Sterling High School (New Jersey)

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Sterling High School
Superintendent: Dr. Jack L. McCulley
Business Administrator: Dr. Ronald Sahli
Address: 501 South Warwick Road
Somerdale, NJ 08083
Grade Range: 7-12/9-12
School facilities: 1
Enrollment: 1,030 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 79
Student–teacher ratio: 13.04
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: http://www.sterling.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 7-12/9-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $12,913 11 $13,710 -5.8%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,049 12 7,588 -7.1%
6 Support Services 1,761 17 1,987 -11.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,221 3 1,475 -17.2%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,923 29 1,816 5.9%
13 Extracurricular Activities 956 38 749 27.6%
16 Median Teacher Salary 56,200 17 62,000
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of 7-12/9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47
Sterling High School
Location
501 South Warwick Road
New Jersey Somerdale, NJ 08083
Information
Type Public high school
Principal Jack L. McCulley
Vice principal Sean Redman
Color(s)      Royal Blue
     Silver
Athletics conference Colonial Conference
Team name Silver Knights

Sterling High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students in grades 9 - 12 from five communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from Magnolia, Somerdale, Stratford, along with students from Hi-Nella and Laurel Springs who attend as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3] The school is located in Somerdale.

Sterling High School has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Education (2000) and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1964.[4]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,030 students and 79 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.04.[1]

The school was the 231st-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 225th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 228th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 240th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[7]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[8]

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[edit] Curriculum

Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in AP English Literature, AP United States History, AP Calculus, and AP Biology. Honors courses are offered in Algebra I, Geometry, Pre Calculus, Spanish V, Calculus, and Physics. High School Plus credit with Camden County College is offered in History, Spanish, French, Biology, Software Systems, Latin, and World Civilizations. A variety of languages are offered including: Spanish, Latin, French, and Italian II.

[edit] Athletics

Sterling High School is a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12 and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[9] With 767 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as South Jersey Group II, a category that includes schools with enrollment of 529 to 794.[10]

  • The Lady Knights basketball squad is one of only two South Jersey teams to win the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions, winning it in 2001. The other is Woodrow Wilson High School, who accomplished the feat in 2005.[11][12]
  • The football team won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state sectional championships in 1974, 1976 and 1977.[13] In 1974, Sterling won the first ever South Jersey Group III football championship determined by playoffs, defeating Woodrow Wilson High School by a score of 15-12 in a game played at the Atlantic City Convention Center.[14][15]
  • In 2006, the Lady Knights softball team went undefeated in the Colonial Conference, claiming the Colonial Conference Champs and 2nd place in South Jersey Group II.[citation needed]
  • The softball team won the South, Group II state sectional championship with a 9-4 win over Haddon Township High School.[16]
  • The baseball team also won the South Jersey Group II title in 2007, with a win over Gateway Regional High School.[17]
  • In 2008, the softball team won the New Jersey Group II state championship with a 1-0 win over Kittatinny Regional High School.[18]
  • Sterling's wrestling program won back-to-back South Jersey Group II State titles in 1999 and 2000.[19]
  • Mark Manchio won three consecutive state wrestling titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001 (125-2 career record).[20]
  • In 2004, Donald "Sonnie" Pollosco won the South Jersey Coach's Invitational State Title and Camden County Singles title. (112-6 career record)
  • In 2002, Ivan Wiggins won the state wrestling title at 112 lbs.[21][22]
  • In 2002 and 2003 the baseball team won back to back Diamond Classic tournaments.[23]

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration include:[24][25]

  • Jack L. McCulley, Superintendent
  • Ron Sahli, Board Secretary
  • Karen Morgey, Business Administrator
  • Jack L. McCulley, Principal (interim)
  • Sean Redman, Vice-Principal

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Sterling High School Dist School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Sterling High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Sterling High School District is a regional district serving Hi Nella, Laurel Springs, Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford."
  4. ^ Sterling High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 26, 2011.
  5. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 26, 2011.
  6. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  8. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  9. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 9, 2012.
  10. ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for South Jersey, NJSIAA. Accessed January 9, 2012.
  11. ^ 2005 Girls Basketball - Tournament of Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed August 5, 2007.
  12. ^ A compendium of epic battles over the years - Philly.com. "2001: For the first time in history, a South Jersey team won the Tournament of Champions girls' basketball title. Group 2 state champ Sterling, seeded fourth, upset third-seeded and Group 4 state champ Columbia, 48-40, to bring home the crown. Jessica Copskey scored 34 points to help give retiring coach Bill Ulrich a going-away present." Accessed February 17, 2008.
  13. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  14. ^ Ostrum, Gus. "S. Jersey Playoffs A Hit From The Start", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 17, 1989. Accessed December 29, 2011. "It now is 15 years since Sterling and Brick Township won the first South Jersey sectional football championships to be decided on the playing field. Sterling topped Woodrow Wilson, 15-12, on Dec. 7, 1974, to win the South Jersey Group 3 title before 5,000 fans at Atlantic City Convention Hall and a statewide television audience."
  15. ^ History of Football Games inside the Atlantic City Convention Hall. Accessed December 29, 2011.
  16. ^ 2007 Softball - South, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed June 11, 2007.
  17. ^ Staff. "Sterling gets 16 hits to roll past Gateway, The tenth seed upset the No. 4 seed, 11-2, and now moves on to the state semifinals.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 2007. Accessed June 26, 2011. "To prepare for facing Gateway's hard-throwing Nick Alloway in yesterday's South Jersey Group 2 baseball final, Sterling had one of its former pitchers, Drew Slickmeyer, throw batting practice Thursday."
  18. ^ Staff. "Sterling takes second softball crown", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 2008. Accessed June 26, 2011. "After two consecutive postseason comeback wins, Sterling rode the arm of righthander Sammi Giambri to yesterday's 1-0 win over Kittatinny for the state Group 2 softball championship at Toms River East."
  19. ^ Livingston, John Earle. "Sterling ends Point Boro's dreams of a title", Asbury Park Press, February 18, 2000. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Last night, before Point Boro's South Jersey Group II final at defending champion Sterling, Hoffmaster declared this Panther wrestling team to be harder-working than any other Point Boro team."
  20. ^ Iezzi, Bill. "A 3-time champion lends his expertise: Mark Manchio has been an inspiration to Haddonfield.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2011. "But former Sterling great Mark Manchio, 29, one of only three South Jersey wrestlers to win triple crowns - the others were Highland's Joe Melchiore and Absegami's Labe Black - thinks he is fortunate to be on the staff at Haddonfield."
  21. ^ State Champion Wrestlers, New Jersey Wrestling. Accessed October 27, 2011.
  22. ^ Staff. "South Jersey pins down a record nine titles", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 11, 2002. Accessed October 27, 2011. "Paulsboro's Tom Curl and Cherry Hill West's Ryan Cunningham successfully defended their titles, and Sterling's Ivan Wiggins and Camden Catholic's Bob Stinson avenged heart-breaking losses to claim their first titles..."
  23. ^ Carchidi, Sam. "DiPatri got the most out of his Sterling ballclub", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13, 2004. Accessed June 26, 2011. "In 2003, his first season as Sterling's coach, the Silver Knights went 25-4-1 and won the Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic crown for the second straight season."
  24. ^ School Directory, Sterling High School. Accessed January 8, 2012.
  25. ^ Camden County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  26. ^ Sam Carchidi - Sterling H.S. Sportswriter - 2007, South Jersey Baseball Hall of Fame. Accessed June 26, 2011. "He has been covering South Jersey high school sports for nearly 35 years, starting while a student at Sterling High School. Carchidi also covered college and professional sports for The Inquirer and has authored 'Bill Campbell The Voice of Philadelphia Sports"
  27. ^ Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club. Accessed April 12, 2008.
  28. ^ Finally, Lee earns Big Ten recognition. "Members of the team, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, expected to attend include quarterback Todd Blackledge, tailback Curt Warner, wide receivers Kenny Jackson and Gregg Garrity, linebacker Scott Radecic and team captains Walker Lee Ashley and Ken Kelley." Accessed February 11, 2009.

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