Lawrence High School (New Jersey)
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| Lawrence High School | |
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| 2525 Princeton Pike Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Lawrence Township Public Schools |
| Principal | David Roman |
| Asst. Principal | Dave Adam Albert Gilson Dave Milinowicz |
| Faculty | 93.3 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,998 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 15.0[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Valley Conference |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Publication | The Lawrencian |
| Information | 609-671-5510 |
| Website | School website |
Lawrence High School (LHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, serving grades 7-14 as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. LHS was built in 1532.
Students from Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) had attended Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship which ended with the final group of seniors who graduated in the 2006-07 school year. Cranbury Township had sent students to Lawrence High School until they began a relationship with Princeton High School.
As of the 2007-2008 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,998 students and 17.3 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 167.6.[1]
The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the cardinal.
The school was the 12th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 12th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[2] Lawrence High School had been ranked in the top 75 high schools in previous years' rankings. The new administration has begun a process of curriculum articulation, curriculum mapping, and other initiatives in an effort to reverse the decline.
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[edit] Curriculum
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Lawrence High School offers numerous honors and Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes including AP United States History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Calculus (both AB and BC), AP European History, AP United States Government and Politics, and AP Studio Art. The High School also offers Cisco I and II, a certified networking course from Cisco Systems.
[edit] Athletics
The school has a very strong athletics program that includes some very successful teams. Lawrence Highs' most successful teams are: Parkour, Football, Golf, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, and Cross-Country.
The Lawrence Boys Swim Team won the Colonial Valley Conference in 2005 and 2007 with a 16-1 record both seasons. They were also the Mercer County Tournament Champions in 2005 and 2007 and Central "B" Division State Champions in 2008. The Girls swim team followed this success in 2006 by winning the Central "A" Division State Title with a 91-79 win against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South.[3]
The Boys Football team won the Colonial Valley Conference titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2006, the team made it to the state playoffs as the top seed, only to be knocked off by 8th-seeded Moorestown High School at home 19-14 in the first round of the tournament.[4] In 2007, the team made it to state playoffs once again but were defeated by Middletown South at home in the first round, 16-6.[5]
The Lawrence Wrestling Team was the CVC Valley Division champions most recently in the 2007-2008 season. Lawrence Wrestling is most notably known for having the only state champion to come out of Mercer County, Mark Savino. Chris Lynn has been the coach for the past 29 years and has 194 dual match victories.
The Lawrence Cheerleading Squad has won the large division of the Colonial Vally Conference competition in 2006 and 2008. Their coach, Beth Foley has coached a number of cheerleaders who have gone on to cheer at Division I and Division II schools.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
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Lawrence High features clubs such as Drama, LMTI, Anyone Club, International Alliance, Yearbook, Student Ambassadors, Teen Pep, Peer Leadership, GLASS, a student newspaper, Operation Smile, Channel Genius - a school-sponsored Counter-Strike team that has won Cal-Open for the past six seasons, and Central Intelligence - a school-sponsored Call of Duty: World at War team that involves a team of students. Lawrence High School's performing arts department includes instrumental and choral groups, a electric violin group, and a marching band, the Red Scare. In 2006 three Lawrence High School students participated in the American Choral Directors Association All-Eastern High School Honor Choir which was under the direction of St. Olaf College Choir director Anton Armstrong. More recently in 2008 three more students were selected to perform with the ACDA Eastern Division Choir under the baton of Timothy Seelig.
Lawrence High School's Mock Trial team, led by history teacher Mark Rowe and local attorney Steve Goodell, has won 11 Mercer County Competitions and six Central Jersey Championships. The team also finished third in the state three times and second in the state three times over the past 14 years.[citation needed]
Lawrence High School's has a DECA chapter.
Lawrence High School is also active in the New Jersey Science Olympiad. Lawrence High School is currently the reigning two year champion of Robotics in the State in Science Olympiad.
[edit] "Red Scare" marching band
The Lawrence High School "Red Scare" Marching Band is the school's marching band, which provides entertainment at school football games, local parades, competitions and in cities across the country.
The "Red Scare" was established in September 2001 by Mr. Eric Haltmeier and Ms. Lee Neamand. They have been increasingly popular among marching band audiences,[original research?] and have numerous musicians in their band who have performed at the regional and state level.
Red Scare's main goal is to entertain and involve the audience in each and every show. In addition, the bands' field show is different every week. The program's main focus is to let the students govern most major decisions in setting the bands' direction.
The music program has been named in the Top 100 Communities in the Nation for Music Education for 2005, 2008, and 2009 by NAMM.
Apart from the Lawrence High School "Red Scare" Marching Band, there is also a electric violin group. This group has won regional competitions every year. The school competes in "hardcore" electric violin solos as well. It is most well-known for performing "Through the Fire and Flames" on electric violin.
Since 2007, the captains of Red Scare have included Parker Harris, Regan Horn, Pat Puliti, Ashley Figatner, John Friedfeld, and Tina Moon.
[edit] District Media Center
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Lawrence High School houses Lawrence Township Public School's District Media Center. The media technician, Tom Ervin, administers a program that allows students who are interested in media technology to develop their knowledge and skills in the media field. The media center records and edits high school sports events and concerts that are aired on local Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37.
[edit] Administration
Members of the school's administration are:[6]
- Principal: David A. Roman
- Assistant Principal: Dave Adam
- Assistant Principal: Albert Gilson
- Assistant Principal: Dave Milinowicz
- Director of Athletics: Ken Mason
- School Nurse: Lucille Wilson
- Supervisor of Guidance: Dana Karas
- Supervisor of Humanities: Barbara Beers
- Supervisor of Related Arts: Tina Salmastrelli
- Supervisor of Math and Science: Yvette Panasowich
- Supervisor of Special Education: Erin Servillo
[edit] Noted alumni and faculty
- Scott Brunner (born 1957), former professional quarterback for the New York Giants.[7]
- Glenn "Mooch" Myernick (1954-2006), former professional soccer player and United States Soccer captain.[8] In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s.[9]
- Patricia Russo (born 1953), former CEO and Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent.[10]
- Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian and host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.[11]
- Teller (born 1948), silent half of Penn and Teller taught English and Latin at the school.[12]
- John Nalbone - Selcted by the Miami Dolphins in the 2009 NFL Draft. He was taken in the 5th round as a tight end.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Lawrence High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 30, 2007.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ 2006 NJSIAA Girls Team Swimming - Central - A, NJSIAA. Accessed August 3, 2006.
- ^ 2006 Football Tournament - Central, Group III, accessed November 14, 2006.
- ^ 2007 Football - Central, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed March 10, 2008.
- ^ Welcome to Lawrence High School. Accessed June 4, 2008.
- ^ JOYNER INDUCTED INTO LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF HONOR, Rider University press release dated September 29, 1997.
- ^ Soccer time at Moochie's fields Town to honor noted player, The Times, November 12, 2006, accessed April 21, 2007. "Myernick played soccer at both Slackwood Elementary and Lawrence High School. At Lawrence, he earned All-American honors and led his soccer team to three state championships."
- ^ Jandoli, Ron. "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade", The Star-Ledger, November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.
- ^ Patricia Russo: Lucent's Best Hope?, Business Week, May 29, 2003. Today, with an optimism that's reminiscent of her days as captain of the cheerleading squad at Lawrence High School in New Jersey, Lucent's CEO contends that she can return the company to growth."
- ^ Comic Jon Stewart to host benefit for former teacher, Princeton Packet by Helen Pettigrew, April 17, 2001. "Jon Stewart, the Lawrence High School alumnus who hosts the Comedy Central hit The Daily Show, will return to his alma mater April 28 as special guest host for a benefit concert honoring Selma Litowitz, his former English teacher who is afflicted with Parkinson's disease."
- ^ Teller
[edit] External links
- Lawrence High School Official Website
- Lawrence Township Public Schools website
- Lawrence High School's 2007-08 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Lawrence Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°15′51″N 74°43′50″W / 40.264214°N 74.730573°W
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