Pompton Lakes High School (PLHS) is a four-year comprehensive

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in the borough of Pompton Lakes in

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the

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. The school serves students in

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through

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s from Pompton Lakes and Riverdale, in neighboring Morris County, whose students attend as part of a

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.Pompton Lakes Information and Reference Calendar '07-'08

Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 11,097, The high school is accredited by the

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 681 students and 51.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.3:1. There were 70 students (10.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 15 (2.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Pompton Lakes High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. The school mascot is the Cardinal.

History

The building has a

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exterior, a product of the

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Era. The building was constructed in 1932 and was opened to students in September 1933. Students from

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had attended the school until 1952, when

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was opened.

Awards, recognition and rankings

During the 1986-87 school year, Pompton Lakes High School was awarded the

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Award of Excellence by the

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, the highest award an American school can receive. The school was the 153rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 85th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 173rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 156th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 188th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 127th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 2 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the

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(HSPA).

History

Built in 1932 in

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, the high school opened to students in September of that year and graduated its first class the following June. Students from Pompton Lakes attended Butler High School before the opening of Pompton Lakes High School. At its opening in 1933, the school received students from Wayne,

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, 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.

Academics

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(AP) courses offered include

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AP Spanish Language Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture (also known as AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish V, or AP Spanish) is a course and examination offered by the College Board in the United States education system as part of the Advanced Placeme ...

AP German Language Advanced Placement (AP) German Language and Culture (also known as AP German Language or AP German) is a course and examination provided by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program. This course is designed to give high school stud ...

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, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Environmental Science, and AP Computer Science.

Clubs

There are many different clubs that students can participate in at Pompton Lakes High School, including: Assembly Planning Committee, Book Club, Environmental Club,

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, Health and Wellness Coalition (HAWC), Health Careers Club, Interact, Marching Band, Spring Musical,

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, Peer Helpers, Performing Arts Club, Student Council, Student Movement Against Cancer (SMAC), Student Opportunities for Academic Recognition (SOAR), Yearbook, Varsity Club, Volleyball Club and

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.Extracurricular Clubs and Activities
Pompton Lakes High School. Accessed February 7, 2022.

Athletics

The Pompton Lakes High School CardinalsPompton Lakes High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. participate in the

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, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in

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and Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

(NJSIAA). Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Pompton Lakes was part of the smaller

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(BPSL). With 453 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020. Boys sports offered include: football, soccer, lacrosse, cross country, basketball, wrestling, fencing, bowling, winter track, baseball, spring track, and tennis. Girls sports include field hockey, soccer, cross country, tennis, basketball, fencing, winter track, bowling, lacrosse, softball, and spring track. The field hockey team won the North I Group II state sectional championship in 1975, 1977 and 1997-1999, the North I Group I title in 1986-1988, 1991 and 2008-2010, and won the North I / II Group I title in 1993; the team won the Group II state championship in 1999, defeating

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in the final game of the tournament. The field hockey team is a perennial power in northern New Jersey. The team finished with a 17-1-2 record in 1999 after winning the Group II state title with a 3-0 win against Collingswood in the championship game. The Cardinals have won the Passaic County title 14 times, most recently in 2008 when they beat Wayne Hills High School 1-0 in the final. Pompton Lakes won three consecutive sectional titles from 2008–2010, defeating

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2-1 in the 2010 final. The varsity baseball team won the Passaic County Tournament championships in 1978, 1990, 1996, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Down 6-0, the 2017 team came back to win the program's sixth PCT title with a 10-6 win against

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in the championship game. The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional title in 1982, 2005, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and won the North I Group II state sectional title in 1997. Down 14-0 at halftime, the 1982 team pulled ahead with four touchdowns in the second half to defeat

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by a score of 28-14 in the North I Group I sectional championship game and finish the season at 11-0. The 1998 boys football team were the North I, Group II state football champions, beating

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7-6 on a snowy field. In 2005, the football team won the North I, Group I title, defeating

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27-7 in the championship game played at

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. The team won the North I Group I state title in 2011 and 2012 with a win over

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and Cedar Grove High School, respectively. The boys' soccer team won the Group II state championship in 1996 (against runner-up Somerville High School in the tournament final) and won the Group I title in 2005 (vs.

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) and 2017 (vs.

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). The 1996 boys' soccer team were league and state champions with an overall record of 23-1, with the team's only loss that season coming in the final of the Passaic County tournament to Paterson's John F. Kennedy High School. The 2017 team won the Group I state championship with a 3-2 win against Glassboro High School on a goal scored one minute into overtime. The 2001 boys' tennis team won the North I, Group II over Rutherford High School 3½-1½ in the tournament final. In 2001, the softball team won the North I, Group II sectional championship, edging

1-0. The team repeated in 2002, again winning by a 1-0 score in the final, this time over top-seeded Hawthorne High School, their first sectional championship since their win in 2002. The 2007 team won the title, with a 4-1 win vs. Saddle Brook High/Middle School. The 2008 team repeated the North I, Group I title, defeating

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8-3 in the tournament final. The boys'

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team won the 2006 and 2007 North I, Group I state sectional championships tying

in 2006 and winning outright with 65 points in 2007. The girls' tennis team won the 2007 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 4-1 win over New Milford High School. The win was the team's first ever state sectional title. The wrestling team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 2015 The school also has a

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and

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which competes in USSBA competitions. The Cardinal Marching Band has been a part of PLHS since the 1930s, with up to 100 students participating.

Administration

The school's principal is Vincent S. Przybylinski Jr. His core administration team includes the assistantprincipal.

In popular culture

Selected for its "beautiful auditorium, a great gymnasium" and other aesthetic qualities, the high school was used extensively as a filming location for the 1997 movie '' In & Out'' starring

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. Many different classrooms and facilities were used as the set for the movie, as well as many students were used as extras.

Notable alumni

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(1922-2017), jazz bandleader who, with his brother Les, recorded "

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, mainly for the

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. * Carol Habben (1933-1997),

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who played from 1951 through 1954 in the

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. * Fred Kornet (1919–2018, class of 1936),

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. *

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(born 1961),

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.Graziano, Dan
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, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, June 26, 2009. Accessed May 24, 2011. "Weiner's New Jersey roots run deep. He was born on Dec. 21, 1961 in Paterson, where his mother and father were raised and went to high school. The family moved to Pompton Lakes when Weiner was two years old, and he went to high school there."

References

External links

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