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Parsippany High School

309 Baldwin Rd., Parsippany, NJ, 07054-2080 -

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Definition of Terms

Parsippany High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Morris County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

987 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

79 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 247 students

Grade 10 - 259 students

Grade 11 - 237 students

Grade 12 - 231 students

Grade Not Listed - 13 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	27%	7%
% Hispanic	11%	15%
% Black	4%	17%
% White	57%	61%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Parsippany-troy Hills Township School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	14	5
Number of Students Managed	7,108 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$115,546,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$111,041,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$16,256	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$15,622	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	98%	81%

Michael Weinstein and Elisabeth Renee Miller (Daily Record)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 09:17:15 am
PARSIPPANY -- Michael Weinstein and Elisabeth Renee Miller are engaged. They will be married in Palos Verdes, Calif., in December. Miss Miller is the daughter of Evelyn and Serge Miller.
Parsippany man spearheads push against same-sex marriage (Daily Record)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 09:18:00 am
Len Deo was attending Parsippany High School's back-to-school night in 1993 when a health teacher noted that parental consent was not required for a teenager to get an abortion.
Chatham male field hockey coach in a league of his own (Daily Record)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:15:51 am
CHATHAM — Prior to games, officials and opposing coaches sometimes used to walk right past Jeremy Heinze, a varsity coach at Chatham High School, and go to his assistant, Randy Raffo, and introduce themselves.
Despite Sanchez's leadership, Red Hawks go down, 34-0 (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:15:20 am
The game between the Parsippany High School Red Hawks and the Kittatinny Regional High School Cougars started at 7 p.m. sharp on Friday, Oct. 23.
Collision on the field (The Record and Herald News)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:14:40 am
A Parsippany High School player and Mauricio Gomez of Dover High collide attempting to gain control by heading the ball on Monday, Oct. 26. The Tigers downed the Vikings, 4-2.

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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 approximately 975 students who live in the eastern half of Parsippany who are in grades 9-12. Its companion school in the District is Parsippany Hills High School, which serves the western portion of the Township.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 967 students and 83 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.7.
Awards and recognition
The school was the 104th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High 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 Super II Conference, as a result of the splitup of the Iron Hills Conference in 2009. Parsippany High has 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. Ryan Miller 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.
Mock war crimes trial
On March 2, 2006, an Advanced Placement AP United States Government class taught by Mr. Joseph Kyle held a mock "war crimes" trial of President George W. Bush, in which students argued before a "jury" of five teachers whether or not Bush was guilty of "crimes against civilian populations" and "inhumane treatment of prisoners". Among the nine "witnesses" brought to the stand were Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen allegedly tortured by U.S. forces, international human rights attorney Michael Ratner, Larry Wilkerson, chief of staff for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, retired CIA foreign policy analyst Ray McGovern, and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. The trial was reported on by the Daily Record. A brief controversy ensued after the story was picked up by the Drudge Report, with talk-radio programs discussing the trial. Parsippany-Troy Hills Council Vice President James Vigilante, a Republican, said that the students were entitled to the right of free speech (the class's 27 students agreed upon the trial),
Notable alumni
Clarence Curry (born 1981), Class of 2000, played for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL in 2004 and 2005.
Jane Krakowski (born 1968), Tony award-winning actress.
Mike Maksudian (born 1966), former major league baseball player.
Paul Mirabella (born 1954), Major League Baseball Player. Paul Mirabella player profile, accessed May 14, 2007.
Garrett Reisman (born 1968), NASA Astronaut. Astronaut Bio: Garrett E. Reisman, NASA, Accessed May 14, 2007. "EDUCATION: Parsippany High School, Parsippany, New Jersey, 1986."
Richie Zisk (born 1949), Major League Baseball Player.Taveras, Danny. "Classroom a thrill for teacher: Students say Caprio gives and receives respect, offers encouragement", Daily Record , November 9, 2004. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Caprio fondly recalls some of his former students who achieved success in the world of sports -- Joe Orsulak, the former professional baseball player, and Johnnie Morant, a recent graduate who is now a rookie playing football for the Oakland Raiders. 'My most famous student is Richie Zisk,' he says of the former professional baseball player."
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: Parsippany High School Staff, Parsippany High School. Accessed July 21, 2009.
Natalie Betz - Principal
Lynn Burek - Assistant Principal
Ryan D. Miller - 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 Statistics

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