Princeton Senior High School is located in

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and is the largest high school in Mercer County. The school is located at 1321 Stafford Drive in Princeton.

Demographics

As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 908 students and 57.50 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 15.79:1.School data for Princeton Senior High School

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. Accessed December 12, 2016.

Extracurricular activities and clubs

The organizations, clubs, and extracurricular activities of Princeton High School include focuses on student interests (such as art and music), fundraising and community service (such as

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), and other activities. The school also offers band, Center Stage, show choir, and Madrigal singer classes. Clubs include Key Club, Interact Club, Art Club, Pep Club,

National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS) is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized cocurricular student organizations in American high schools, with 1.4 million members. The purpose of the NHS is to create enthusiasm for scholarship, to ...

Model UN Model United Nations, also known as Model UN (MUN), is an educational simulation of the United Nations, which teaches students about diplomacy, international relations, global issues, and how the United Nations is run. During a model UN confe ...

Students Against Destructive Decisions Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), formerly Students Against Driving Drunk, is an organization whose aim is to prevent incidents from students making potentially destructive decisions. Mission "SADD empowers and mobilizes students ...

, and

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Sports

Princeton High School offers football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, track, cross-country, softball, volleyball, wrestling, and soccer among their sports programs. The 2012 baseball team won the state championship 7 to 4 against Nitro High School. The Tigers won the AAA Basketball titles in 1979 and 1981.

Events

The school also changed its grading/ranking policy in an effort to align it with the rest of the state of

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. This was also changed in an effort to promote fairness to students taking more challenging courses. AP courses are worth a 5.0, honors are now worth 4.5, and regular classes are worth a 4.0. As of 2009, there were seven

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courses in the school:

AP Biology Advanced Placement (AP) Biology (also known as AP Bio) is an Advanced Placement biology course and exam offered by the College Board in the United States. For the 2012–2013 school year, the College Board unveiled a new curriculum with a greater ...

AP Chemistry Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry (also known as AP Chem) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate thei ...

AP Calculus AB Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus (also known as AP Calc, Calc AB / BC, AB / BC Calc or simply AB / BC) is a set of two distinct Advanced Placement calculus courses and exams offered by the American nonprofit organization College Board. AP Calculu ...

AP English Language and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition, (also known as AP English Language, APENG, AP Lang, ELAP, AP English III, or APEL) colloquially known as Lang, is an American course and examination offered by the College Board as part ...

AP English Literature Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United State ...

AP United States History Advanced Placement (AP) United States History (also known as AP U.S. History, APUSH (), or AP U.S.) is a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. Course The AP U.S. History course i ...

, and

AP Studio Art Advanced Placement (AP) Art and Design, formerly known as AP Studio Art, is a series of courses offered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program. AP Art and Design is divided into three categories: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D ...

Notable alumni

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, former NBA player and current basketball executive *

Lee Patton Lee Lafayette Patton (April 3, 1904 – March 8, 1950) was a highly successful coach from his start in Ash Fork, Arizona in 1927 until his untimely death in 1950. In between, he became a revered figure in Princeton, West Virginia, Princeton, We ...

, legendary Hall of Fame coach at PHS and West Virginia University. * Ethan Howard, audio engineer * Stephen Murphy, retired federal agent * Louise Turpin, convicted child abuser.

References

External links

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Mercer County Board of Education Website

West Virginia Board of Education 2005-2006 Report Card
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