Parsippany High School
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Parsippany High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills
, New Jersey
, as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
. The school serves students in grades 9-12 who live in the eastern half of Parsippany-Troy Hills. Its companion school in the District is Parsippany Hills High School
, which serves the western portion of the Township.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,034 students and 78.9 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1.
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 104th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 84th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
. Parsippany High hosts many sports, such as football
, soccer
, cross-country running, marching band
(in which they were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), field hockey
, volleyball
, and cheerleading
in the fall, swimming
, basketball
, ice hockey
, wrestling
, track
(in which the girls were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), and cheerleading
in the winter, and baseball
, softball
, track
(in which the girls were the 2006 New Jersey State Champions, tennis
, and golf
in the spring. Richard Fonti is the Athletic Director.
The wrestling team won the 2000 North II, Group III with a 29-26 win over Rahway High School
in the tournament final.
The school's mascot was originally a caricature of a Native American
, and the teams were referred to as the Redskins. However, that was changed recently due to concerns of political correctness, and the official mascot was changed to that of a Redhawk in the early 2000s, based on student body nominations.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, commonly called Parsippany, is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 50,649. The name Parsippany comes from the Lenape Native American word parsipanong, which means "the place where...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
The Parsippany-Troy Hills School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students from Parsippany-Troy Hills Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States....
. The school serves students in grades 9-12 who live in the eastern half of Parsippany-Troy Hills. Its companion school in the District is Parsippany Hills High School
Parsippany Hills High School
Parsippany Hills High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in the township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. Built in 1969, the school...
, which serves the western portion of the Township.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,034 students and 78.9 classroom teachers (on a FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1.
Awards and recognition
The school was the 84th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey MonthlyNew Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 104th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 84th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Parsippany High School Red Hawks participate in the Northwest Jersey Athletic ConferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference
The Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference is a sports league that includes public and private high schools from Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, New Jersey, that operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association...
. Parsippany High hosts many sports, such as football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, cross-country running, marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
(in which they were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
in the fall, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
(in which the girls were the 2004 New Jersey State Champions), and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
in the winter, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
(in which the girls were the 2006 New Jersey State Champions, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
in the spring. Richard Fonti is the Athletic Director.
The wrestling team won the 2000 North II, Group III with a 29-26 win over Rahway High School
Rahway High School
Rahway High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Rahway, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Rahway Public Schools. The high school's present location was built in 1941...
in the tournament final.
The school's mascot was originally a caricature of a Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
, and the teams were referred to as the Redskins. However, that was changed recently due to concerns of political correctness, and the official mascot was changed to that of a Redhawk in the early 2000s, based on student body nominations.
Notable alumni
- Clarence CurryClarence CurryClarence Curry is an Arena football Defensive specialist for the Reading Express of the Indoor Football League. He was originally signed by the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...
(born 1981), Class of 2000, played for the Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the NFL in 2004 and 2005. - Jane KrakowskiJane KrakowskiJane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy...
(born 1968), Tony awardTony AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
-winning actress. - Mike MaksudianMike MaksudianMichael Bryant Maksudian is a former Major League Baseball catcher/corner-infielder. He spent 1992 with the Toronto Blue Jays, 1993 with the Minnesota Twins, and 1994 with the Chicago Cubs. In 41 career at-bats, he collected 9 hits and 6 RBIs. He was famous for consuming insects in the Jays'...
(born 1966), former major league baseball player. - Paul MirabellaPaul MirabellaPaul Thomas Mirabella is a former professional baseball pitcher. Mirabella, who threw left-handed, played all or part of thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers , New York Yankees , Toronto Blue Jays , Baltimore Orioles , Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers .Mirabella...
(born 1954), Major League Baseball Player. - Garrett ReismanGarrett ReismanGarrett Erin Reisman is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was a backup crew member for Expedition 15 and joined Expedition 16 aboard the International Space Station for a short time before becoming a member of Expedition 17. He returned to Earth 14 June 2008 on board STS-124 on...
(born 1968), NASA astronaut. - Richie ZiskRichie ZiskRichard Walter Zisk is a retired Major League Baseball player currently in charge of pro scouting in Florida for the Chicago Cubs.-Pittsburgh Pirates:...
(born 1949), Major League Baseball Player.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Natalie Betz - Principal
- Lynn Burek - Assistant Principal
- Richard C. Fonti - Assistant Principal
- Thomas Rizk - Assistant Principal
External links
- Parsippany High School home page
- Parsippany-Troy Hills School District home page
- Data for the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...