Welcome to our new online community.  Membership is FREE and available exclusively to our alumni and friends!

This is Palmyra's private, online community created exclusively for Palmyra HS alumni.   It is a secure, password-protected environment established by the Palmyra Public School District.

Once you register, an email will be sent to confirm your membership and validate your email address.  Be sure to click on the link in this email so your account can be activated.

Become a member and take advantage of the following services:

• Reconnect with faculty and former classmates
• Organize class reunions
• Discover ways to support your school
• Share alumni news and activities

Features include:

• Message boards for In Memorial, Lost/Missing Alumni, Career & Volunteer Center, Class Notes, School & Alumni News
• Subscriptions to keep you updated by e-mail of classmates and message board updates
• Alumni directory that's searchable by class, by name or by occupation
• Lost / missing alumni directory to help find people that others are looking for
• Social networking (Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn) support

Search for friends and make new connections with the online community!  All you need to do to take advantage of all the community has to offer is to proceed through the registration process to establish an account.

The administration and staff of Palmyra School District would like to thank everyone for their support of the school’s budget that passed Tuesday night, April 21st. The students are the ones who will ultimately benefit in regard to opportunities that will advance their achievements. One of our students was recently accepted to John Hopkins, Tufts, and University of Maryland and has received substantial scholarship offers to these universities in an effort to allow her to pursue her medical career. Many of our students go on to prestigious colleges and universities after graduating from Palmyra High School. Ms. Christine Vespe, Palmyra High School Principal, is seeking contributors for scholarships for this year’s graduating class. If you are interested, please contact Ms. Amy Fanrak at 856-786-9400 ext. 236 or e-mail Ms. Vespe at cvespe@plamyra.k12.nj.us

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PHS Senior Quron Pratt wasted no time giving Rutgers with a commitment upon receipt of an official scholarship offer.  During a visit in December, Pratt received a scholarship offer and did not delay in making a decision. "It was my dream school. They (Rutgers) have progressed a lot. I feel that I can help the team a lot with my skills. The facilities and the stadium, particularly closing it off, was impressive. They will be going to four straight bowls. Coach Schiano has done a great job and I wanted to be close to home for my next four years".

The PHS Yearbook committee is hoping to incorporate some old pictures and stories from alumni about the school. While they do have access to old yearbooks, scanning them does not always result in great quality photos. If anyone has pictures (or can suggest a source for them) please contact Jennifer Van Zandt. Also if you have any good stories from "back in the day" as the kids like to say, please let her know.

Also, the committee set up a web site so that anyone may upload photos for PHS to use in the yearbook. Go to http://images.jostens.com. The user id is 1175386 and password is palmyra.

PALMYRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA

The Palmyra Historical Society is asking all PALMYRA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI MEMBERS to help us with the archiving of historical images featuring Palmyra, Riverton and Cinnaminson. …The best photographs of the town and those things that everyone remembers and would love to see again…High School and Beyond. . The best photos may see publication in a book on the town’s history as well as being featured in BACK IN TIME, a weekly column in the TOWN NEWS newspaper highlighting Palmyra history and nostalgia.  Your best photographs are needed, as well as photos of events,  documents, advertising memorabilia from Palmyra businesses, house photos, old deeds, artifacts, signs, sports items, paper items, and old newspapers. Search your attics and Family archives.  Please call WILL VALENTINO at 856 303 0758 and leave a message regarding donations or email him at icarusfalling88@comcast.net . Photos can be scanned and returned to you if you desire it. For more info on our organization and our archives search go to www.boroughofpalmyra.com, and click on communities and scroll to ‘Historical Society”

Supporting Memberships in the non-profit PALMYRA HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SOCIETY are also available. A $12 donation for an individual and $20 donation for a family helps assure the future preservation of our town’s history. Any larger financial donations will help us fund this project, our public events, and the conservation and preservation of Historical items donated to our organization. Checks to: Palmyra Historical Society Box 446 Palmyra NJ 08065.

When in Palmyra, visit our three display cases of artifacts and memorabilia in PALMYRA BOROUGH HALL.

Use your address book or enter e-mails manually. . .

Keep your e-mail and mailing addresses current and you'll receive the details of alumni information, activities, events, and reunions.

Photos from 1949 through 1955 are online in the gallery.

High school classes began shortly after the completion of the Spring Garden Street School in 1895; this building is on the National Register of Historic Places. With increased enrollment, the school was moved to a former girls school, Berkeley Hall, in 1907, and to its own building in 1909. A large addition was completed in 1922. The 1909 structure was destroyed by fire in 1957, and after a vote that narrowly defeated establishing a regional high school, additions were made to the building in 1958 and 1961.

In 1907 the Red Devils, Palmyra's football team, began its rivalry with Bulington City.  This is the oldest school rivalry in Burlington County.  Now we are known as the Palmyra Panthers, but the rivalry still exists as does Palmyra High School's fierce determination and drive to achieve both Scholastic and Athletic excellence.