Point Pleasant Beach High School

Point Pleasant Beach High School is a four-year, comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Point Pleasant Beach School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1939.[3]

Point Pleasant Beach High School
Location
Point Pleasant Beach High School
Point Pleasant Beach High School
Point Pleasant Beach High School
700 Trenton Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742

United States
Coordinates40.08932°N 74.051917°W / 40.08932; -74.051917
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"The Few, The Proud, The Beach"
School districtPoint Pleasant Beach School District
NCES School ID3413320[1]
PrincipalDr. Nathan Grosshandler
Faculty36.9 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment364 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio9.9:1[1]
Color(s)     Red and
     white[2]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference
Team nameGarnet Gulls[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
WebsiteSchool website

In addition to the students of Point Pleasant Beach, the high school serves the students of Bay Head and Lavallette for grades 9-12 and those from Mantoloking for K-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships, as well as some students who attend on a tuition basis.[4] The district earned more than $650,000 in revenue by accepting 85 tuition-paying students in 2015-16, many of whom played on the school's athletic teams, leading to claims that the school is competing unfairly with other schools that don't accept outside students.[5]

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 364 students and 36.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9:1. There were 17 students (4.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 15 (4.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 83rd-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 78th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 58th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 59th in 2008 out of 316 schools, and was the top-ranked school in Ocean County in 2010 (Point Pleasant Boro High School was next with a ranking of 133rd).[8] The school was ranked 68th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. In 2009, the school was ranked 59th in the state.[9] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 70th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 104 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.7%) and language arts literacy (96.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[10]

Athletics

The Point Pleasant Beach High School Garnet Gulls[2] compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[11] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[12] With 273 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 12 to 467 students in that grade range.[13] The mascot is the Garnet Gull, and the school colors are red and white.[2]

The school participates in joint boys' and girls' bowling, gymnastics, ice hockey and boys' and girls' swimming programs with Manasquan High School as the host school / lead agency, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year.[14]

The girls' track team won the Group I state indoor relay championship in 1984.[15]

The boys' tennis team won the Group I state championship in 2002 (vs. Jonathan Dayton High School) and 2003 (vs. Middlesex High School).[16]

The 2008 girls' tennis team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title with a 3-2 win over Highland Park High School.[17] The team lost to Leonia High School 3½-1½ in the semifinals of the 2008 Group I state tournament.[18]

The 2010-11 seasons proved to be one of the most successful athletic years in the school's history. Girls' soccer, girls' tennis, cross country, ice hockey, boys' and girls' swimming, baseball, and softball all won divisional titles with many of the teams going deep into the Shore Conference Tournament. Several of the teams qualified for the state playoffs, with girls' tennis winning the overall title.

The 2010 girls' tennis team won the Group I state sectional title and went on to win the Group I state title with a 4-1 win against Haddon Township High School.[19][20] The girls' tennis team won the state title again in 2011.

In 2010, the girls' soccer team won their conference title, division title, and the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship with a 1-0 win against Metuchen High School, the first sectional title in the history of the program.[21]

The 2011-12 boys' soccer team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I sectional title, the program's first, with a 1-0 over Burlington City High School and finishing the season with a record of 13-8-1.[22][23]

The 2012-13 boys' basketball team won both a divisional title and the Central Jersey Group I sectional title, the first in program history, with a 69-40 win over Bound Brook High School.[24]

The girls' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 2013, defeating Bloomfield Tech High School in the tournament final. The boys' basketball team won the Group I title in 2013 vs. Jonathan Dayton High School.[25]

In 2013, the football team defeated division rival Shore Regional High School by a score of 12-7 to win the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title, the program's first in its history, finishing the season with a record of 11-2 and avenging a 31-0 loss to Shore Regional just a week earlier in a Shore Conference divisional title game.[26][27]

The school maintains a rivalry with nearby St. Rose High School and Shore Regional High School.

The 2014 wrestling team set a school record for wins and finished 27-5. They also won their fourth straight divisional title and were Central Jersey Group 1 finalists. The divisional title was their 18th in the past 25 years.[28]

The 2015-16 wrestling team defeated Manville High School 37-25 to win the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title, the first in the program's history.[29]

History

The building in the block between Trenton and Forman Avenues was originally built in 1908 replacing a building nearby built in 1886 when Point Pleasant Beach was still part of Brick Township. It has been renovated and expanded several times since. It was the only high school serving both Point Pleasant Beach and Point Pleasant Borough students until the Point Pleasant Boro High School was built in 1963.[30]

In March 2009, the school debuted the musical The Wedding Singer as the first amateur performance of the show in the state of New Jersey.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:

  • Dr. Nathan Grossshandler, Principal[31]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Point Pleasant Beach High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Point Pleasant Beach High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 18, 2017.
  3. Point Pleasant Beach High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 25, 2020.
  4. Point Pleasant Beach School District 2016-17 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 20, 2018. "Point Pleasant Beach High School is a public school serving students from Point Pleasant Beach, Bay Head and Lavalette. The school also accepts tuition students, selected through an application and interview process."
  5. Stanmyre, Matthew. "Paying for public school? You bet, and it’s impacting sports in major way", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 15, 2016, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed February 25, 2020. "So what Eastern and others — Point Pleasant Beach's boys basketball team is another notable example — have done is create a perfectly legal public vs. public imbalance.... Point Pleasant Beach has a staggering 85 tuition students in the high school this year among its total enrollment of 404. Each pays $7,747, amounting to a financial windfall of $658,495."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
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  11. Member Schools, Shore Conference. Accessed August 13, 2017.
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  14. NJSIAA 2017 - 2019 Co-Operative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  15. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 11, 2016.
  16. History of Boys' Team Tennis Championship Tournament, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 11, 2016.
  17. 2008 Girls' Team Tennis - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 23, 2008.
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  19. Parker, Chris. "Ed Hanley, Point Pleasant Beach, Girls' Tennis" Archived 2012-07-09 at Archive.today, Asbury Park Press, December 11, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Hanley coached his team to the Class B Central division title and a trip to the NJSIAA semifinal match against top-seeded Glen Ridge.... Carrying the momentum from their dramatic semifinal victory, Point Beach defeated Haddon Township, 4-1, giving their coach his first NJSIAA Group I sectional title."
  20. History of NJSIAA Girls' Team Tennis Championships Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 22, 2012.
  21. Staff. "Point Pleasant Beach 1, Metuchen 0", The Star-Ledger, November 12, 2010. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Erin Springsteen produced a goal just shy of halftime and keeper Cora Wallace made the score stand up as Point Pleasant Beach stamped a breakthrough season with a 1-0 triumph over Metuchen yesterday in the NJSIAA/The Sports Authority Stores Central Jersey, Group 1 final in Metuchen. The victory marked the first sectional title for Point Pleasant Beach (13-3-3) and earned it a date with South Jersey champion Pennsville on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Toms River South."
  22. Lewis, John A. "Boys' Soccer C.J. Group 1 Final: Point Pleasant Beach 1, Burlington City 0 Boys' Soccer: Blue Devils reflect on progress made and more to come", Burlington County Times, November 13, 2011. Accessed December 21, 2011. "He could go short term, and reflect on opportunities missed in a game they could have won — Friday's 1-0 loss to Point Pleasant Beach in the Central Jersey Group 1 championship game; or he could go long term, and reflect on City's best season in five years, and the steps the Blue Devils took toward regaining their status as a force in the local soccer picture."
  23. Staff. "Point Pleasant Beach (1) at Burlington City (0), NJSIAA Tournament, Final Round, Central Jersey, Group 1 - Boys' Soccer", The Star-Ledger, November 11, 2011. Accessed December 21, 2011.
  24. Christopher, Chris. "Garnet Gulls win first sectional title", Asbury Park Press, March 5, 2013. Accessed December 21, 2013. "The Point Pleasant Beach High School boys' basketball team made history Tuesday night.The top-seeded Garnet Gulls beat Bound Brook, 69-40, to win their first sectional title in school history, the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship."
  25. NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 11, 2016.
  26. Lanni, Patrick. "Football playoffs: Point Pleasant Beach gets revenge on Shore, wins first state title in program history", The Star-Ledger, December 7, 2013. Accessed December 21, 2013. "His optimism came to fruition yesterday when Point Pleasant Beach defeated Shore, 12-7, in the Central Jersey, Group 1 final at The College of New Jersey in Ewing. The triumph gave the Ocean County school its first state title in school history."
  27. Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  28. Badders, Bob. "Wrestling – Proud Tradition: Point Beach 39, Shore 15", Shore Sports Network, January 15, 2014. Accessed March 29, 2015. "The Garnet Gulls have always hung their hats on competing for and winning what is now the Class B Central title, and in the last 25 years, they have dominated.In the de facto Shore Conference Class B Central title match on Friday night, Point Beach won 10 of 14 bouts against host Shore Regional for a 39-15 win that officially clinched at least a share of its 18th division title and fourth consecutive championship."
  29. Kratch, James. "Point Pleasant Beach makes history, defeats Manville in Central Jersey Group 1 wrestling final", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 13, 2016. Accessed July 25, 2016. "But Friday night's Central Jersey, Group 1 against Manville presented a much more level playing field. Despite being the lower seed, Point Beach entered the evening with the Mustangs even on paper, and perhaps a hair better. And the Garnet Gulls showed up, won the toss, got their matchups, and did everything they had to do from there, knocking off the Mustangs, 37-25, to win the first sectional title in school history."
  30. Chickaree in the Wall: a History of one-room schools in Ocean County, NJ. Carolyn M. Campbell. Ocean County Historical Society, 1987. p. 134.
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  34. Adelizzi, Joe. "Vietnam Wall bound for Berkeley", Asbury Park Press, April 26, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2011. "The opening ceremonies at 10 am May 24 will be highlighted by a visit from retired US Marine Corps Commandant Alfred Gray, a Point Pleasant Beach High School alumnus who was a star athlete before joining the Marines."
  35. General Alfred M. Gray, USMC, Point Pleasant Beach School District. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Alfred Gray graduated in 1936. After transferring from Rahway High School into 10th grade he became one of the most active members of his class."
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