Lawrence High School (New Jersey)
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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 | Dr. David A. Roman |
| Asst. Principal | Al Gilson Dave Milinowicz |
| Faculty | 81 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,158 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.30[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Valley Conference |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Publication | The Lawrencian |
| 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 9-12 as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. LHS was built in 1967. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992.[2]
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 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment 1,158 students and 81 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.30.[1]
The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the Cardinal.
The school was the 120th-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 124th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 123rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue.[4] 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 (AP) classes including AP Environmental Science, 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. LHS also offers many electives such as drafting, design and photography. There is also a vocational school that teaches every thing from firefighting to cosmetics.
[edit] Athletics
Lawrence High School competes in the Colonial Valley Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5] The school has a very strong athletics program that includes some very successful teams. Lawrence Highs' most successful teams are: Football, Golf, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, and Cross-Country.
The Boys Soccer program has won nine state titles and is second in the state with five consecutive titles (1967-1971).[6]
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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
The Lawrence Wrestling Team was the CVC Valley Division champions most recently in the 2003-04 season. Lawrence Wrestling is most notably known for having the only state champion to come out of Mercer County, Mark Savino. Chris Lynne has been the coach alongside Jeff Verga for the past 31 years and has 210 dual match victories.
The Boys Lacrosse team is a team that has seen slow but steady growth over the past couple years. In the 2011 season, they managed their first ever .500 record season, ending 9-9 in regular-season play. This allowed them to make their first state playoff berth since the program's creation in 2006.
[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, an 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. In 2008 three more students were selected to perform with the ACDA Eastern Division Choir under the baton of Timothy Seelig. More recently in 2009 one student Alyssa Wilkins was selected to perform with the ACDA National Honor Choir 1 in Oklahoma City under the direction of Christine Bass.
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 Debate team won the county championship in 2008.
Lawrence High School has a DECA chapter.
Lawrence High School has a theater company. In the 2009-10 school year, the school put on Aida as their spring musical. The theater program is run by director Lorie Baldwin, also the educator in charge of theater classes.
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 Eric Haltmeier and Lee Neamand, and has 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.
[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:[10]
- Principal: Dr. David A. Roman
- Principal: Andrew Zuckerman
- Assistant Principal: Clifford Williams
- Assistant Principal: Dave Milinowicz
[edit] Noted alumni and faculty
- Thom Bray (born 1954, class of 1972), actor and writer.[citation needed]
- Scott Brunner (born 1957), former professional quarterback for the New York Giants.[11]
- Dan Lavery, musician in the band Tonic who graduated LHS in 1984.[citation needed]
- Glenn "Mooch" Myernick (1954-2006), former professional soccer player and United States Soccer captain.[12] In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s.[13]
- John Nalbone (born 1986), tight end who has played for the Philadelphia Eagles.[14]
- Patricia Russo (born 1953), former CEO and Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent.[15]
- Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian and host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.[16]
- Teller (born 1948), silent half of Penn and Teller taught English and Latin at the school.[17]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Lawrence High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 19, 2011.
- ^ Lawrence High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 19, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed April 23, 2010.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 26, 2011.
- ^ History of NJSIAA Boys Soccer, NJSIAA. Accessed October 26, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Home page, Lawrence High School. Accessed June 19, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vrentas, Jenny. "Miami Dolphins draft former Monmouth tight end John Nalbone in the fifth round", The Star-Ledger, April 26, 2009. Accessed March 28, 2011. "Nalbone, a graduate of Lawrence High School, was a four-year starter for Monmouth and a Division I-AA All-American. His stock rose after he impressed in his Pro Day workouts with a 40 time in the 4.6 range, and he was hoping to sneak into the Draft's final rounds."
- ^ 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."
- ^ Filichia, Peter. "At Red Bank production of "Macbeth," there will be blood", The Star-Ledger, January 21, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Ironically, Teller likens his professional marriage to the Macbeths. He says of his 6-foot-6 partner -- who makes his own 5-foot-9 frame look minuscule -- 'Penn is my Lady Macbeth. I was here in New Jersey, teaching Latin at Lawrence High School (in Lawrence Township), when a mutual friend introduced us.'"
[edit] External links
- Lawrence High School Official Website
- Lawrence Township Public Schools website
- Lawrence High School's 2009–10 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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