Seneca High School (New Jersey)
| Seneca High School | |
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| Location | |
| 110 Carranza Road Tabernacle, NJ 08088 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Lenape Regional High School District |
| Principal | Jeff Spector |
| Asst. Principal | Brad Bauer John Bowden William Cornell Patricia LaBouff Heather Xenakis |
| Faculty | 100 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,340 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.40[1] |
| Color(s) | Gold Green White |
| Athletics conference | Olympic Conference |
| Nickname | Golden Eagles |
| Website | School website |
Seneca High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students from four communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, as part of the Lenape Regional High School District. It is the newest of the Lenape Regional High School District's schools. The district serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[2] The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships.[3] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008.[4]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,340 students and 100 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.40.[1]
The school was the 135th-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 134th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 258th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 82nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 14 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.5%) and language arts literacy (95.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[7]
Seneca has an abundance of activities available to its students in many of its sports programs. The school goes by the moniker the Golden Eagles, which narrowly beat out other contending names, such as the Sacagaweas, Apaches, and the Squantos.
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[edit] Athletics
The Seneca High School Golden Eagles participate in the Olympic Conference (New Jersey), which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[8]
The Boys Track team coached by Richard Watson, a physics teacher at Seneca, has enjoyed moderate success with standouts such as the 2006 shuttle hurdle team, and record setting performances by Drew Kanz-Oshea in the High Jump: 7'1 (2009), and Michael Maira in the Pole Vault: 15'0 (2008-2010). Both were multiple-time state champions.
The baseball team won the 2007 NJSIAA Group III State Championship, defeating Ocean Township High School 5-4 in the semifinals and Cranford High School 5-2 in the group final.[9] The Baseball team also won the Group III state championship in 2011 defeating Paramus High School by a score of 12-3 in the tournament final.[10]
The 2006 Football team made it to South Jersey Group III Final and lost to Lacey Township High School 12-0.[11] The loss ended the team's undefeated season. The team finished 11-1, ranked #1 among South Jersey Large Schools by the Courier-Post.[citation needed]
The 2006 girls tennis team won the South, Group III state sectional championship with a pair of 5-0 wins, defeating Ocean City High School in the semifinals and Shawnee High School in the finals.[12][13]
The 2008 Boys Tennis team captured the Olympic Conference National Division championship for the 4th consecutive year.[citation needed]
[edit] Other high schools in the district
The Lenape District's three other high schools are:
- Cherokee High School - located in Evesham Township. Serves students from Evesham Township
- Lenape High School - located in Medford Township. Serves students from Mount Laurel Township
- Shawnee High School - located in Medford Township. Serves students from Medford and Medford Lakes
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[14]
- Jeffrey Spector, Principal
- Brad Bauer, Assistant Principal
- John Bowden, Assistant Principal
- William Cornell, Assistant Principal
- Patricia LaBouff, Assistant Principal
- Heather Xenakis, Assistant Principal
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Seneca High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 5, 2011.
- ^ Lenape Regional High School District 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 5, 2011. "The Lenape Regional High School District serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough."
- ^ Seneca High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 5, 2011. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships"
- ^ Seneca High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed October 5, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed October 5, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: 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 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 1, 2012.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 1, 2012.
- ^ 2007 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed June 13, 2007.
- ^ Anastasia, Phil. "Comer, Seneca win state Group 3 championship", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2011. "Joe Banes was supposed to bunt. He hit a three-run homer instead. 'I missed the sign,' Banes said after leading Seneca to a 12-3 victory over Paramus on Saturday in the Group 3 state championship game. Kevin Comer pitched six strong innings to earn his fifth tournament victory, and Ryan Williams rapped three hits as the Golden Eagles won their second state title in front of a large crowd at Toms River East."
- ^ 2006 Football Tournament - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed January 7, 2008.
- ^ "Seneca earns first sectional tennis title Moorestown makes it 18 straight; Moorestown Friends falls short", Burlington County Times, October 14, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2007. " When Nicole Portner shook hands with Emily Scott after their first singles match in the South Jersey Group 3 tennis championship, Portner's Seneca High School teammates asked coach Fran Siedlecki if it was OK to go and congratulate her. The Golden Eagles can be forgiven if they didn't know what the protocol is when a team wins a school's first sectional title, a 5-0 win over Shawnee."
- ^ 2006 Girls Team Tennis - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.
- ^ Administration, Seneca High School. Accessed October 5, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Seneca High School web pages
- Lenape Regional High School District
- Lenape Regional High School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Lenape Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Seneca HS
- Online Alumni Community
Coordinates: 39°51′14″N 74°43′09″W / 39.853963°N 74.719039°W
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