Parsippany High School

Parsippany High School
Address
309 Baldwin Road Parsippany-Troy Hills , Morris County , New Jersey 07054 United States
Coordinates	40°52′07″N74°23′40″W / 40.868506°N 74.394327°W / 40.868506; -74.394327
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1957
School district	Parsippany-Troy Hills School District
NCES School ID	341248004430 [1]
Principal	Melissa Carucci
Faculty	92.6 FTEs [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	886 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	9.6:1 [1]
Color(s)	Red and   Gray [2]
Athletics conference	Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team name	Redskins (1957-2001) Redhawks (2001-present) [2]
Publication	Totem (literary magazine)
Newspaper	The Drumbeat [3]
Website	phs.pthsd.k12.nj.us

Parsippany High School (also known as PHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools in Parsippany-Troy Hills, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades who live in the eastern half of Parsippany-Troy Hills. Its companion school in the district is Parsippany Hills High School.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 886 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1. There were 124 students (14.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 36 (4.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. ^[1]

Enrollment by Grade: 9 10 11 12 Ungraded Students 210 234 207 226 21

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity: American Indian/ Alaska Native Asian Black Hispanic Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander White Two or More Races Students – 316 37 168 2 348 26

Enrollment by Gender: Male Female Students 485 412

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History

Before the high school opened for the 1957-58 school year, students from the township attended Boonton High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship. ^[5]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 105th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. ^[6] The school had been ranked 86th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 84th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. ^[7] The magazine ranked the school 104th in 2008 out of 316 schools. ^[8] The school was ranked 84th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. ^[9]

Athletics

The Parsippany High School Red Hawks ^[2] participate in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools covering Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and was established by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey. ^{[10] [11]} Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex, Morris and Union counties. ^[12] With 672 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. ^[13] The football team competes in the American Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. ^{[14] [15]} The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 700 to 884 students. ^[16]

Interscholastic sports and activities offered at Parsippany High include football, soccer, cross-country running, marching band, field hockey, volleyball and cheerleading in the fall, swimming, basketball, ice hockey, wrestling, track and cheerleading in the winter, and baseball, softball, track, tennis and golf in the spring. Michael DiBernard is the Athletic Director. ^[17]

The school's mascot had been a caricature of a Native American and the school's athletic teams were referred to as the Redskins. In response to concerns that the mascot was a racist caricature, the official mascot was changed to that of a Redhawk in 2001, based on student body nominations. ^{[18] [19]}

The school participates in a joint ice hockey team in which Parsippany Hills High School is the host school / lead agency. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. ^[20]

The boys cross country running team won the Group III state championship in 1982. ^[21]

The 1986 softball team finished the season 27-3 after winning the Group III state title by defeating Central Regional High School by a score of 6-0 in the championship game at Trenton State College. ^{[22] [23] [24]} NJ.com / The Star-Ledger ranked Parsippany as their number-one softball team in the state in 1986. ^[25]

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1999, after coming back from five point deficit in the final minute of the game to defeat Lawrence High School by a score of 57-55 in the final game of the tournament` ^{[26] [27]} and advanced to the Tournament of Champions as the fifth seed, falling in the quarterfinals to fourth-seed Holmdel High School by a score of 77-55 to finish the season with a record of 20-7. ^{[28] [29]}

The wrestling team won the North II Group II state sectional title in 1999 and 2000, and won the North I Group II title in 2009 ^[30] The team won the 2000 North II, Group III with a 29-26 win over Rahway High School in the tournament final. ^[31]

The girls track team won the indoor track Group II state championship in 2004 (as co-champion). ^[32]

The girls' outdoor track and field team won the Group II state championship in 2006. ^[33]

The school's marching band won the USBands Group IV A National & NJ State Championships in 2015 with their program Cloud 9. ^[34]

Administration

The school's principal is Melissa Carucci. Her administration team includes three assistant principals. ^[35]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Parsippany High School alumni

• Charles (Charlie) Ayers (born 1966, class of 1985), former executive chef for Google. ^[36]
• Clarence Curry (born 1981, Class of 2000), played for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL in 2004 and 2005. ^[37]
• Jane Krakowski (born 1968), Golden Globe award-winning actress best known for her roles on 30 Rock and Ally McBeal . ^[38]
• George Kurtz (born c. 1970), co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, who was the founder of Foundstone and chief technology officer of McAfee. ^[39]
• Fei-Fei Li (born 1976, class of 1995), professor of computer science at Stanford University, who is director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) and the Stanford Vision Lab. ^{[40] [41]}
• Mike Maksudian (born 1966), former Major League Baseball player. ^[42]
• Paul Mirabella (born 1954), former Major League Baseball player. ^[43]
• Garrett Reisman (born 1968), former NASA astronaut, SpaceX engineer and executive, and currently a Professor of Human Space Flight at the University of Southern California. ^[44]
• Dean Steward (born 1923), football player in the National Football League for the Steagles, a temporary World War II merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers. ^[45]
• Richie Zisk (born 1949), former Major League Baseball player. ^[42]

References

1. School data for Parsippany High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Parsippany High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
3. Student Activities and Clubs, Parsippany High School. Accessed February 28, 2022.
4. "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Parsippany High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
5. "HS for Boonton Students To Cost $620 Per Pupil", The News, December 11, 1956. Accessed May 30, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The lower enrollment Is caused by the withdrawal of Parsippany-Troy Hills Township pupils who will attend that municipality's new high school. The enrollment from the other three sending districts -- Lincoln Park, Montville Township and Boonton Township -- has increased, thus making the net loss smaller than the enrollment at Parsippany High School would indicate."
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14. Cooper, Darren. "Here's what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule", The Record , July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference (SFC) is a 112-team group, the largest high school football-only conference in America, and is comprised of teams from five different counties."
15. Cooper, Darren. "NJ football: Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season", The Record , July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions."
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18. Sullivan, Patrick J. "A look at Redhawks, Riptide, Sasquatch", The Leader, April 9, 2014. Accessed November 1, 2015. "High schools have changed, too: Marist High in Illinois and Parsippany High in New Jersey in 1997 and 2001, respectively, went from Redskins to Redhawks."
19. Westhoven, William. "New play examines Parsippany's 'Redskins' era; Fictional tale inspired by high school nickname change", Daily Record , May 19, 2016. Accessed January 4, 2021. "A new play that incorporates the historic controversy surrounding the renaming of Parsippany High School athletic teams from 'Redskins' to 'Redhawks' will be given its first public reading Friday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.... Parsippany renamed its teams the Redhawks in 2001."
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23. Seegers, Sandy. "Parsippany wins state Group III crown; Defense sparks 'Skins by Central, 6-0", Daily Record , June 8, 1986. Accessed January 4, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "The Redskins, sparked by errorless defense and the two-hit pitching of Chris Froehlich, shut out Central Regional of Bayville 6-0 to clinch the state Group III title at Trenton State College. It was the first-ever state softball crown for the Redskins, who ended their magical season at 27-3."
24. Mayer, John. "Eastern's defense throttles Ridgewood", The Record , June 8, 1986. Accessed January 5, 2021. "Chris Froehlich (27-3) hurled a two-hitter and struck out seven to lead Parsippany (27-3) to a 6-0 win over Central Regional in the NJSIAA Group 3 final at Trenton State College."
25. "Softball: Every No. 1 team in the state from 1979 to 2015", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 21, 2015, updated August 24, 2019. Accessed January 4, 2021. "Following are the teams that finished as the NJ.com No. 1 softball team in the state with year and record.... 1986: Parsippany (27-3)"
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27. "East Brunswick beats Columbia", Asbury Park Press , March 15, 1999. Accessed January 31, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Parsippany 57, Lawrence 55: Senior guard Rashawn Ward scored on a breakaway layup with 2.5 seconds to play to cap a game-ending 7-0 run, leading the Vikings over the Cardinals in the NJSIAA Group III championship in Atlantic City. Parsippany (20-6) trailed 55-50 with 48 seconds left before rallying to win its first state group championship."
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29. Jorfan, Bob. "Hornets put on a show; Sparkling second half puts Holmdel in Semifinals", Asbury Park Press , March 19, 1999. Accessed January 31, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "In a second half jaw-dropping display of pinpoint passing, defense-shredding drives and uncanny shooting accuracy from the field, Holmdel put on a clinic in running off to a 77-55 victory, the largest margin of victory in the TOC since the 1986 quarterfinals.... Holmdel (23-7) did not trail Parsippany (20-7) after Klatsky made a pair of foul shots to make the score 9-9 with 3:30 left in the first quarter, but it wasn't until senior swingman Brian Snodgrass got hot that the game got out of hand."
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36. Epstein, Nadine (2008). "The Google Seder". Moment . Retrieved February 20, 2017.
37. Gainor, Brian. "Spicing it up", NFL Europe, April 5, 2005. Accessed May 14, 2007. "Growing up in Parsippany, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City, Clarence was an all-conference basketball player and track athlete at Parsippany High School."
38. Filichia, Peter. "Leave It to Jane Jane Krakowski claims that, when she was a child, some people thought she looked like a boy!", TheaterMania, March 9, 2006. Accessed January 4, 2021. "She never did a show at Parsippany High School in New Jersey 'because I was working professionally on [the soap opera] Search for Tomorrow,' says the blonde honeybunch."
39. Westhoven, William. "Parsippany native leads charge against cyber attacks", Asbury Park Press , December 29, 2014. Accessed February 22, 2018. "Kurtz, who spent much of his time in Parsippany fly fishing or playing for the Parsippany High School football team, started out as an accountant after graduating from Seton Hall University, after which he worked for firms such as Price Waterhouse."
40. Giannantonio, Christina. "Parsippany High School to induct members to hall of fame", The Star-Ledger , January 29, 2017. Accessed December 5, 2018. "Fei-Fei Li, '95. Li earned a BA in physics at Princeton University and an MS and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology."
41. 2017 Hall of Fame Induction, Parsippany High School. Accessed December 5, 2018.
42. 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."
43. Paul Mirabella player profile, accessed May 14, 2007.
44. Astronaut Bio: Garrett E. Reisman, NASA. Accessed January 27, 2019. "Education: Parsippany High School, Parsippany, New Jersey, 1986."
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External links

• Parsippany High School home page
• Parsippany-Troy Hills School District home page
• School Performance Report for Parsippany High School , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District, National Center for Education Statistics