Point Pleasant Beach High School

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Point Pleasant Beach High School
Location
700 Trenton Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
Information
School district Point Pleasant Beach School District
Principal Dr. Raymond D. Ellis
Enrollment

384 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 30.6 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 12.5[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Team name Garnet Gulls
Color(s) Red & White
Information 732-899-1817
Homepage School website

Point Pleasant Beach High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Point Pleasant Beach School District.

In addition to the students of Point Pleasant Beach, the high school serves the students of Bay Head and Lavallette for grades 9-12 and those from Mantoloking for K-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships.[2] A significant number of outside tuition students attend, rare for public schools. The mascot is the Garnet Gull, and the school colors are red and white.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 384 students and 30.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.5.[1]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

Point Pleasant Beach High School was the 68th-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

The Point Pleasant Beach High School Garnet Gulls compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[4] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

[edit] History

The building in the block between Trenton and Forman Avenues was originally built in 1908 replacing a building nearby built in 1886 when Point Pleasant Beach was still part of Brick Township. It has been renovated and expanded several times since. It was the only high school serving both Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough students until the Point Pleasant Boro High School was built in 1963.[5]

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Jack Ford, TV legal commentator.[6]
  • Leonard Lomell (1920-), U.S. Army Ranger who played a pivotal role in destroying German gun emplacements on D-Day.[7]

[edit] Administration

  • Dr. John Ravally - Superintendent
  • Dr. Raymond D. Ellis - Principal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Point Pleasant Beach High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 17, 2007.
  2. ^ POINT PLEASANT BEACH BORO - School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 17, 2007. "In addition to serving the students of Point Pleasant Beach the district serves the high school age students of Bay Head, Mantoloking and Lavallette."
  3. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey" (Schools 51-100), New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of March 10, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  4. ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  5. ^ Chickaree in the Wall: a History of one-room schools in Ocean County, NJ. Carolyn M. Campbell. Ocean County Historical Society, 1987. p. 134.
  6. ^ Kamin, Arthur Z. "New Jersey Q & A: John R. Ford; Analyzing the Simpson Case for TV", The New York Times, August 7, 1994. Accessed May 22, 2008. "Jack Ford was an all-county football quarterback at Point Pleasant Beach High School, won a scholarship to Yale University and then helped to finance his tuition at the Fordham University School of Law with the winnings from appearances on the television quiz show 'Jeopardy.'"
  7. ^ Christopher, Sam. "Toms River Vet to be Honored by Monmouth University", copy of article from Ocean County Observer, May 6, 2007. Accessed April 7, 2008.

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