New Providence High School

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Location
New Providence High School
35 Pioneer Drive New Providence, NJ 07974
Information
School district	New Providence School District
Principal	Paul Casarico
Enrollment	654 (as of 2005-06)^[1]
Faculty	51.0 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Student:teacher ratio	12.8^[1]
Type	Public high school
Grades	9 - 12
Athletics conference	Mountain Valley Conference
Team name	Pioneers
Information	908-464-4700
Homepage	http://www.npsd.k12.nj.us/nphs/

New Providence High School is a public high school in the borough of New Providence, in Union County, New Jersey. This is the only high school in the New Providence School District. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 654 students and 51.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.8.^[1]

In addition, Advanced Placement courses provide college level credits for students. New Providence High School provides opportunities to earn college credits through the Middle College Program in partnership with Fairleigh Dickinson University. As of 2007, the school principal is Paul Casarico.^[2]

1 Awards and Recognition
2 Athletics
- 2.1 New Athletic Complex
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Awards and Recognition

New Providence High School was the 26th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[3]

[edit] Athletics

NPHS is home to multiple State Championships in sports such as track & field, soccer, baseball, basketball, and football. The Pioneers have had 3 state wrestling champions: John Ferrara (1969), Rich Billitz (1976), and Donnie "Darko" DeFilippis (1999). Head football coach Frank Bottone finished the 2006 season with his 300th career victory, the fourth coach in New Jersey history to achieve that milestone. The only coach in New Providence's school history, Bottone has compiled a record of 300-116-7 in 42 seasons. Head baseball coach Tom Beck was recently inducted into the NJSIAA Hall of Fame. He has won numerous Mountain Valley Conference Championships along with two State Sectional Titles and a Group 1 Championship in 1998.^[4]

The boys soccer team won the 2003 NJSIAA North II Group I Sectional Championship with a 1-0 win over David Brearley High School.^[5] In 2007 the boys soccer team won the 2007 NJSIAA Central Group I Sectional Championship with a 3-2 win in over time against Metuchen High School.^[6]. Alex Pellas scored the winning goal with around 4 minutes to go in the first overtime. The 2007 boys soccer team also won the Mountain Valley Conference. They went undefeated in their conference and finished with an 18-3-1 record. They lost to Arthur P. Schalick High School in the Group I semi-finals 2-0.

The 2007 girls tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 5-0 win over Bound Brook High School in the tournament final.^[7] The team moved on to win the Group I State Championship with a 3-2 win over County Prep High School in the semifinals and Pennsville Memorial High School in the finals by a 3-2 score.^[8]

[edit] New Athletic Complex

In early 2007, the New Providence Athletic Foundation voted to upgrade the existing athletic fields with state of the art synthetic turf. The main football field was completed in early September and plans to turf the adjacent practice field as well upgrading to lights and new fencing to the complex expect to be completed sometime in 2008.

[edit] Notable alumni

Andrew Fastow, former CFO of Enron, currently serving time in a Federal Detention Center.^[9]
Larry Kemp, supervising sound editor on Bull Durham, Heat and The Day After Tomorrow.^[10]^{[citation needed]}
Thomas McCarthy, actor.
David Stambaugh, a former child actor featured in the Bad News Bears films of the 1970's
D.D. Verni, bass player for the 1980s heavy metal band Overkill.