Jackson Memorial High School
| Jackson Memorial High School | |
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| 101 Don Connor Boulevard Jackson, NJ 08527 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Jackson School District |
| Principal | Kevin DiEugenio |
| Asst. Principal | Carl Perino Daniel McDevitt Heather Novak |
| Faculty | 112 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,738 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.52[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, Black & White |
| Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
| Mascot | Jaguars |
| Team name | Jackson Jaguars |
| Website | School website |
Jackson Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, opened in 1964 as part of the Jackson School District. It is the parent high school of Jackson Liberty High School, which first opened in the late summer of 2006.
In the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,738 students and 112 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 15.52.[1]
The school was the 181st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's August 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 216th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[2] Schooldigger.com ranked the school as tied for 144th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 65 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[3]
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[edit] History
Jackson Memorial High School first opened in 1964. Before then, students living in Jackson attended Lakewood High School. The school was originally a single, one story building with three wings. Around 1970, a second story was added to one wing. In the 1980s, it was expanded to include the nearby middle school which became known as the Clayton building. The original high school building was known as the memorial building in the early 1990s; later it was renamed the Bernie Reider Hall, for a longtime wrestling coach and former principal. The Fine Arts building, added ca. 1993, connects the once separate Clayton building, previously a middle school, and the two-story Bernie Reider Hall.
[edit] Athletics
The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguars compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[4] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County, and the league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[5] With 1,309 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA as Central Jersey Group IV, a category that includes schools with enrollment of 1,120 to 2,339.[6]
Jackson is a powerhouse in many sports and its rivals are Southern Regional, Toms River North, Toms River South, Toms River East, Brick Memorial.
The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship in 2001.[7]
- Cross-Country
- Team Championships
- A-South Champions - 2005-06, 2006-07
- County Champions - 2005-06, 2006-07
- Shore Champions - 2006-07
- State Sectional Champions - 2006-07
- Meet Of Champions Winners - 2006-07[8]
- Wrestling
- Team Championships
- Group IV Champions - 2006, 2007 (38-22 vs. Southern Regional High School[9]), [1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011.
- Division Champions - 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
- Soccer
- Team Championships
- Shore Conference Tournament Champions - 1984, 1988 (co-champs), 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,2007
- South Jersey Group IV Sectional Champions - 1990
- New Jersey Group IV State Champions - 1990
- Boys Cross Country
- Team Championships
- 2006-2007 New Jersey State Champions
- 2006-2007 Shore Conference Champions
- 2007-2008 Ranked 6th in State
- Central Jersey Group IV Champions - 2006, 2007
- Ocean County Champions - 2006, 2007
- Boys Winter Track
- Team Championships
- 2009-2010 Group III Champions
- 2009-2010 Central Jersey Group III Champions
- Boys Outdoor Track
- Team Championships
- 2009-2010 Ocean County Champions
- Bowling
- Team Championships
- 2010-2011 1st Place NJSIAA Group IV
- 2010-2011 1st Place South Jersey Group IV
- 2010-2011 Shore Conference B Central Division Champions
- 2010-2011 2nd Place Toms River South Roll With The Indians Tournament
- 2009-2010 Shore Conference B Central Division Champions
- 2009-2010 Ranked Jan. 2010 16th in State
- 2009-2010 Ranked Feb. 2010 8th in State
- 2009-2010 2nd Place Shore Conference Finals
- 2009-2010 State Qualifier
- 2009-2010 2nd Place Toms River South Roll With The Indians Tournament
[edit] Marching band
The school's Jaguars marching band will perform in the 2013 New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California[10].
[edit] Notable alumni
- Scotty Cranmer (born 1987), professional BMX rider, including four X Games medals (2005).[11]
- Kris Lewis (born 1978, class of 1997), painter.[citation needed]
- Zakk Wylde, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society (1985).[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Jackson Memorial High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 23, 2012.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2010: 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 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 23, 2012.
- ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 19, 2012.
- ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for Central Jersey, NJSIAA. Accessed January 23, 2012.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed January 23, 2012.
- ^ Cross-Country Meet of Champions Winners (1972-2010) Boys, NJSIAA. Accessed January 23, 2012.
- ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - Group IV ChampionshipNJSIAA. Accessed July 24, 2007.
- ^ Fundraiser to be held in Manchester to help JMHS Band’s trip to Tournament of Roses, JTOWN Magazine, January 14, 2012
- ^ McAvoy, Kevin. "Scotty Cranmer: Back in the Saddle", ESPN. Accessed January 23, 2012. "Shortly after, Scotty walked through the doors of his old high school, Jackson Memorial, and spoke to the students about the importance of setting goals."
- ^ LaGorce, Tammy. "MUSIC; Thor, With an Electric Hammer", The New York Times, November 27, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. "But the frustrating part for Zakk Wylde -- born in Jersey City, raised in Jackson and possessed of a gift for heavy-metal noise that regularly earns him the cover of any magazine with guitar in its title -- is that the six-string inner circle rarely widens.... 'I was in Sayreville at this place called Close Encounters with my buddies in Stone Henge,' a band formed with friends from Jackson Memorial High School in the mid-80's, Mr. Wylde said in a recent phone interview from Columbus, Ohio, where he was touring in support of Mafia (Artemis), a Black Label disc that entered the Billboard Independent Album chart at No. 1 last March."
[edit] Sources
- Erbe, E. Robert (1999). Cranberries, Coops, and Courts: A History of Jackson Township.
[edit] External links
- Jackson Memorial High School
- Jackson School District
- Jackson Memorial High School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Jackson School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Day in the Life: Jackson Memorial High School from the Asbury Park Press
- DigitalSports Jackson Memorial Homepage
Coordinates: 40°06′23″N 74°20′48″W / 40.106412°N 74.346623°W
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