classes.[citation needed]
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 965 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 16.1.[1]
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[edit] Location
Miller Place High School is located in the hamlet of Miller Place, Suffolk County, New York, United States. MPHS, unlike the three other district schools, is located south of Rt. 25A. Miller Place High School is the only building of the Miller Place Union Free School District not on the original property.
[edit] Courses
A number of Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered in the school. Of notable popularity are AP World History and AP United States History. The highest count of credit meriting 4s and 5s are commonly found in AP math and science classes, especially AP Calculus and AP Chemistry.
[edit] Sports
The school is known for being the home of the Miller Place High School Panthers badminton team, a group that remained undefeated from 1973 until the streak's end in April, 2005 at 504 straight games. The team was undefeated under coach Pat McCarrick's 25 year's leading the team, and had only a single loss in the ten years following her 1997 retirement.[2] Currently the school's record is 534 wins and 5 losses, three losses to the Smithtown High School team and two to Half Hollow Hills. In the 2008 season Miller Place High School was undefeated until the boys badminton championship, where they lost to Half Hollow Hills. This ended Miller Place High School 35 consecutive wins in the Suffolk badminton team championships. (http://www.newsday.com/sports/highschool/badminton/ny-skmill205694374may20,0,2872253.story
It should be noted that the winning streak started when the Miller Place team started entering boys into the league previously made up of only girls from other schools.
Miller Place High School's Girl's Field Hockey team has made two consecutive trips to the state championships.
The varsity panthers football team had big opportunities ahead of them; playing cross-town rivals Mount Sinai and Shoreham-Wading River this past year. They defeated Mt. Sinai 28-21 at Mt. Sinai, the home field in which they haven't lost at in 3 years.
The varsity baseketball team defeated Amityville twice in the 2007-2008 season. The first two wins against the Warriors in Miller Place High School history.
The boys soccer team has been a well known competitor with other teams on Long Island, have posted respectable records and has made the playoffs for four straight seasons.
The Miller Place cross country team has also had recent success. They won their league in 2007 and came in second place in State Qualifiers, losing to Hauppauge 81-86.
Zach Buonaiuto was the first county champ in 21 years for Miller Place
[edit] Clubs
Among the current clubs are the following-
- Big Buddy Little Buddy
- Drama Club
- Entre Nous
- Foreign Language Honor Society
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Mathletes
- Media
- National Honor Society
- Robotics
- Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.)
- Student Government
- Varsity Club
- Yearbook Club
[edit] Science Research
The Miller Place High School contains a Science Research class, which annually participates in events such as the Science Bowl and Science Olympiad, as well as in the Intel Science Talent Search.
[edit] Robotics
Miller Place's FIRST Robotics Team (Team 514) has recently gained notoriety. In less than a decade, the team has managed to win a number of awards, among them several in the SBPLI (School-Business Partnerships of Long Island) Long Island Regional event (including champion, finalist, sportsmanship, rookie, chairman's, and judge's honors, among others) The team also won a championship participation award at the Deer Park Invitational in 2005. The Robotics Team made two consecutive trips to the World Championship Event in Atlanta, Georgia.
Because Miller Place High School does not have a sufficient wood and metal shop any longer (due to their conversion into chemistry labs), the team meets at the North Country Road Middle School to construct their robots.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Miller Place High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 3, 2007.
- ^ Strauss, Robert. "Impressed by Threepeats? How About a 23-Peat", The New York Times, January 7, 2007. Accessed November 3, 2007. "That woman was Pat McCarrick, the coach of the badminton team at Miller Place High, which won every match in the 25 years she coached it. Since she retired in 1997, Miller Place has lost only once, making the overall record for Miller Place badminton an incredible 530-1."
