Penns Grove High School
| Penns Grove High School | |
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| Location | |
| 334 Harding Highway Carneys Point, NJ 08069 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1908 |
| School district | Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District |
| Principal | Dr. Paul T. Rufino |
| Faculty | 55 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 665 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.09[1] |
| Color(s) | Red White |
| Athletics conference | Tri-County Conference |
| Nickname | Red Devils |
| Website | School website |
Penns Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.[2] The school is located in Carneys Point Township.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 665 students and 55 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.09.[1]
The school was the 253rd-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 266th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 220th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4]
Penns Grove High school is also home to the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program that prepares students for engineering majors that they might seek when entering college. The Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering operates in partnership with Rowan University, Salem Community College, DuPont and various other contributors.
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[edit] Athletics
Penns Grove High School is one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High School, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.[5]
Penns Grove High School boasts many athletic victories in its recent years and years past. The 2009 Football Team won the Tri-County Conference Championship. Other recent championships include the Tri-County Diamond Division Championship for Cross Country in 2006 and 2007,[6] the South Jersey Group I sectional title for outdoor track in 2007 and 2008, and a number of relays won by the Outdoor Track team.
The football team went 9-3 in 2008 reaching the school's first state championship game before falling to rival Glassboro High School. The team was also able to win their first home playoff game in school history in the semifinals.[7][8]
In 1986, the boys' track team set the New Jersey state record for most consecutive dual meet wins with 117.[9] That same year, the track team not only went 10-0 in its dual meets but won every relay meet entered, won the Salem County Meet (10th straight), Tri-County Conference Meet (10th straight), South Jersey Group 1 Sectional meet (10th straight) and its second State Group Title (its first coming in 1984).[10] The indoor track team that year also won the State Group 1 Relay Meet and Individual Meet[citation needed].
[edit] Marching band
The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1973-1975, 1977 and 1979 (Group 1). The marching band was Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 1 (1975, 1977 and 1979) and Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 2 in 1976.[11] The band also won the Cavalcade of Bands Group 1 Open Championship in 2006.[12]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Dr. Paul T. Rufino - Principal[13]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Don Bragg (born 1935), Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[14]
- William J. Hughes (born 1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995 who was appointed by President Bill Clinton as United States Ambassador to Panama, a post he held until October, 1998 leading up to the historic turnover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control.[15][16]
- Bruce Willis (born 1955), Emmy- and Academy Award-winning actor.[17]
- Anthony Sinigaglio (born 1989), choral composer/arranger and conductor.[18]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Penns Grove High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 26, 2011.
- ^ Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization", Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 26, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification. Accessed July 31, 2007.
- ^ S. Jersey Scoreboard, Philly.com, October 10, 2007. Accessed October 24, 2007. "(1, Robert Konopka, PG, 17:55; Penns Grove clinched Tri-County Diamond Division.)"
- ^ Callaway, Rob. "Despite loss, Penns Grove is on the rise", Today's Sunbeam, December 8, 2008. Accessed June 26, 2011. "The Red Devils were playing in a South Jersey final for the very first time. Although it didn't end the way they wanted it to, they're clearly a program on the rise. Penns Grove finished at 9-3 and is miles ahead of where the program was when coach Kemp Carr took over the program five years ago."
- ^ Callaway, Rob. "Glassboro captures second consecutive S.J. Group I crown", Today's Sunbeam, December 7, 2008. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Stephen Davis isn't sure if football is in his future, so the Glassboro High School senior wanted to make the most of the present. That's exactly what he and the rest of the Bulldogs did on Saturday as they completed their second straight perfect season by beating Penns Grove, 28-8, to repeat as South Jersey Group I champions."
- ^ Tatum, Kevin. "State Track Titles Go To Willingboro And Penns Grove", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1986. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Penns Grove, with 33 points in Group 1, won its second state title in three years by outlasting Tri-County Conference foe Kingsway (31). Haddonfield was third with 22 points. 'It took a really tough effort,' said Penns Grove coach Jack Ware, whose team has a state-record 117 straight dual-meet victories.... Penns Grove, which won a Group 2 state title in 1984, had 14 points after Friday's competition and received first-place finishes from discus thrower Russ Willitt and hurdler George Bland yesterday."
- ^ Tatum, Kevin. "Penns Grove Wins Track Title For 10th Year In Row", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 25, 1986. Accessed June 26, 2011. "The South Jersey track championships were decided yesterday afternoon at Buena High, and for the 10th straight year, Penns Grove came away with a title.For the Red Devils, winners of a state-record 117 consecutive dual meets, it was their third title in Group 1. The seven others were in Group 2."
- ^ Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History, Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.
- ^ Champions, Cavalcade of Bands. Accessed June 26, 2011.
- ^ Home page, Penns Grove High School. Accessed June 26, 2011.
- ^ 1999 Hall of Fame Inductees, Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey. Accessed February 4, 2007.
- ^ Cronin, Steven; and Shopes, Richard. "REP. (WILLIAM J.) HUGHES CALLS IT QUITS ELECTED 10 TIMES TO SERVE THE 2ND DISTRICT", The Press of Atlantic City, January 25, 1994. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Hughes was born in Salem and graduated from Penns Grove Regional High School."
- ^ Dunn, Phil. "Voices surfacing urging Penns Grove Middle School be renovated, not razed", Today's Sunbeam, January 15, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Many graduates of the school have gone on to positions of prominence on a national level, notably: Longtime U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to Panama William J. Hughes, actor Bruce Willis, and Olympic athletes Dave Romansky and Don Bragg."
- ^ Petersen, Melody. "Bruce Willis Drops Project, Leaving Town More Troubled", The New York Times, May 9, 1997. Accessed December 2, 2007. "Mr. Willis grew up in Carneys Point, attended Penns Grove High School and even worked in one of the Du Pont factories before he found fame on the television series Moonlighting and through his Die Hard films."
- ^ [1]. Accessed January 27, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Penns Grove High School
- Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District
- Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 39°43′04″N 75°27′21″W / 39.717679°N 75.455836°W
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