Warren Hills High School
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| 41 Jackson Valley Road Washington, NJ 07882 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Warren Hills Regional School District |
| Principal | Earl C. Clymer, III |
| Asst. Principal | Ronald Griffith Patricia Hetrick Frank Loughlin |
| Faculty | 84 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,354 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.12[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Nickname | Blue Streaks |
| Affiliation | Skyland Conference |
| Website | School website |
Warren Hills Regional High School is a four-year public high school located in Washington Borough in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Warren Hills Regional School District, and offers a comprehensive education for students in grades 9 through 12. The student population includes students from Washington Borough, Washington Township, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, and Franklin Township.[2][3]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,354 students and 84 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis) for a student–teacher ratio of 16.12.[1]
The school was opened in 1968 to replace an overcrowded Washington High School, which became the Warren Hills Regional Middle School for the new regional district. The building received an expansion in the early 1990s, which included a new library and gym. Construction was recently finished on a new expansion to meet growing enrollment in the district.[2]
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[edit] Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 202nd-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. The school was ranked 179th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 173rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 54 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (79.6%) and language arts literacy (94.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]
[edit] Controversy
The school has had quite a bit of controversy in recent years as a court case in 2002 was filed by a student for wearing a shirt the school deemed inappropriate. The student was suspended after refusing to turn his shirt inside out. The student eventually filed a case that led to a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[6]
[edit] Athletics
The High School's athletic teams, known as the Blue Streaks (named after the Cold War ballistic missile "Blue Streak" which was designed by a former resident of the region), compete in the Skyland Conference against teams in Warren, Hunterdon, and Somerset Counties, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[7] Some of the schools biggest sports rivals include nearby Hackettstown High School and Phillipsburg High School.
Warren Hills Wrestling was started in 1936 by Frank Bennett, a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum who also started the program at Fair Lawn High School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.[8] Warren Hills wrestling ranks second all-time in the number of individual State Champions crowned.[citation needed] It has produced such notables as Dan Slack, who beat future Olympian Bruce Baumgartner on the way to the State Heavyweight crown in 1977, and Ben Oberly who was a two-time State Champion (and placed 3rd his sophomore year) and ranked #1 at his weight in the nation in 1986.[9] After a period of stability in the coaching ranks with John Goles, Richard Kerr, and Jim Reynolds serving almost 50 years at the school, there has been much turnover within the last decade. The traditional rivalry with Phillipsburg has been lopsided in recent years, though those who saw the 1990 Warren Hills State Champion Team beat Phillipsburg twice in one year got some much-needed satisfaction.
Warren Hills holds one of the state's oldest wrestling tournaments the John Goles Tournament, held to honor one of the school's greatest coaches, and includes schools from around the area. At the end of the tournament one school is crowned as the champion of the tournament as well as the wrestler that wins the tournament. Every year the wrestling team honors the record holders from previous events.
The wrestling team won the 2007 North II, Group III state sectional championship with a 33-29 win against Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.[10]
2008-09 Warren Hills Girls Bowling went 10-0 after the 2007-08 record was only 3-7. They were Section and Division Champions and finished 15th in the State.
The 2000 Football team won the North II Group III state sectional title, with a 21-14 win against West Morris Central High School.[11][12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Data for Warren Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 1, 2011.
- ^ a b History, Warren Hills Regional School District. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ Schools & Education, Washington Township. Accessed March 6, 2012. "Students in grades 7 and up attend the schools of the Warren Hills Regional School District. Warren Hills is a Grade 7-12 district in Warren County that serves approximately 2,100 students from the municipalities of Washington Borough, Washington Township, Mansfield Township, Franklin Township and Oxford Township (for 9-12 only). Students in grades 7 and 8 attend Warren Hills Regional Middle School (745 students) and students in grades 9 - 12 attend Warren Hills Regional High School (1,377 students)."
- ^ "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, September 2010, posted August 16, 2010. Accessed April, 2011.
- ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ THOMAS SYPNIEWSKI, JR.; MATTHEW SYPNIEWSKI; BRIAN SYPNIEWSKI v. WARREN HILLS REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, October 3, 2002. Accessed May 23, 2008.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ Frank Bennett, National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Accessed March 6, 2012. "He was instrumental in starting wrestling at Liberty High School in Pennsylvania in 1928, Washington High School in New Jersey in 1936 and Fair Lawn in 1946."
- ^ State Champions, New Jersey Wrestling. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North II, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed June 1, 2007.
- ^ Bierman, Fred. "HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL; For Warren Hills and Coach, the Long Wait Pays Off in a State Title", The New York Times, December 3, 2000. Accessed March 6, 2012. "When Bob Lockhart was a player at Warren Hills in the mid-1970's, the Patriots had never won a state championship. When he signed on as an assistant coach 18 years ago, they had still never won a title. In his eighth year as head coach, and with his son as the starting quarterback, Lockhart led Warren Hills to a 21-14 victory over West Morris yesterday to win the Section II, Group III title in New Jersey."
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed March 6, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Warren Hills High School Website
- Warren Hills Regional School District website
- Warren Hills Regional School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Warren Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°46′19″N 74°59′00″W / 40.771889°N 74.983459°W
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