POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Laura Herbert Drive
Point Pleasant, N.J. 08742
CEEB Code: 311242
SCHOOL PROFILE 2013-2014
Central Administration
Mr. Vincent Smith
Superintendent
Ms. Susan Ladd
Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Ms. Rita Miller
Supervisor of Pupil
Personnel Services
Mr. Steve Corso
School Business Administrator
Administration
Mr. Kurt Karcich,
Mr. Edward Kenney,
Mr. Kevin McDermitt,
Ms. Jacquelyn Moore,
Mr. Christopher Ferrone,
Principal
Vice-Principal
Vice-Principal
Vice-Principal
Athletic Director
Guidance Services Staff
Mr. Edward McNeil, Director of Guidance
Ms. Karen Luicci, Counselor
Ms. Patricia Grasso, Counselor
Mr. William Moore, Counselor
Ms. Kathleen Molyneaux, Counselor
Ms. Kathleen O’Gorman, Secretary
Ms. Suzanne Benedetti, Secretary
Point Pleasant Borough High School
808 Laura Herbert Drive
Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
732-701-1900
732-892-1252 FAX
www.pointpleasant.k12.nj.us
2013-2014 Enrollment: 935
Grade 9…...214
Grade 10….259
Grade 11….214
Grade 12….248
Percentage going on to further Education .................................83%
Size of Graduating Class .............................................................. 241
Graduates going to 4 year colleges................................................ 56%
Graduates going to 2 year colleges or specialized schools .......... 27%
The Class of 2013 received over $200,000 in Local Scholarships.
Community:
Point Pleasant Borough High School is located in Point Pleasant
Borough, in Northern Ocean County, New Jersey. This suburban community is located 1.5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and is approximately 65 miles north of Philadelphia and 70 miles south of New York.
Its residential population is currently 18,481.
Professional Staff:
The professional staff has 87 teaching members. In addition to the
teaching staff, support services to complement the efforts of the guidance services staff include the Child Study Team, a substance awareness
coordinator, a nurse and a speech therapist. As of September 2013, 51
of the professional staff hold Bachelor degrees, 33 hold Masters degrees
and 2 hold Doctorate degrees.
Curriculum
Point Pleasant Borough High School maintains a complete and comprehensive program of studies. College bound students typically complete course work beyond the traditional 16 units recommended by
many colleges. Our students will often complete 4 years of mathematics, 4 years of Science, 3- 4 years
of World Language and additional units of academic electives.
Advanced Placement courses are currently offered in English Literature and Composition, English
Language and Composition, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, United States History, World History,
Calculus - AB, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C, Computer Science, Music Theory and Art
History.
Honors courses are offered in English , World History, U.S. History I, Geometry, Algebra II, PreCalculus, Spanish, French, Italian, Biology, Chemistry, Physics , Chorus and Band.
All Honors and AP classes are weighted. An “H” identifies these courses after the course title. AP
courses have that designation in the title. Before calculating Grade Point Average (GPA), 6 points are
added to the final grade of each Honors course and 9 points are added to the final grade of each AP
course.
GPA and class rank are cumulative and are calculated as follows: For each course, the final grade is
multiplied by the credit assigned to that course. The total number of attempted credits divides the sum of
the products of all attempted courses. The average, the GPA, is used to determine class rank.
Grading Scale up until 6/2013
A+ = 97-100
A = 92-96
B+ = 88-91
B = 83-87
C+ = 79-82
C = 74-78
D = 70-73
F = Below 70
Grading Scale as of 9/2013
A+ = 97-100
A = 93-96
A- = 90-92
B+ = 87-89
B = 83-86
B- = 80-82
C+ = 77-79
C = 73-76
C- = 70-72
D = 65-69
F = 64 and below
SAT Statistics
2013 National Merit Program
YEAR 2013 MATH CR.READ WRITING
526
498
496
PPBHS
522
499
500
NJ
496
488
NATIONAL 514
6 Commended Scholars
AP Scholars
AP Scholars 13
AP Scholars with Distinction 14
AP Scholars with Honor 7 National AP Scholars 3
AP Statistics
Of the 256 Advanced Placement tests administered in May 2013, 83% of the scores were 3 or higher.
Score
Number of Exams
Percentage
5
67
26
4
73
29
3
72
28
Academic Club Awards
2013 Quiz Bowl Team Quarterfinalists
2011 Quiz Bowl Team High Tech Academic Bowl Quarterfinalists
2011 Quiz Bowl Team Bridgewater-Raritan Invitational
Tournament of Excellence Quarterfinalists
2009 Leo Club Leadership Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
Athletic Awards
2013 Boys Soccer B South Division Champions
2013 Boys Cross Country B South Division Champions
2013 Boys Golf B South Division Champions
2013 Boys Golf Ocean County Champions
2013 Girls Basketball B South Champions
2012 Girls Basketball Central Jersey Group 2 State Sectional Champions
2012 Golf Shore Conference C-Central Champions
2012 Wrestling Shore Conference C-Central Champions
2012 Ice Hockey Shore Conference Class D Champions
2011 Girls Basketball State Sectional and Shore Conference C-Central Champions
2011 Girls Cross Country Shore Conference C-Central Champions
2011 Golf Ocean County and Shore Conference C-Central Champions
2010 Golf Shore Conference B South and Ocean County Champions
2010 Boys Basketball B South Division Champions
2010 Boys & Girls Basketball B South Shore Conference Champions
2009 Girls Soccer South Jersey Group III State Sectional Champions
2008, 2009 Boys Soccer B South Division Champions
2008, 2009 Girls Soccer B South Division Champions
Performing Arts Awards
2013 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Nomination for Outstanding Actor
2012 Heritage National Music Festival Gold, Silver and Maestro Awards for Show Choir, Men’s Choir, Women’s
Madrigals, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Solo Performances
2012 Ocean Arts Award Outstanding for Program Design “Bye Bye Birdie”
2012 Ocean Arts Award for Outstanding Performance of a Stage Crew “Bye Bye Birdie”
2012 Ocean Arts Award for Outstanding Performance of a Pit Orchestra “Bye Bye Birdie”
2012 Ocean Arts Award for Outstanding Performance of an Actress in a Comedic-Musical
2011 Paper Mill Playhouse Nomination for Best Student Pit
Orchestra “Fiddler on the Roof”
2011 Paper Mill Rising Star Award for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor
2010 Paper Mill Rising Star Award Nomination for Outstanding Production Musical
2010 Roxbury Choral Invitational Outstanding Vocal Awards in
Classical Voice and Musical Theatre Category
2010 Heritage National Choral Music Festival in Nashville, TN
Gold Performance Award for Madrigals Jazz Singers and Point Borough Show Choir
2009 MSU Theatre Night Award for Outstanding Production of a Drama
2009 Choral Department Heritage Festival of Gold Invitation to NYC
2009 Music Department Band and Choir Heritage Festival Sweepstakes
Award for top scores of all participating schools
2009 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award Nomination for Outstanding
Performance by a Featured Ensemble Group
2009, 2010 Choral Festival of Gold Invitational
GRADUATE PLACEMENT
The following is a representative sample of the college and university acceptances for the Class of 2013
Albright College
American Univ.
Arcadia Univ.
Arizona State Univ.
Belmont Univ.
Berkeley College
Berklee College of Music
Bloomsburg Univ.
Boston College
Boston Univ.
Brookdale Comm. College
Brown Univ.
Butler Univ.
Caldwell College
California Univ. of PA
Campbell Univ.
Catholic Univ.
Castleton State College
Central Connecticut State Univ.
Champlain College
Chestnut Hill College
Clemson Univ.
Cleveland Institute of Music
Coastal Carolina Univ.
Columbia Univ.
College of Charleston
College of St. Rose
Connecticut College
Cornell Univ.
Dartmouth College
DeSales Univ.
Dominican College
Drew Univ.
Drexel Univ.
Duke Univ.
East Carolina Univ.
East Stroudsburg Univ.
Eastman School of Music
Elizabethtown College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ.
Emmanuel College
Emerson College
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.
Ferrum College
Flagler College
Florida Atlantic Univ.
Florida Comm. College at Jacksonville
Florida Gulf Coast Univ.
Fordham Univ.
Franklin and Marshall College
Franklin Pierce Univ.
George Mason Univ.
Georgetown Univ.
Georgia Tech
Hartt School of Music
Hawaii Pacific Univ.
Hofstra Univ.
Holy Cross Univ.
Hood College
Indiana Univ.-PA
Jacksonville Univ.
James Madison Univ.
John Carroll Univ.
Kean Univ.
Keene State Univ.
Kutztown Univ.
Lafayette College
Louisiana State Univ.
Loyola Univ.-MD
Lycoming Univ.
Lynn Univ.
Manhattan School of Music
Mannes The New School for Music
Mansfield Univ.
Marist College
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Univ.
McDaniel College
Merrimack College
Millersville Univ.
Monmouth Univ.
Montclair State Univ.
Moravian College
Mount Saint Mary's Univ.
Muhlenberg College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York Univ.
North Carolina State Univ.
Northeastern Univ.
Northern Arizona Univ.
Ocean County College
Ocean County Voc School-Post
Pace Univ.
Peabody Institute-John Hopkins Univ.
Penn State Univ.
Philadelphia Univ.
Providence College
Quinnipiac Univ.
Ramapo College
Renesselaer Poly Tech
Richard Stockton College
Rider Univ.
Roger Williams Univ.
Rowan Univ.
Rutgers Univ.
Sacred Heart Univ.
Saint Joseph's Univ.
Saint Thomas Aquinas College
Salisbury Univ.
Seattle Univ.
Seton Hall Univ.
Shippensburg Univ.
Sienna College
Southern Connecticut College
St. Francis College
St. John's Univ.
St. Joseph's Univ.-PA
Stetson Univ.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stonehill College
SUNY-Stony Brook
Susquehanna Univ.
Temple Univ.
Texas A & M Univ.
The College of New Jersey
The Univ. of Alabama
Towson Univ.
Univ. of California
Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
Univ. of Dayton
Univ. of Delaware
Univ. of Hartford
Univ. of Hawaii
Univ. of Maryland
Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst
Univ. of New Hampshire
Univ. of New Haven
Univ. of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Univ. of Rhode Island
Univ. of Scranton
Univ. of Tampa
Univ. of the Pacific
Univ. of Rhode Island
US Naval Academy
Villanova Univ.
Wagner College
Washington College
Wesley College
West Chester Univ.
West Virginia Univ.
Widener Univ.
Wilkes Univ.
William Paterson Univ.
Williams College-MA
York College