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, in Mercer County,

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, United States, operating as part of the

Princeton Public Schools Princeton Public Schools (PPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Princeton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.Cranbury Township attend PHS as part of a

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with the Cranbury School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1932 and is accredited through January 2026.Princeton High School
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 28, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,534 students and 129.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 110 students (7.2% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 23 (1.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Princeton High School
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'' recognized the school as having the highest

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scores of any open-enrollment public high school in the state in 2009. The school had the fourth-best average combined SAT scores of any open-enrollment public high school in the state in 2019.

Overview

Princeton High School is located between Moore Street and Walnut Lane. The district middle school, Princeton Unified Middle School, is located across from the high school athletic fields on Walnut Lane. The school offers 200 courses in many subjects and levels, including most of the courses in the

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. More than 70% of students take at least one AP or accelerated course. Additionally, the ''High School Program at Princeton University'' permits qualified juniors and seniors to take free courses at

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if they have exhausted all high school course alternatives within a discipline, receiving only high school credit for any university courses successfully completed. The school contains over 250 classrooms, several equipped science labs, two gymnasiums, a performing arts center, a fitness center, a garden, athletic turf and tennis courts. Some of this came from significant reconstruction from 2003 to 2007 as part of an $86 million project to renovate the district's school buildings, also including a new mathematics wing and renovated library.

History

Prior to the opening of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School in September 1973, students from West Windsor and Plainsboro Township had attended Princeton High School as part of

s. The school initially served 700 students in grades 7 to 10, while the remaining students in grades 11 and 12 finished their schooling at Princeton High School through their graduation

Awards, recognition, and rankings

Nationally, Niche ranked Princeton High School as the 47th best public high school in America in its "2021 Best Public High Schools in America" rankings and gave it an "A+" Overall Niche Grade. PHS ranked in ''

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''s top high school list in 2004 (113), 2005 (212), 2006 (113), 2007 (208), 2008 (142), and 2009 (210). In '' U.S. News & World Report'', PHS was ranked in 2009 (94), 2010 (113), and 2014 (216). In ''

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''s "Most Challenging High Schools" list, PHS ranked in 2011 (370), 2012 (330), 2013 (322), and 2014 (467). In 2007, ''

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'', ranking the country's high schools based on a percentage of 2007 high school seniors sent to eight selective colleges (Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Pomona, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, and Williams), placed PHS at #27. PHS was the second-highest ranked publicly funded school, with a total of 31 students matriculating to those schools. Statewide, '' New Jersey Monthly''s "Top Public High Schools" has ranked PHS in 2006 (13), 2008 (6), 2010 (44), 2012 (59), 2014 (67), 2016 (15), and 2018 (20). Schooldigger ranked the school in 2011 (75), 2013 (50), and 2014 (44). In 2009, USNWR ranked PHS as the highest ranked open-enrollment high school in New Jersey. In 2019, USNWR ranked PHS as the second-best open-enrollment public high school in the state and the twelfth-best high school in the state overall.

School policy

Schedule

School is held Monday through Friday from 8:20 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. for 180 days per year. The daily schedule consists of eight academic periods (44 minutes). There are four minutes between each class period for the students to get to their next class."Princeton High School Parent/Student Handbook 2009-10"
In the 2018–2019 school year, the school made significant changes to its schedule. Now, the school days are assigned letter labels, cycling from A through F. Because of a partial-block schedule, only days A–D contain all eight academic periods. Days E and F consist of only four academic periods, each 77 minutes long, with 10 minutes in between each period. Periods 3, 1, 7, and 5 occur on E days, while periods 4, 2, 8, and 6 occur on F days, in the order listed. In addition to this, the order of periods cycles throughout letter days A–D, with periods 1–4 cycling independently from periods 5–8. An example is shown below. Before the 2018–2019 school year, on every Wednesday, (termed "short Wednesdays" or "one-forty-nine days") and on days when special events are planned, the school day was shortened and ended at 1:49 p.m. Students attended 35 minute class periods, and homeroom and break periods are not shortened. Short Wednesdays existed to permit the operation of the mandatory freshmen Peer Group program between 1:49 and 2:51. This period of time was also used for community service group meetings for sophomores, other extracurricular activities, and school-wide events such as pep rallies, the Fall Festival, and Spring Fling. For the 2020-2021 school year, due to the

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, the school temporarily switched to a hybrid program, where students are split into cohorts "A" and "B", with each going to school for alternating weeks, while another cohort, "Cohort C", continues

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Graduation requirements

In order to receive a diploma from Princeton High School, students must successfully complete a minimum of 120 credits from grade 9 to grade 12. Each year-long class counts for 5 credits; each semester class counts for 2.5. The exception is science classes that have one or two lab periods count for 5.7 and 6.4 credits, respectively. Additionally, each student must have completed 50 hours of community service, usually completed during a student's sophomore year. Required courses include English I and English II (which must respectively be taken in the first two years) and two more years of English; three years of science, including biology and chemistry; one year of a foreign language, though three years is recommended; three years of mathematics; one year of physical education for every year that the student is enrolled; two years of United States history, one year of world history; one year of visual/performing arts; one year of practical arts; and one half year of financial literacy. In addition, students must show proficiency in the

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assessment. Previously, the school used the HSPA 11 - the class of 2015 is the last class to rely on this. Students must also pass the Biology State Assessment the year they are enrolled in a Biology course. PHS has a policy of revoking credit for a student's course if a certain amount of absences in a class are reached. More than 18 absences from a year-long course or 9 absences for a semester course will lead to credit revocation. Tardiness counts as one-third of an absence for the purposes of revoking credit.

Extracurricular activities

Princeton High School offers over 100

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, including clubs, publications, competitive teams, and other organizations. Chartered organizations include

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Club, Amnesty International, Asian American Club, Chess Club, Chinese Club, Computer and Robotics Club,

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Club, Dance Club, DECA, Democrats Club,

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, Dungeons and Dragons Club, Environmental Club, Ethics Bowl, Fashion Club,

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, Filmmaking Club, French Club, Futsal Club, Gender Sexuality Alliance, History Bowl, Ideas Center, Japanese Club,

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, Just Wing It ( improv group), Korean Club, Latinos Unidos, Math Team,

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, Muslim Society and Friends, Numina (art gallery), Odyssey of the Mind,

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, Photography Club, PHS Food Aid, Pokémon Club, Prayer Group, Quiz Bowl,

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Club, SADD, Save the Elephants,

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, Speech and Debate, Secret Yarn Society, Drawing Club, Horticulture Club, Book and Baking Club, ''151mm'' (film magazine), ''Spork'' (food magazine), ''The Ivy'' (art magazine), ''The Prince'' (yearbook), ''The Tower ''(newspaper), Tiger News (weekly broadcast), and

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. Students can create their own clubs with prior approval. In December 2014, contract negotiations led to the cancellation of uncompensated activities, including most clubs. This issue was resolved the following school year.

Athletics

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Mercer,

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, and Monmouth counties, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,190 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Constitution Division of the 95-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020. Princeton High School fields interscholastic teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, spring track and field, swimming, tennis, volleyball, winter track, and wrestling. The boys cross country running team won the Public Group B state championship in 1928, won in Group II in 1974, won the Group III title in 1986, and won in Group IV in 2016. The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1931 (defeating runner-up James Caldwell High School in the final game of the tournament) and the Group II title in 1937 (vs.

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) and 1938 (vs. Atlantic Highlands High School). The 1931 team won the Class B state title (since recategorized as Group III) with a 20-16 win against James Caldwell in the tournament final. The boys track team won the Group II spring track state championship in 1938 and 1981, won the Group III title in 1952-1956, and won in Group IV in 1966 and 2018. The program's 10 state titles are tied for eighth-most in the state. The field hockey team won the Central Jersey sectional championships in 1971 and 1973, won the Central Jersey Group II title in 1975, 1978, and 1982, and won the Central Jersey Group III title in 1984; the team was the Group II state champions in 1975 (vs. Montville High School) and won the Group III championship in 1984 (vs.

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). The 1973 team won the Group II title with a 2–0 victory against Montville in the championship game. The boys' tennis team won the Group III state championship in 1972 (vs.

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), 1984 (vs. Ramapo High School), 1986 (vs.

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), 1987 (vs. Tenafly), and 2002 (vs. Tenafly), the Group I / II title in 1976 (vs.

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), and won the Group II title in 1977 (vs. West Orange High School), 1979 and 1980. The team was the public school state champion in 1984. The 1980 team won the Group II title, defeating Tenafly 5–0 in the tournament final. The boys track team won the indoor track Group II state championship in 1981 and 1982. The girls team won the Group II title in 1989, 1992 (as co-champion) The girls' lacrosse team won the overall state championship in 1985, defeating

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in the tournament final. The girls swimming team won the Public Division B state championship in 1993. The boys team won the Public B state title in 2012. The boys' soccer team won the Group III state championship in 1995 (against Arthur L. Johnson High School in the finals of the playoffs), 2009 (vs.

) and 2012 (as co-champion with Ramapo High School). In 2009, the boys' soccer team won the Group III state championship, capping off an undefeated season with a 2–1 win over Millburn High School in the final game of the state tournament. The golf team won all five of its 2007 tournaments, including the Group III state championships, the Mercer County Tournament, Sectional Championships, the Bunker Hill Tournament, and the Cherry Valley Tournament. The team over had a record of 47-2 during the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The 2008 team repeated as Group III champion. The varsity girls' swim team won the 2007 NJSIAA Central - B state sectional championship with an 87–83 win over Ocean Township High School. They again beat Ocean Township High School in 2008 for the second year in a row, claiming their 6th consecutive NJSIAA Central - B sectional championship. The 2009 boys' swimming team won the Central Jersey Group B Sectional title with a 99–71 win against Ocean Township High School. In 2011, the boys swimming team won the Central Jersey Group B Sectional title with a 102–68 win against Freehold Borough High School. Following that, the team advanced to the NJSIAA Public B finals, ultimately losing to

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, 80–90. In 2012, the boys swimming team again won the Central Jersey Group B Sectional title. After that, Princeton once again faced-off against their rivals last year Scotch Plains-Fanwood. This time Princeton boys swimming team won 109–61, giving them the NJSIAA Public B state champion title. In 2008, the varsity

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squad competed in the Colonial Valley Conference Competition, and won Best Dance, first place in Medium Division and Overall Grand Champions. They competed against 13 other teams in order to win the Grand Champion Award. In 2010, the squad competed again and won first place in Small Division. The Ultimate team, known as PHUC (Princeton High Ultimate Club), competes in the annual New Jersey High School Boys State Championship and won 2014 D1 7th (tied) place, 2016 D2 7th place, 2017 D2 4th (overall 12th) place, and 2018 D1 11th (tied) place.

A cappella

PHS has four student-run a cappella groups. There are two "choir affiliated" groups (members must be part of the main choir): The Cat's Meow and Around 8, with two "choir unaffiliated" groups: Testostertones and Cloud Nine. All four perform at various events in and out of school such as Back To School Night, Fall Festival, Friday Night Live (FNL), Winter Arch Sing WWP-South's Acappellooza, Spring Fling, and Final Arch Sing, among others. All sing songs arranged by current and former members and produce an album yearly. The a cappella groups hold auditions at the end of each school year and admit a small number of new members. Members of the choir-affiliated groups must also be members of the Princeton High School Choir. The Cat's Meow is all girls, established in the early 1980s and features five "classic" songs along with 15-20 new arrangements on their CD. Around Eight was formed 1992, originally a mainly madrigal-oriented group, but became more pop-oriented with complex beatboxing. The name came from the original eight members being slightly late or early to their 8 pm rehearsals. Two additional groups were founded in the early 2000s to feature singers outside of the school's formal choral program, including those involved in the Princeton High School Jazz Band, musical theater, and external vocal activities. Cloud Nine is all-female and sings across genres, often featuring new arrangements and occasionally original music that is released on a studio album each spring. The group often draws members from the jazz and theater communities, though choir members are also eligible to audition. The Testostertones is the school's only all-male group, and is the most recent group formed.

Model United Nations

PHS MUN is the high school's

team which competes at local and national conferences. The team is regularly ranked among the best high school teams in the country, competing most often in the New York / New Jersey region. The team typically attends 4 to 5 conferences a year, always including Princeton University's PMUNC conference, the first for new members, and Columbia University's CMUNCE conference, where members must try out to attend. From 2007 to 2015 the team won the "Best Small Delegation" award at the CMUNCE conference every year. In 2016 PHS MUN broke the streak receiving the second place award of "Outstanding Small Delegation".

PHS Choir

PHS Choir is an elective as a regularly scheduled course for which credits and grades are earned. Founded in 1944, the Choir is nationally and internationally known as one of the top high school choirs in the world. It is comprised of 60 to 80 students in grades 10 through 12 every year, with auditions conducted at the end of each academic year for entry in the following year. The Choir tours internationally (and occasionally nationally) once every two years. Past tours of special significance include the 1977/78 invitation from the American composer Gian Carlo Menotti to participate in

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, a world-renowned summer festival where they premiered Menotti's opera, "The Egg" and an invitation to perform at the 850th anniversary of the city of Moscow. More recent destinations include

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, Latvia, Estonia, and soon to be Southern Spain. In February–March 2001, the choir toured Saint Petersburg, Russia, Novgorod, Russia, and Berlin, Germany, culminating in a performance of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion in the world-famous Schauspielhaus in Berlin, accompanied by a top-ranked violinist from Germany. A national tour with the entire Choir to

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in the spring of 2009 included a performance at the

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. The Choir toured Barcelona, Spain, in February 2011, appearing on national Spanish television as well as gaining special permission to perform in the Cathedral of Montserrat. Since December 1944, the Choir has performed its annual winter concert in the

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, often filled to capacity with over 1,200 attendees, including numerous Choir alumni."Choir Historical Highlights"
The Chamber Choir, composed of members of the main choir, has performed at the

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on numerous occasions. The Choir has been under five directors: Harvey Woodruff from 1944 to 1948, Thomas Hilbish from 1948 to 1965, William Trego from 1965 to 1993, Charles "Sunny" Sundquist from 1993 to 2008, Vincent Metallo from 2008 to present.

PHS Food Aid

PHS Food Aid aims to spread consciousness about

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in the Princeton community and support local

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. Their community service activities center around awareness campaigns, fundraising efforts, and purchasing foodstuffs in bulk for donations. PHS Food Aid's initiatives to promote volunteerism have been featured in the Princeton Community Works Conference and the

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PHS Studio Band

The band program is an elective that can be taken as a regularly scheduled course for which credits and grades are earned. The band, an elite high school performance group, was the inspiration for the 2014 film ''

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''.

Program

Princeton High School has several levels of bands to accommodate all levels of playing from beginner to professional skill. Tiger I & II, Nassau I & II, Jazz Ensemble, and Studio Band are the 6 bands by order of playing ability. Students are assigned to their respective band level according to skill, regardless of seniority. The Princeton High School Studio Band, directed by Joe Bongiovi, selects its members by audition only. All Studio Band members are expected to excel in

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, master finger positions, and be familiar with all techniques that apply to their instrument. They are also expected to attend all rehearsals both during and after school. During the band's preparation for competition, ensemble rehearsal can be over 12–20 hours in 1 week. The Studio Band is known to play a wide variety of genres arranged for

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. About one Friday evening each month throughout the school year the Studio Band hosts dances known as Big Band Dances.

History

The original director and founder of the Studio Band was Dr. Anthony Biancosino. Biancosino was the director of the Studio Band for 26 years. During those years the Studio Band had many successes, including playing at the inaugural balls of both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. The film ''

'' is based on writer/director Damien Chazelle's experiences in the band program under Dr. Biancosino.

Jazz Festival

The Princeton High School band program also hosts an annual Jazz Festival, nicknamed "Jazz Fest", at which local high school and middle school jazz bands are invited to perform for adjudication. Like many other similar high school jazz festivals, the host band traditionally plays last and is not scored for competition. Each year, the band program invites a guest artist to perform after the festival for its attendees.

Jazz Festival guest artists

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Concert Jazz Orchestra * 2009 - Tierney Sutton * 2010 - Cherry Poppin' Daddies * 2011 - Tim Hagans & Marvin Stamm * 2012 - Denis DiBlasio * 2013 - Peter Erskine * 2015 - Bob Mintzer * 2016 & 2017 - Randy Brecker * 2018 - Tony Succar * 2019 - Brian Duprey

PHS Tiger News

Tiger News is the school's video-based news source. Its

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page reads "Princeton High School's Tiger News meets once a week to film the show, which is broadcast during homeroom every week. With on-scene reports and special segments, Tiger News has quickly become a school hit!" The program was founded in 2013, and has continued ever since. PHSTigerNews

Spectacle Theatre

Spectacle Theatre is Princeton High School's student-run drama club. Each year, students will act in and produce a fall play (generally in November) and a spring musical (generally in March). After the conclusion of the musical, seniors have the opportunity to direct single-act plays in a Student Directed Play production. Each production involves tech, make-up, lighting, and costume departments as well as a stage crew. The program was the first high school to premiere ''

Brigadoon ''Brigadoon'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. The song " Almost Like Being in Love", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, ...

'' and '' Carousel''. They have also performed operas at Princeton High School, the first of which was ''Cavalleria Rusticana'', a one-act opera written by Pietro Mascagni. Spectacle Theatre is currently directed by Pat Wray, the PHS drama teacher and former Broadway dancer and actress.

Speech and Debate

Princeton High School has a rich history of success both in the

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(NSDA) and the National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL). The school speech & debate team competes in the three largest forms of High School Debate: Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Congressional Debate, as well as a smaller range of speech categories. Debaters in both Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas have qualified to the Tournament of Champions, the NSDA National Tournament, and the NCFL National Tournament.

''Spork''

''Spork'' is the school's food and dining magazine. It was created during the 2011–12 school year through funds generating via Kickstarter. The Spork staff writes and adapts

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, reviews local

restaurants, and publishes food-related features and articles. ''Spork'' is printed and distributed for free in school, in addition to online publication.

The Ideas Center

The Princeton High School Ideas Center provides most of the students in need at the school with peer tutors. Tutors work with their fellow students in one-on-one sessions or study groups. Tutoring is often done as a

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requirement, though this is not always the case.

''The Ivy''

''The Ivy ''is the school's visual and literary

arts magazine ''Arts Magazine'' was a prominent monthly magazine devoted to fine art. It was established in 1926 and last published in 1992. History Early years Launched in 1926 and originally titled ''The Art Digest,'' it was printed semi-monthly from Octobe ...

. The title of the magazine comes from the

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that grows on some of the older school buildings. Student-submitted work is reviewed anonymously, and the staff creates the magazine based on these votes. The magazine is printed and distributed for free in school, in addition to online publication.

''The Tower''

''The Tower'' is the school's

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, which was founded in 1911 as ''The Observer''. In 1925, it was again renamed to ''The Blue & White'', and received its present title in 1929 to commemorate the new high school building, which is presently the oldest building on campus. The first incarnation was published

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ly in a smaller format, while the current edition is published monthly in a traditional newspaper size. It has been printed and typesetted by various local publishers, including the '' Town Topics'' and most recently the ''

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''. The newspaper is distributed for free in school, in addition to online publication. ''The Tower'' has varied enormously in content and style throughout its publication. The

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has changed significantly, with the original pencil drawing of the tower with ''

''-style lettering continually removed and reinserted in between redesigns, but the current masthead dates to the eighties. Features in ''The Tower'' include a monthly quotes section, "Cheers and Jeers" of various cultural and school-specific events, a two-page topical opinions/forum spread called Vanguard, and a monthly calendar of local events called "Pencil These In". Many of these topics have been resurrected from past issue of ''The Tower''. General topics include opinion pieces, arts and entertainment, and sports news. Once a year a joke issue is published, which is a tradition first created in a 1920s issue called ''The Black & Blue—''more recent examples being a mid-2000s issue alleging that a giant condom had been placed on top of the school and lolcats being featured in a 2009 issue. ''The Tower'' has faced competition. From 1990 to 1994, a rival "underground" newspaper called ''The Free Press'' published after a split between several potential editors of ''The Tower.'' An

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-style news site called ''The Dungeon'' was published from 2013 to 2014, while an Instagram account called ''The Tilted Tower'' publishes satirical headlines weekly.

Achievement gap

Princeton High School has been considered a case study of the

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in elite high schools. The gap between different groups in academic progress received greater attention in 2005 after the school failed the No Child Left Behind Act. ''

'' ran an article entitled "The Achievement Gap in Elite Schools," by

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on September 28, 2005, which accused PHS of neglecting its responsibility to educate minorities. While the cause may be due to socioeconomic status rather than

racial segregation Racial segregation is the systematic separation of people into race (human classification), racial or other Ethnicity, ethnic groups in daily life. Racial segregation can amount to the international crime of apartheid and a crimes against hum ...

, many students in the overwhelmingly

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-and- Asian-populated advanced classes can spend most of their high school career sharing only a few classes with their

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African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

peers. According to Freedman's article, "In the early 1990s, an interracial body calling itself the Robeson Group—in homage to

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, the most famous product of black Princeton—mobilized to recruit more black teachers and help elect the first black member to the school board." In 2003, the school became part of the Minority Student Achievement Network, a network of 21 different schools across the country that share Princeton High School's achievement gap problem. MSAN gathers high achieving minority students to address and help fix the growing achievement gap in their schools.

Administration

The school's principal is Frank Chmiel. His core administration team includes three assistant principals and the dean of students.

Notable alumni

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(born 1955), author. *

Chris Barron Chris Barron (born Christopher Gross; born February 5, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Spin Doctors. Biography Christopher Gross was born February 5, 1968, in Honolulu, where his father was statio ...

(born Christopher Barron Gross), lead singer of the

Spin Doctors Spin Doctors are an American alternative rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart at No. 7 and No. 17, respec ...

. * Laurie Berkner (born 1969), children's musical artist. * Richard E. Besser (born 1959, class of 1977), ABC News medical editor. *

Todd Blackledge Todd Alan Blackledge (born February 25, 1961) is a former American football quarterback in both the NCAA and National Football League. In college, he led the Penn State Nittany Lions to a national championship. A member of the famed Class of 19 ...

(born 1961),

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who played in the NFL for the

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and the Pittsburgh Steelers. * The members of the band Blues Traveler. *

Lesley Bush Lesley Leigh Bush (born September 17, 1947) is an American diver and Olympic champion. She represented the US at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving.1964 Summer Olympics. *

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(born 1963), drummer for the Rollins Band. * Michelle Charlesworth (born 1970), news anchor WABC New York. * Damien Chazelle (born 1985),

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-winning screenwriter and film director. *

Richard J. Coffee Richard J. Coffee (February 14, 1925 – February 19, 2017) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in the New Jersey Senate and as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee. Biography Coffee was born in ...

(1925-2017), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate and as chairman of the

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. * Rhys Coiro (born 1979), actor. *

Mervin Field Mervin Field (March 11, 1921 – June 8, 2015) was an American pollster of public opinion in the state of California. Biography Field was born in 1921, the youngest of five children, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Princeton, Ne ...

(1921-2015), public opinion pollster whose career in polling began with a poll of PHS students in a class election. * Ariela Gross (born 1965, class of 1983), historian who is the John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. * Chris Harford, self-taught singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter. * Brendan Hill (born 1970), drummer.Oksenhorn, Stewart
"Traveler's new groove"
''

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'', July 1, 2005. Accessed August 24, 2012. "Blues Traveler was formed in 1983 by four friends from Princeton High School: drummer Brendan Hill, guitarist Chandler 'Chan' Kinchla, bassist Bobby Sheehan and a character of a young man, John Popper, whose eccentricities ran from his bomber hat to his choice of instrument, the undersung harmonica." * Brett Hoebel (born , class of 1999),

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best known for appearing as a trainer on the U.S. reality television show '' The Biggest Loser: Couples 4'' in 2011. * Christine Moore Howell (1899-1972), hair care product businesswoman who was the first African-American to graduate from Princeton High School. * Arielle Jacobs (born 1988), Broadway actor. *

Ben Jelen Benjamin Ivan Jelen (born 8 July 1979) is a Scottish-born American former singer-songwriter who plays the piano, violin, and guitar. He has lived in Scotland, England, Texas, New Jersey and New York. His career has been characterized by near-st ...

(born 1979), singer-songwriter. *

Michael Lemonick Michael Lemonick ( , born 13 October 1953) is an opinion editor at ''Scientific American'', a former senior staff writer at Climate Central and a former senior science writer at ''Time (magazine), Time''. He has also written for ''Discover magazin ...

, former senior science writer at ''

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'' magazine. * John Lithgow (born 1945), actor. *

Tom Malinowski Tomasz "Tom" P. Malinowski (; born September 23, 1965) is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Huma ...

(born 1965, class of 1983), Congressman in

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and diplomat who served as

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from 2014 to 2017. * Ann M. Martin (born 1955, class of 1973), author, best known for her ''

The Baby-Sitters Club ''The Baby-Sitters Club'' (also known as BSC) is a series of novels written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 176 million copies. Martin wrote the first 35 novels in the series, but the subsequent nove ...

'' series of books. * Brad Mays (born 1955, class of 1973), film maker. *

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the four ...

(born 1931), ''

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'' staff writer, author and Pulitzer Prize-winner. * Ben Navarro (born 1962/1963), billionaire businessman. * Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958, class of 1976), actress. *

John Popper John Popper (born March 29, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter, known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, and frontman of the rock band Blues Traveler. Early life John Popper was born in Chardon, Ohio. His father was a Hungarian immig ...

(born 1967), musician. *

Andy Potts Andrew Robert Potts (born December 28, 1976) is a triathlete from the United States. He competed in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics and is the 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Champion. Prior to triathlon, Potts was a swimmer where he won the bronz ...

(born 1976, class of 1995), triathlete who represented the United States in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. * Benjamin Qi (born 2001), competitive programmer who was the two-time winner of the

International Olympiad in Informatics The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) is an annual competitive programming and one of the International Science Olympiads for secondary school students. It is the second largest science olympiad, after International Mathematical Olympi ...

high school competition for algorithmic programming. *

Dan Schulman Daniel H. Schulman (born January 19, 1958) is an American business executive. He is president and CEO of PayPal, formerly serving as group president of enterprise growth at American Express. Schulman was responsible for American Express' globa ...

(born 1958, class of 1976), business executive who serves as President of PayPal. *

Tsutomu Shimomura is a Japanese-born American physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick. ''Takedown'', his 1996 book on the subject with journalist John Markoff, was later adapted for the sc ...

(born 1964), Japanese-American scientist and computer security expert. *

Michael Showalter Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's ''The State'', which aired from 1993 to 1995. He and David Wain created the ''Wet Hot ...

(born 1970, class of 1988), comedian, writer, and film director. * Robert Stone (born 1958, class of 1976), director and

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maker. *

Ben Taub Ben Taub (1889–1982) was a philanthropist and medical benefactor in Houston, Texas. Taub ran numerous businesses and served on the boards of directors for several Texas organizations. He helped in the expansion and development of Houston entitie ...

(born 1991), ''

'' staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winner. *

Saskia Webber Saskia Johanna Webber (born June 13, 1971) is a retired United States, American association football, soccer goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who previously played for the United States women's national soccer team as well as the New ...

(born 1971), soccer

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who played for the

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as well as the New York Power and Philadelphia Charge in the

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. * Ilana B. Witten, neuroscientist and Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at

.Zandonella, Catherine
"Illuminating the brain: Neuroscientist Ilana Witten"

, March 15, 2018. Accessed April 26, 2020. "For Witten, coming to Princeton was a return to her hometown. She graduated from Princeton High School and earned her bachelor’s degree at Princeton, where her parents are faculty members."

References

External links

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