Somerville High School (New Jersey)
| Somerville High School | |
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| 222 Davenport Street Somerville, NJ 08876 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | c. 1909 |
| Principal | Corey Jones |
| Asst. Principal | Scott Hade |
| Faculty | 77 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,198 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.56[1] |
| Color(s) | Orange and Black |
| Athletics conference | Skyland Conference |
| Website | Somerville High School |
Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school of the Somerville Public Schools serving students from Somerville and Branchburg Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,198 students and 77 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.56.[1]
Advanced Placement (AP) courses (such as AP United States Government and Politics) and the Senior Options Program at Raritan Valley Community College allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school. During the 2004-05 school year, students enrolled in thirteen AP courses. Offerings have included AP Biology, AP Calculus (AB/BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language and AP United States History.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
The school was the 77th-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 73rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3]
In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 54th in New Jersey and 1,635th nationwide.[4]
[edit] Athletics
Somerville High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west central New Jersey, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[5]
The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championships in 1976-1977, 1979, 1983, 1985-1986 and in 1994.[6]
The boys soccer team won the 2006-07 Central Jersey, Group II state sectional championship with a 3-1 win over Raritan High School in the tournament final.[7] In 2007, the boys soccer team repeated as sectional champion with a 2-0 win over Shore Regional High School in the tournament final.[8]
The girls soccer team defeated Shore Regional High School 3-1 to win the 2006 Central, Group II sectional title.[9]
The Boys Track team has been the most dominant sport in the school during the past decade. Going into the 2009 spring season, the team had won 68 dual meets in a row. They have been the Central Jersey Group II sectional champions the past eight years, and have won six Group II State Championships in that period.[citation needed]
[edit] Robotics
Somerville's robotics team is Team 102, The Gearheads. Team102 participates in the New Jersey and Connecticut FIRST Regionals. Team 102 has won
- 1999 - Mid-Atlantic Regional Finalist,
Mid-Atlantic Regional Best Offensive Round, Pennsylvania Robotics Challenge Second Place,
- 2000 - Mid-Atlantic Semi-Finalist,
National Finalists, Participated In The Pennsylvania Robotics Challenge, Participate In Havoc In The Hills,
- 2001 - Mt. Olive Mania Finalists,
- 2003 - J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional Winners,
Brunswick Eruption Refs Favorite Award, BattleCry Best Autonomous,
- 2004 - New Jersey Regional Motorola Quality Award,
- 2006 - Trenton Regional Quarter-Finalist,
Long Island General Motors Industrial Design Award Winners, Long Island Regional Semi-Finalist, Monty Madness Quarter-Finalists, Brunswick Eruption Champions,
- 2008 - FIRST Finale Asphalt Race: First Place,
Long Island Regional Winners, SPBLI Regional Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship Award, N.J. Regional Judge’s Award,
- 2009 - FIRST Website Excellence Award,
Motorola Quality Award at the Long Island Regional, Semi-finalists in the Newton Division at the Finals in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 2010- National Competition Newton Division Semi Finalists
Connecticut Regional Winner, New Jersey Regional Gracious Professionalism Award
The team has been to Atlanta in 2010 and other years prior. For more information go to http://www.team102.org
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[10]
- Corey Jones, Principal
- Scott Hade, Assistant Principal / Athletic Director
[edit] Notable alumni
- Raymond Bateman (born 1927), New Jersey Senate president (1970-1972) and Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey (1977).
- Ben Carnevale (1915-2008), basketball coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.[11]
- Paul Robeson (1898-1976), American athlete, bass-baritone, concert singer, and civil rights activist.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Somerville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 9, 2011.
- ^ Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Somerville High School", The Washington Post. Accessed September 9, 2011.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 9, 2011.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. N.J.S.I.A.A. FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS, NJSIAA. Accessed November 28, 2011.
- ^ 2006 Boys Soccer Tournament - Central, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ 2007 Boys Soccer - Central, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed November 14, 2007.
- ^ 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Central, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ School Directory, Somerville High School. Accessed October 5, 2011.
- ^ Frezza Jr., Harry. "Raritan man attends Final Four for 57th time", Courier News, April 1, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Ben Carnevale, who turns 86 on Oct. 30, has had the kind of life some people might call legendary. In fact, when you look at his life, which began in a house just off the last trolley stop on Gaston Avenue in Raritan Borough, you might agree. The 1934 Somerville High School graduate is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He is also the winningest coach in United States Naval Academy history, a survivor of a ship that was torpedoed during World War II, and somebody who had a lot to do with building the NCAA basketball tournament."
- ^ Paul Robeson - High School, accessed April 15, 2007. "Paul attended school in Somerville and graduated from Somerville High School in 1915."
[edit] External links
- Somerville High School
- Somerville High School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Somerville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Public School Review: Somerville High School
- Robotics team
Coordinates: 40°34′41″N 74°36′47″W / 40.577989°N 74.613026°W
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