Cedar Grove High School (New Jersey)
| Cedar Grove High School | |
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| Location | |
| 90 Rugby Road Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Cedar Grove Schools |
| Principal | Michael Fetherman |
| Vice principal | Joseph McBride |
| Faculty | 35 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 433 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.37[1] |
| Athletics conference | Super Essex Conference |
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Website | School website |
Cedar Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Cedar Grove, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cedar Grove Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 433 students and 35 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.37.[1]
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[edit] Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 103rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 70th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 55th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 171st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 79 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (78.9%) and language arts literacy (95.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]
[edit] History
Cedar Grove High School was originally named Memorial High School. With the establishment of Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School in the same building as the high school, the name of the high school was changed to Cedar Grove High School.
[edit] Athletics
The Cedar Grove High School Panthers compete in the new Super Essex Conference which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[6] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had competed in the Colonial Hills Conference, which included schools in Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in central North Jersey. With 324 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as North I, Group I, which includes schools with enrollment of 157 to 489.[7]
In 2003, the baseball team took the North II, Group I state title with a 10-7 win over New Providence High School in the tournament's final game.[8]
The football team won the NJSIAA North II Group I state sectional championship in 1978, 1983, 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2009.[9] The football team won the 2004 North II Group I state sectional championship with head coach Ed Sadloch by defeating Hoboken High School 6-0 in the tournament final.[10] In 2007, the team defeated Belvidere High School 17-0 to win the North II, Group I state sectional championship in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the team's fifth sectional title, all of which have come without giving up a point, including shutouts in 1983, 2000 and 2004, and the team was declared champion in 1978 as the only team eligible for the playoffs in its section.[11][12] In 2009, the football team beat Secaucus High School by a score of 30 to 14 at Giants Stadium to win the North II Group I state sectional title for the fourth time in the decade.[13]
The softball team defeated Midland Park High School 2-0, to win the 2004 Softball - North I, Group I championship.[14] The 2006 Softball team returned as sectional champion, edging Wallington High School 5-4 in the tournament final.[15][16]
The boys basketball team won the 2008 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 43-34 win over Verona High School.[17] The victory was the team's first sectional title in over three decades.[18]
In 2007, Cedar Grove sophomore Matthew Giacobbe won a state sectional championship in the 3200m run in the North I Group I Sectional Championships.
In 2009, Cedar Grove senior Nick Miller won the Group I State Championship in Golf and placed top 5 in the Tournament of Champions.
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[19]
- Michael Fetherman - Principal
- Joseph McBride - Vice Principal
[edit] Orchestra
The Cedar Grove High School Orchestra began to form in 2005 when Robert Savino was hired as a Music Teacher for the Cedar Grove School District. The current Conductor is its founder, Robert Savino.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Cedar Grove High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ^ Cedar Grove High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 8, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, NJSIAA. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ^ 2003 Baseball Tournament - North II, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ^ 2004 Football Tournament - North II, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ Behre, Bob. "Cedar Grove stymies Belvidere, 17-0", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "It stifled Belvidere's inside running game, blanketed its talented wideouts and frustrated the Warren County school at every turn en route to a 17-0 victory and Cedar Grove's fifth NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship yesterday at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway."
- ^ 2007 Football - North II, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.
- ^ Pangilinan, Noel. "Cedar Grove tops Secaucus 30-14 in state championship", Veorna-Cedar Grove Times, December 4, 2009. Accessed January 9, 2012. "Cedar Grove defeated Secaucus, 30-14, to win the State’s North II Group I football championship on Friday night at the Giants Stadium. The Panthers used their speed to neutralize the Patriots’ size in bagging the school’s fourth state title during the decade."
- ^ 2004 Softball - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ Miller, Sheila G. "Cedar Grove rallies in 7th - Erases Wallington lead to capture sectional crown", The Record (Bergen County), June 2, 2006. Accessed August 2, 2007. "After scoring first and holding a lead for most of the game, Wallington watched its sectional title hopes disappear Thursday as it lost a nail-biter in the North 1, Group 1 final to Cedar Grove, 5-4."
- ^ 2006 Softball - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed August 2, 2007.
- ^ 2008 Boys Basketball - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ Deegan, Matt. "Cedar Grove foils Verona for title", The Star-Ledger, March 5, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2008. "Cedar Grove scored the first five points of the second half and never surrendered the lead, defeating Verona, 43-34, in the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 final to earn its first sectional championship in more than 30 years in front of two raucous student sections at St. Peter's College in Jersey City."
- ^ Board of Education, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed April 8, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Cedar Grove High School
- Cedar Grove Schools website
- Cedar Grove Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Cedar Grove Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°51′01″N 74°13′24″W / 40.850317°N 74.223291°W
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