Phillipsburg High School - Phillipsburg School District

Phillipsburg High School
200 Hillcrest Boulevard, Phillipsburg, New Jersey 08865 908-454-6551
2010-2011 CEEB CODE 311-200
Course Levels of Ranked Courses:
Curriculum Change:
This year, PHS adopted an Eight-Period Rotating Block
Schedule, which allowed us to offer seven additional Advanced
Placement Courses (which are noted by an* on Course Levels
of Ranked Courses List). These classes were not available
to our students prior to this year.
School and Community:
Phillipsburg is situated in the southwestern tip of Warren
County at the forks of the Delaware River. It is the largest town
in this agricultural section of New Jersey. Due to its situation
in the highly diversified industrial area of the Lehigh Valley, its
economy is relatively stable.
Phillipsburg High School is one of the oldest high schools in
New Jersey. It was organized by an act of the New Jersey Legislature
in 1871. The present high school, constructed in 1927,
contains 63 classrooms and a library with over 19,000 books
and audio visual materials. There are 138 faculty members.
Phillipsburg High School is accredited by the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department
of Education.
Enrollment:
Grade 9 - 381 Grade 11 - 424
Grade 10 - 440 Grade 12 - 388
Grading System:
Letter
Grade Equivalent Meaning
90 - 100 A Superior
80 - 89 B Above Average
70 - 79 C Average
60 - 69 D Below Average
59 - and Below F Failing
P
Passing
I
Incomplete
ME
Medical Excuse
Quality Points:
The quality points assigned to numerical final grades for
averaging purposes are in the following ranges:
AP Level Level 2 Level 1 Level 0
A (100-90) 6.40-5.90 6.00-5.50 5.00-4.50 4.00-3.50
B (89-80) 8.85-5.35 5.45-5.00 4.45-4.00 3.45-3.00
C (79-70) 5.30-4.60 4.90-4.00 3.90-3.00 2.90-2.00
D (69-60) 1.90-1.00 1.90-1.00 1.90-1.00 1.90-1.00
F (59-0) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
AP Level
AP English Language*
AP English Lit
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science
AP Environmental Science*
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP European History*
AP Government and Politics*
AP US History
AP Spanish Language*
AP Art Studio-Drawing*
AP Music Theory*
Level 2 (Honors)
Honors English 1, 2, 3, 4
Honors Algebra 1, 2
Honors Geometry
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
Honors Environmental Science
Honors Physics
American Law Studies
Honors US History 1, 2
Honors French 3, 4
Honors German 3, 4
Honors Spanish 2, 3
Honors Band
Cisco Discovery 1, 2
Programming, Intermediate
Level 1 (College Prep)
College English 1, 2, 3, 4
Journalism 1
Reading & Writing in Mod Soc
Theatre Arts
College Algebra 1, 2
College Geometry
College Pre-Calculus
College Calculus
College Statistics
Animal Behavior
College Biology
College Chemistry
College Earth/Space Science
College Environmental Science
Forensics
Genetics
Marine Biology
College Physics
Economics, Introduction
Mythology
Sociology
College US History 1, 2
College French 1, 2
College German 1, 2
College Spanish 1, 2, 3
Introduction to Programming
Level 0
English 1, 2, 3, 4
ESL and ESL HI
Algebra 1, 2
Consumer Math
Geometry
Integrated Math 3
Astronomy
Chemistry
Geology
Meteorology
US History 1, 2
Spanish 1
Class Rank:
Class rank will be calculated at the end of each academic
year of high school and again at the end of the 3rd marking
period of the senior year. Student grade point average (GPA)
is calculated by multiplying credits attempted times the quality
points earned for each course included in ranking. The total
quality points for the year divided by the credits attempted that
year will give the yearly average. Class rank is determined by
placing the cumulative averages from highest to lowest.
Honor Recognition:
Students who achieve academic excellence will earn membership
to our High Honor Roll and Honor Roll on a Quarterly Basis:
High Honor Roll: Students must earn no grade lower than a 90%
in each subject during the course of one complete marking period;
Honor Roll: Students must earn no grade lower than an 80% in
each subject during the course of one complete marking period.

PHS Post High School Educational Plans:
Class of: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
College
4 Year 39.0 42.0 50.0 40.0 38.0 39.0 34.0 37.0 36.0
2 Year 31.0 33.0 25.0 45.0 42.0 43.0 36.0 28.0 41.0
Total 70.0 75.0 75.0 85.0 80.0 82.0 70.0 65.0 77.0
College Board Mean Scores of Graduates:
SAT SAT SAT SAT
Class of; 2002 2003 2004 2005
SAT-Verbal 496 513 498 498
SAT-Math 506 521 503 506
SAT Reasoning:
Class of: 2007 2008 2009 2010
Critical Reading 505 490 499 499
Math 525 502 512 519
Writing 495 479 491 489
Post Secondary Schools Attended by the Class of 2010:
Amherst College
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Berkley College
Binghamton University
Bloomsburg University
Brigham Young University
Brookdale Community College
Cedar Crest College
Centenary College
Champlain College
Clarion University
Cornell University
Delaware College of Art & Design
Delaware Valley College
DeSales University
DeVry Institute
Drew University
Drexel University
Duquesne University
East Stroudsburg University
Elizabethtown College
Elon University
Engine City Technical Institute
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fashion Institute of Technology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Johnson & Wales University
Kean University
Kutztown University
Lackawanna College
Lafayette College
LaSalle University
Lebanon Valley College
Lehigh University
Lock Haven University
Manhattan School of Music
Marywood University
Miami University
Middlesex County Com College
Millersville University
Montclair State College
Moravian College
Muhlenberg College
Nat’l Academy of Massage Therapy
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
Northampton Community College
Parson-New School for Design
Penn State University
Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Post University
Quinnipiac College
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Raritan Valley Community College
Rider University
Rowan University
Rutgers University
SAE Institute
Salisbury State University
Seton Hall University
Shippensburg University
St. John’s University
St. Peter’s College
State University of New York
Syracuse University
Tarrant County Community College
The College of New Jersey
Triangle Tech
Union Community College
Universal Technical Institute
University of California
University of Chicago
University of Delaware
University of Hartford
University of Maryland
University of New Haven
University of Rhode Island
University of Scranton
University of Vermont
United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Marines
United States Navy
Virginia Tech
Walters State Community College
Warren County Community College
West Chester University
West Virginia University
Wyotech
York College of Pennsylvania
Administration:
Principal.......................................................... Mr. Gregory A. Troxell
Assistant Principal...................................................Mrs. Janice Trent
Assistant Principal............................................ Mrs. Kathleen Troxell
Guidance Department:
Director of Guidance Services..........................Mr. Robert Feltmann
School Counselors:
Mrs. Sharon Andrews
Mr. Albert Augelli
Mr. Brandon Beahn
Mrs. Terri Castagnoli
Ms. Sarina Insalaca
Mrs. Janice Swick (SAC)
Secretary..............................................................Mrs. Lynn Garrison
Secretary..................................................................Mrs. Lisa Honey
Attendance Policy:
Students are expected to be present on all the days and hours
that school is in session, in order to receive the full benefit from
their educational program. Credits are not awarded to students
who exceed the maximum allowable absentee limit in respective
courses.
Graduation Requirements:
District boards of education shall develop, adopt, and implement
requirements for a state-endorsed diploma. Local high school
graduation requirements include the following:
1. Student must pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency
Assessment.
2. Participation in a local program of study of not fewer than 125
credits in courses designed to meet all of the Core Curriculum
Content Standards, including but not limited to, the following
credits:
a. At least 20 credits in language arts literacy.
b. At least 15 credits in mathematics.
c. At least 15 credits in science.
d. At least 15 credits in social studies, including satisfaction of
N.J.S.A. 18A:35-1 and 2.
e. At least 5 credits in health, safety, and physical education
during each year of enrollment, distributed as 150 minutes per
week; as required by N.J.S.A. 18A:35-5, 7 and 8.
f. At least 5 credits in fine/performing arts.
g. At least 5 credits in career/technical education.
h. At least 5 credits in world languages.
i. Cross-content workplace readiness which may be satisfied
through infusion into existing courses, course equivalents, or
career education courses.
3. Students must be in attendance for a specified number of days per
school year to receive credit for courses.