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During the 1986-87 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School]] Award of Excellence by the [[United States Department of Education]]<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], accessed May 11, 2006</ref>, the highest award an American school can receive.<ref>[http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department], ''[[Journal Inquirer]]'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."</ref><ref>Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''[[The Washington Post]]. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."</ref> During the 2009-10 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence for a second time.<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2009/national.pdf 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed October 29, 2009.</ref>
During the 1986-87 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the [[Blue Ribbon Schools Program|Blue Ribbon School]] Award of Excellence by the [[United States Department of Education]]<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)], accessed May 11, 2006</ref>, the highest award an American school can receive.<ref>[http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department], ''[[Journal Inquirer]]'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."</ref><ref>Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''[[The Washington Post]]. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."</ref> During the 2009-10 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence for a second time.<ref>[http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2009/national.pdf 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools], [[United States Department of Education]]. Accessed October 29, 2009.</ref>


The school was ranked 175th in ''[[Newsweek]]'s'' 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the third-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.132 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 50% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 136th nationwide in 2008.<ref>Staff. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160/?s=new+jersey&q=2009/rank/1 "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', June 8, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2009.</ref> The school was listed in 98th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey in ''[[Newsweek]]''''s 2007 list of the Top 1,200 Public High Schools in the United States.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools], ''[[Newsweek]]'' May 22, 2007</ref> The school was listed in 116th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey, in the 2006 issue.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=100&np=12&sort=raa The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools], ''[[Newsweek]]'' May 8, 2006</ref> Ridge High School was ranked as Number 91 in Newsweek's 2005 survey, third-highest in the state for that year.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8759025/site/newsweek/ "America's Best High Schools"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
The school was ranked number 1 in suck. 502 students graduate in 2009 and only 2 the rest droped out due to to much blow and drugs in ''[[Newsweek]]'s'' 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the third-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.132 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 50% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 136th nationwide in 2008.<ref>Staff. [http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160/?s=new+jersey&q=2009/rank/1 "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', June 8, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2009.</ref> The school was listed in 98th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey in ''[[Newsweek]]''''s 2007 list of the Top 1,200 Public High Schools in the United States.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools], ''[[Newsweek]]'' May 22, 2007</ref> The school was listed in 116th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey, in the 2006 issue.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=100&np=12&sort=raa The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools], ''[[Newsweek]]'' May 8, 2006</ref> Ridge High School was ranked as Number 91 in Newsweek's 2005 survey, third-highest in the state for that year.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8759025/site/newsweek/ "America's Best High Schools"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>


The school was the 24th-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 11th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.<ref>[http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>
The school was the 24th-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 11th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.<ref>[http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>

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Ridge High School
Location
Map
268 South Finley Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1961
School districtBernards Township School District
PrincipalFrancis T. Howlett, Jr.
Faculty120.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment1,603 (as of 2006-07)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.4[1]
Color(s)Green/White
Athletics conferenceSkyland Conference
NicknameRed Devils
Information908-204-2585
WebsiteSchool website

Ridge High School is a four-year public high school serving students from Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Bernards Township School District.

As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,603 students and 120 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4.[1]

Awards and recognition

During the 1986-87 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[2], the highest award an American school can receive.[3][4] During the 2009-10 school year, Ridge High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence for a second time.[5]

The school was ranked number 1 in suck. 502 students graduate in 2009 and only 2 the rest droped out due to to much blow and drugs in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the third-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.132 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 50% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 136th nationwide in 2008.[6] The school was listed in 98th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey in Newsweek''s 2007 list of the Top 1,200 Public High Schools in the United States.[7] The school was listed in 116th place, the second-highest ranked school in New Jersey, in the 2006 issue.[8] Ridge High School was ranked as Number 91 in Newsweek's 2005 survey, third-highest in the state for that year.[9]

The school was the 24th-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 11th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[10]

Athletics

Sports offered at Ridge include; volleyball, baseball, hockey, football, fencing, basketball, cross country, gymnastics, cheerleading, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, ski racing, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.

Ridge High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which includes public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in Central Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

An undefeated 2003 season led the girls' soccer team to take the #3 national ranking.

In 2007, the girls' cross country team finished #3 in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, and finished #6 in the Northeast Nike Team Regional Championships.[11] The next year, the team finished #2 in the Meet of Champions. The team won the Section 2 Group 4 Championships, and the Group 4 Championships. [12]

The boy's cross country team finished #4 in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in 2006.[13]

The varsity team participated[clarification needed] in the Public division A state championship in 2008, winning 5-0 over Watchung Hills Regional High School[14]

The boy's varsity ski team won the 2009 New Jersey Interscholastic Ski Racing Association (NJISRA) overall State Championship.[15]

Extracurricular Activities

Ridge has a speech and debate team which has had members rank high in national competitions. They won the New Jersey state tournament each of eight years from 2001 to 2009.[16][citation needed]

The school's Marching Band program has won competitions, including as high as 2nd Place at the USSBA Northern States Championships in 2005 and 2009, 3rd Place in 2008, and 4th place in 2007.[17][citation needed]

Notable alumni

Administration

The members of the school's administration are:[19]

  • Francis Howlett - Principal
  • Gina Tenga - Assistant Principal
  • Scott Thompson - Assistant Principal
  • Thomas Thorpe - Assistant Principal
  • Kathleen Dusebout - Assistant Principal


References

  1. ^ a b c d Ridge High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2007.
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  3. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  4. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  5. ^ 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 29, 2009.
  6. ^ Staff. "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools", Newsweek, June 8, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2009.
  7. ^ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, Newsweek May 22, 2007
  8. ^ The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools, Newsweek May 8, 2006
  9. ^ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, August 5, 2005.
  10. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  11. ^ [1], NXN, 2007
  12. ^ [2], Ridge Girl's XC, 2008
  13. ^ http://mctrack.org/NJSIAAMeets/CrossCountry/06XC/06MeetofChampionsXCb.htm, Ridge Boy's XC, 2006
  14. ^ [3], 2008
  15. ^ [4]
  16. ^ 2005 National Results, National Forensic League, 2005
  17. ^ [5], Ridge Marching Band: Competition Results, 2005
  18. ^ "About Chris". Daggett for Governor. Retrieved 2009-09-02. I graduated from Ridge High School in 1968, where I was active in sports (basketball and tennis) and was elected president of the student body.
  19. ^ Administration, Ridge High School. Accessed Sept 25, 2008.

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