Swedesboro High School

Swedesboro High School was a public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grade in Swedesboro, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school was operated by the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District starting in 1923. The school closed in June 1963 in advance of the opening of Kingsway Regional High School the following September.

The school was constructed in 1923 at a cost of $233,000 (equivalent to $4.2 million in 2023), and was described by the county superintendent as the "costliest school in the county".^[1] The school served students from Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, while students from East Greenwich Township and Logan Township attended as part of sending/receiving relationships. The school offered a curriculum that also included agricultural education.^[2] The school closed in June 1963, in advance of the opening of the new Kingsway Regional High School.^[3]

Notable alumni

Earl Rapp (1921–1992), professional baseball outfielder and scout, who played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants, St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators.^[4]

References

^ Stanley, Lois M; and Shiveler, Russell C. Jr. Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, p.100. Arcadia Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9781467103749. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 to 1963 as a secondary school and educated students from Swedesboro, Woolwich, and East Greenwich. The brick Colonial-style building cost $233,000 fully furnished. According to the county superintendent at the time, Swedesboro had the costliest school in the county. The building currently houses grade six of the Swedesboro-Woolwich District."
^ Forand, Rebecca. "Swedesboro High School's last graduating class holds 50 year class reunion", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 until 1963 and educated students from the Swedesboro-Woolwich area, as well as those who were sent from Logan and East Greenwich townships. Now, kids from those areas, as well as those from South Harrison, meet at Kingsway High School, where the most recent graduating class was one of more than 340. Swedesboro’s final graduating class was one of 68 students who studied things like agriculture alongside their regular curriculum to fit in with the farming community they lived in."
^ "Kingsway School Will Open Sept. 5", Courier-Post, August 20, 1963. Accessed April 28, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The $1,750,000 Kingsway Regional Junior-Senior High School will open Sept. 5 with an expected enrollment of 670 pupils, Robert S. Costill, superintendent, said. With a tradition and history passed on from the 40-year-old Swedesboro High School, which it replaces, Kingsway will start operations with sophomore, junior and senior classes inherited from Swedesboro High School. Children from Swedesboro, Woolwich, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Logan Townships will attend the new facility during the 1963-64 term, Costill said."
^ Carter, Bo. Earl Rapp, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Rapp was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 18 in 1940 after a four-sport career at Old Swede [sic] High School in Swedesboro."

[1] Stanley, Lois M; and Shiveler, Russell C. Jr. Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, p.100. Arcadia Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9781467103749. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 to 1963 as a secondary school and educated students from Swedesboro, Woolwich, and East Greenwich. The brick Colonial-style building cost $233,000 fully furnished. According to the county superintendent at the time, Swedesboro had the costliest school in the county. The building currently houses grade six of the Swedesboro-Woolwich District."

[2] Forand, Rebecca. "Swedesboro High School's last graduating class holds 50 year class reunion", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 until 1963 and educated students from the Swedesboro-Woolwich area, as well as those who were sent from Logan and East Greenwich townships. Now, kids from those areas, as well as those from South Harrison, meet at Kingsway High School, where the most recent graduating class was one of more than 340. Swedesboro’s final graduating class was one of 68 students who studied things like agriculture alongside their regular curriculum to fit in with the farming community they lived in."

[3] "Kingsway School Will Open Sept. 5", Courier-Post, August 20, 1963. Accessed April 28, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The $1,750,000 Kingsway Regional Junior-Senior High School will open Sept. 5 with an expected enrollment of 670 pupils, Robert S. Costill, superintendent, said. With a tradition and history passed on from the 40-year-old Swedesboro High School, which it replaces, Kingsway will start operations with sophomore, junior and senior classes inherited from Swedesboro High School. Children from Swedesboro, Woolwich, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Logan Townships will attend the new facility during the 1963-64 term, Costill said."

[4] Carter, Bo. Earl Rapp, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Rapp was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies at the age of 18 in 1940 after a four-sport career at Old Swede [sic] High School in Swedesboro."

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