Pompton Lakes High School
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Pompton Lakes High School (often referred to as PLHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the borough of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Pompton Lakes School District. The school has an average of about 625 students enrolled. The school accepts students from Pompton Lakes as well as those from Riverdale who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The high school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education. The principal is Mr. Vincent Przybylinski and Vice-principal is Mr. David M. Moyle.
The school mascot is the Cardinal. The actual structure of the building displays a classic colonial revival exterior, a product of the New Deal Era. The building was erected in the mid 1930s.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
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[1], the highest award an American school can receive.[2][3]
[edit] History
When the school was initially chartered in 1933, it 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.
For much of the 1996-1997 school year, the comedy In & Out (starring Kevin Kline and Tom Selleck) was shot in and around the high school. Many different classrooms and facilities were used as the set for the movie, as well as many students were used as extras.[4]
[edit] Academics
Many different courses and programs are offered at Pompton Lakes High School. They include:
- 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
- Latin
- Business/Technology
- Industrial/Technology
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- Art
- Music
[edit] Clubs
There are many different clubs that students can participate in at Pompton Lakes High School. Including:
- Assembly Planning Committee
- Environmental Club
- ERASE
- FBLA
- French Club
- German Club
- Spanish Club
- Health Careers Club
- Interact
- Math League
- Model United Nations
- National Honor Society
- Peer Helpers
- Performing Arts Club
- Student Council
- Yearbook
- Varsity Club
- Zonta club
[edit] Athletics
The Pompton Lakes High School Cardinals compete in the 13-member Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL), comprised of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Passaic County.
PLHS is reputable among small schools as being very competitive while engaging in athletic contests. The school has won many championships in all their sports since the very beginning. In the fall of 2005, the Football and Boys Soccer teams advanced all the way in their respective playoffs, both bringing home state championships. (Football winning New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North 1, Group 1 championship; Boys Soccer winning the NJSIAA overall Group 1 championship).
Boys Sports offered include:
- Football
- Soccer
- Cross Country
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Fencing (does not compete in BPSL)
- Bowling
- Winter Track
- Baseball
- Spring Track
- Tennis
Girls Sports:
- Field Hockey
- Soccer
- Cross Country
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Fencing (does not compete in BPSL)
- Winter Track
- Bowling
- Softball
- Spring Track
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 for over 70 years (2005) with up to 100 students participating. The current band size is around 50.
The cheerleading squad has also begun to compete competitively.
[edit] References
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ Trivia for In & Out, accessed December 16, 2006
