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The administration and teaching faculty are composed of [[Felician Sisters]] and lay people. All 70 faculty members hold a B.S. or B.A. degree; a significant percentage have M.A. degrees and some hold a Ph.D. Bishop George Ahr High School is overseen by the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] and has been accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.<ref name=CSS-MSA>[http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ025)&org=CSS Bishop George Ahr High School], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed October 3, 2011.</ref> |
The administration and teaching faculty are composed of [[Felician Sisters]] and lay people. All 70 faculty members hold a B.S. or B.A. degree; a significant percentage have M.A. degrees and some hold a Ph.D. Bishop George Ahr High School is overseen by the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] and has been accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.<ref name=CSS-MSA>[http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ025)&org=CSS Bishop George Ahr High School], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed October 3, 2011.</ref> |
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==Incident== |
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In 2010, a woman employed by the school as the girls swimming coach was fired after pleading guilty to sexual criminal misconduct with one of the girls on the team.<ref>Serrano, Ken. [http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100930/NEWS/9300388/Former-Bishop-Ahr-swim-coach-gets-jail-probation-sex-student "Former Bishop Ahr swim coach gets jail, probation for sex with student"], MyCentralJersey.com, September 30, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011.</ref> |
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==Athletics== |
==Athletics== |
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| Bishop George Ahr High School | |
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| Address | |
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1 Tingley Lane , , 08820 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°34′41″N 74°22′35″W / 40.57806°N 74.37639°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Diocese of Metuchen |
| Principal | Sr. Donna Marie Trukowski[1] |
| Faculty | 59.4 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 946[4] (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.9:1 |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and White |
| Athletics conference | Greater Middlesex Conference |
| Team name | Trojans |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Publication | Reflections (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Satoma |
| Yearbook | Insight |
| Tuition | $9,900 (2011-12)[2] |
| Athletic Director | Michael Wolfthal[1] |
| Website | http://www.bgahs.org |
Bishop George Ahr High School, also known as Bishop Ahr, Ahr or BGA, is a four-year, private, coeducational Roman Catholic high school located on a campus covering 36 acres (15 ha) in the northern section in Edison, New Jersey. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen.[5] The school opened in 1969 as St. Thomas Aquinas High School, and was renamed for Bishop George Ahr in 1984.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 946 students and 59.4 classroom teacher for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9.[4] Students come from Middlesex, Union, Monmouth, and Somerset Counties in Central New Jersey.
The administration and teaching faculty are composed of Felician Sisters and lay people. All 70 faculty members hold a B.S. or B.A. degree; a significant percentage have M.A. degrees and some hold a Ph.D. Bishop George Ahr High School is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.[3]
Incident
In 2010, a woman employed by the school as the girls swimming coach was fired after pleading guilty to sexual criminal misconduct with one of the girls on the team.[6]
Athletics
The Bishop George Ahr High School Trojans compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[7]
For three consecutive seasons, 1984–1986, the football team was the Non-Public South A sectional champions.[8][9] The football team was champion of the Middlesex County Blue Division in 2005, 2007, and 2008.[10]
The wrestling team won the 2007 Non-Public South B sectional championship with a 46-27 win over Holy Cross.[11]
The 1996 Baseball team won the Greater Middlesex County Tournament with a win over rival Edison High School. Senior pitcher Kevin Lawrence pitched to a 12-0 record that year to lead the team to a 21-6 record.
The 2006 baseball team won the Non-Public South A sectional championship over St. Augustine, 16-15.[12]
The swimming team won the Greater Middlesex Conference for three years running-- from 2005-2007-- and again in 2011.
The gymnastic team captured state titles for five consecutive years, from 2003-2007.
In 2009, the Trojans made their way past the opening state game for the first time in seven years under the first year coaching of Missy Magyar. The softball team took the Non-Public South A Sectional title, shutting out both Holy Spirit High School and Camden Catholic High School, and won the tournament final by a 2-1 score over Gloucester Catholic High School to win the team's first sectional title since 2000.[13] The team were runners up for the Non Public A State Tournament to Immaculate Heart Academy, losing 5-4 after IHA tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the 7th and each team scored a single run in the 10th, before IHA won the game with an 11th-inning run.[14]
Notable alumni
- Ed Kalegi (born 1967), actor / radio personality / host / voice actor.[15]
- Tom DeSanto (born 1968), producer of the X-Men movies and Transformers.[citation needed]
- Kevin Mulvey (born 1985), drafted by the New York Mets as their first pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.[16]
- Ivette Sosa (born 1976), a member of the disbanded girl group, Eden's Crush.[17]
- Darrin Winston (1966–2008), Major League Baseball player who played two seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d Staff, Bishop George Ahr High School. Accessed December 24, 2011.
- ^ BISHOP GEORGE AHR HIGH SCHOOL FAMILY TUITION PLAN FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012, Bishop George Ahr High School. Accessed December 24, 2011.
- ^ a b Bishop George Ahr High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed October 3, 2011.
- ^ a b Data for Bishop George Ahr High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 3, 2011.
- ^ School Directory, Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Accessed October 3, 2011.
- ^ Serrano, Ken. "Former Bishop Ahr swim coach gets jail, probation for sex with student", MyCentralJersey.com, September 30, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 3, 2011.
- ^ Franklin, Paul. "OVERTIME: A LOOK BACK AT THE WEEKEND GMC showed some muscle", Home News Tribune, November 24, 2003. Accessed October 3, 2011. ""Bishop Ahr director of athletics Mike Wolfthal points out that in a recent article about Middlesex County schools that have won state sectional championships over the years we forgot the parochials". So let it be noted that Bishop Ahr won South A championships in 1984, 1985 and 1986."
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 24, 2011.
- ^ Haley, John. "MIDDLESEX COUNTY FOOTBALL BLOG: All-time GMC champions chart", The Star-Ledger, November 4, 2009. Accessed October 3, 2011.
- ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - Non-Public, South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
- ^ 2006 Baseball - Non-Public, South A, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
- ^ Iezzi, Bill. "Plate call pulls plug on Rams' hopes", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 3, 2009. Accessed October 3, 2011. "Ahr (24-2), the second seed, won its first sectional trophy since 2000, when its coach, Missy Magyar, was a junior playing shortstop for the Trojans.... The Trojans, who shut out Holy Spirit, 13-0, and Camden Catholic, 2-0, to advance to the final, demonstrated that they could get their bats on the ball one through nine."
- ^ Staff. "Immaculate Heart 5, Bishop Ahr 4", The Star-Ledger, June 7, 2009. Accessed October 3, 2011. "Carly Piccinich, who sent the game into extra innings with a steal of home in the top of the seventh, drove in the go-ahead run with a groundout in the 11th to lift IHA, No. 1 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, to a 5-4 victory over unranked Bishop Ahr in the championship game of the NJSIAA/Blue Ribbon Awards Non-Public A tournament at Toms River East."
- ^ Biography, Ed Kalegi. Accessed December 24, 2011. "Some years later, Ed’s acting abilities were first cultivated at Bishop George Ahr/St. Thomas High School in Edison, NJ during the early 1980s under the tutelage of Drama Director Gordon Inverno."
- ^ Mets sign RHP Kevin Mulvey, Major League Baseball press release dated August 9, 2007. Accessed June 12, 2007. "Mulvey, 21, is a native of Parlin, N.J., and graduated from Bishop George Ahr High School in New Jersey."
- ^ Junior, Chris M. "Edison native on brink of stardom", Courier News (New Jersey), March 2, 2001. Accessed March 22, 2011. "Sosa, a 1994 graduate of Edison's Bishop George Ahr High School, found out about Popstars through her agent Gary Krasny."
- ^ Staff. "DARRIN A. WINSTON, 42, of Clarksburg in MILLSTONE TOWNSHIP", Asbury Park Press, August 17, 2008. Accessed September 4, 2008. "Winston, who was 42, starred at Bishop Ahr High School in Edison before moving on to Rutgers. "