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As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,276 students and 74.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 17.10:1. There were 131 students (10.3% of enrollment) eligible for [[National School Lunch Act|free lunch]] and 39 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.<ref name=NCES>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416970&ID=341697005878 Data for Warren Hills Reg High Sch], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 10, 2012.</ref>
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,276 students and 74.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 17.10:1. There were 131 students (10.3% of enrollment) eligible for [[National School Lunch Act|free lunch]] and 39 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.<ref name=NCES>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416970&ID=341697005878 Data for Warren Hills Reg High Sch], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 10, 2012.</ref>


The new Senior High School located on Jackson Valley Road in Washington Township, N.J. was opened in the Fall of 1967 to replace an overcrowded Washington High School, which was built in the early 1930s on Carlton Avenue in Washington Borough and opened on September 6, 1932 with an enrollment of 292 students. The Washington High School received it's first addition to the west side of the school in 1951 and another expansion was done to the east side in 1957-58. The Washington High School was originally at the now Taylor Street Elementary School which at the time housed all twelve grades in the one school up until 1932. The Taylor Street school was constructed in 1874 when the high school department was begun. The Washington High School on Carlton Avenue became the Warren Hills Regional Junior High School in the Fall of 1967 housing Grades 7, 8, 9 at the same time the Senior High School opened on Jackson Valley Road. The Senior High School building received its first expansion in the early 1990s, which included a new library and gym to move the 9th grade from the junior high to the high school. After the expansion, the junior high become a middle school. A second expansion at the high school during the first decade of the 21st century added more classrooms, office space, gym/weight rooms, and conversion of the original gym to a new library to meet growing enrollment in the district. Recently, the district added an all-purpose athletic field, tennis courts, and practice field on an acquired tract of land on Jackson Valley Road.<ref name=History/>
The new Senior High School located on Jackson Valley Road in Washington Township, N.J. was opened in the Fall of 1967 to replace an overcrowded Washington High School, which was built in the early 1930s on Carlton Avenue in Washington Borough. The Washington High School on Carlton Avenue a opened on September 6, 1932 with an enrollment of 292 students. The Washington High School received it's first addition to the west side of the school in 1951 and another expansion was done to the east side in 1957-58. The Washington High School was originally at the now Taylor Street Elementary School which at the time housed all twelve grades in the one school up until 1932. The Taylor Street school was constructed in 1874 when the high school department was begun. The Washington High School on Carlton Avenue became the Warren Hills Regional Junior High School in the Fall of 1967 housing Grades 7, 8, 9 at the same time the Senior High School opened on Jackson Valley Road when both schools became part of the Warren Hills Regional School District. The Senior High School building received its first expansion in the early 1990s and opened in 1992, which included a new library and gym to move the 9th grade from the junior high to the high school. After the expansion, the junior high become a middle school. A second expansion at the high school during the first decade of the 21st century added more classrooms, office space, gym/weight rooms, and conversion of the original gym to a new library to meet growing enrollment in the district. Recently, the district added an all-purpose athletic field, tennis courts, and practice field on an acquired tract of land on Jackson Valley Road.<ref name=History/>


==Awards, recognition and rankings==
==Awards, recognition and rankings==

Revision as of 20:39, 11 November 2013

Warren Hills High School
Location
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41 Jackson Valley Road
Washington, NJ 07882
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1968
School districtWarren Hills Regional School District
PrincipalEarl C. Clymer, III
Faculty74.6 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment1,276 (as of 2010-11)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.10:1[1]
Color(s)Blue and White    
NicknameBlue Streaks
AffiliationSkyland Conference
WebsiteSchool website

Warren Hills Regional High School is a four-year public high school located on Jackson Valley Road in Washington Township, New Jersey|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, (Warren County); Washington Township, (Warren County, New Jersey); Mansfield Township, (Warren County, New Jersey); Oxford, New Jersey and Oxford Township (both Warren County, New Jersey); and Franklin Township, (Warren County, New Jersey). .[2][3]

As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,276 students and 74.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.10:1. There were 131 students (10.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 39 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The new Senior High School located on Jackson Valley Road in Washington Township, N.J. was opened in the Fall of 1967 to replace an overcrowded Washington High School, which was built in the early 1930s on Carlton Avenue in Washington Borough. The Washington High School on Carlton Avenue a opened on September 6, 1932 with an enrollment of 292 students. The Washington High School received it's first addition to the west side of the school in 1951 and another expansion was done to the east side in 1957-58. The Washington High School was originally at the now Taylor Street Elementary School which at the time housed all twelve grades in the one school up until 1932. The Taylor Street school was constructed in 1874 when the high school department was begun. The Washington High School on Carlton Avenue became the Warren Hills Regional Junior High School in the Fall of 1967 housing Grades 7, 8, 9 at the same time the Senior High School opened on Jackson Valley Road when both schools became part of the Warren Hills Regional School District. The Senior High School building received its first expansion in the early 1990s and opened in 1992, which included a new library and gym to move the 9th grade from the junior high to the high school. After the expansion, the junior high become a middle school. A second expansion at the high school during the first decade of the 21st century added more classrooms, office space, gym/weight rooms, and conversion of the original gym to a new library to meet growing enrollment in the district. Recently, the district added an all-purpose athletic field, tennis courts, and practice field on an acquired tract of land on Jackson Valley Road.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 168th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 202nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 179th in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5] 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).[6]

Controversy

The school had controversy in recent years. 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.[7]

On June 21st, 2013 during the graduation ceremony for the class of 2013, a former student by the name of Alex Haraka streaked across the field. The former student managed to out run both a police officer and man dressed in military uniform. He was later caught 100 yards into the woods behind the stadium and arrested. [8]

Athletics

Athletics logo

The high school's athletic teams, known as the Blue Streaks dates back to at least the inception of the Washington High School on Carlton Avenue which opened September 6, 1932. We are currently seeking the origin of the time the name was adopted, but we have information stating that it dates back to at least 1932. "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).[9] The traditional rival is Hackettstown High School, formerly of the Skyland Conference and now Northwest Jersey Conference, and wrestling/football rival is Phillipsburg High School.

Wrestling

The Warren Hills wrestling program 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.[10] 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.[11] 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 and half. Though traditional rivalry with Phillipsburg is lopsided, those whom witness the 1990 State Champion Blue Streaks beat Phillipsburg twice for the regular and district championship in the same season got some much-needed satisfaction.

Warren Hills holds one of the state's oldest wrestling tournaments the John Goles Tournament, which honors one of the school's greatest coaches, and includes several wrestling programs from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of the winter break tournament, there is a tourney champion and outstanding wrestler trophy presentation. 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 victory against Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.[12]

Football

The football program is a member of the Mid-State Conference-Rartian Division, which covers Group 2 and 3 schools from Warren, Hunterdon, Somerest, and Union counties. The head coach for the 2011 season was Larry Dubiel, who was an assistant coach at the school and former head coach. The team went 3-7 for the season.

The 2000 football team (11-1) won the North II Group III state sectional title, with a 21-14 win against West Morris Central High School.[13][14] Lockhart served as the school's athletic director. The 2012 football team went to the North II Group IV state sectional championship on December 8, 2012 against West Morris Central High School, and lost 35-7.

The program previously won the 1973 NJISSA Central Group and the 1945 North Group I titles. The 1945 team was undefeated under Goles.

The program had an annual Thanksgiving game with rival Hackettstown, until it was deemed too hositile in the 1940s. Flemington (now Hunterdon Central Regional High School) became the Thanksgiving rival until that school desired a closer rival, North Hunterdon High School of Clinton, NJ, in the late 1960s. From late 1960s until the game ended in the mid-1980s, the annual Thanksgiving opponent was Belvidere High School in Belvidere.

Girls athletics

In girls athletic programs, Warren Hills is also noted for its field hockey and bowling programs. Since 1970, the field hockey program won over 500 matches, winning numerous conference titles and several district titles, and since mid-2000s, the girls bowling program is emerging as a perennial powerhouse, which in 2011, went undefeated in 10 matches and won both divisional and section titles to finish 15th in the State.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Data for Warren Hills Reg High Sch, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 10, 2012.
  2. ^ a b History, Warren Hills Regional School District. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  3. ^ 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)."
  4. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  5. ^ "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, September 2010, posted August 16, 2010. Accessed April, 2011.
  6. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2013/06/streaker_arrested_at_warren_hi.html
  9. ^ League Memberships – 2012-2013, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 27, 2012.
  10. ^ 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."
  11. ^ State Champions, New Jersey Wrestling. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  12. ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North II, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 1, 2007.
  13. ^ 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."
  14. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 6, 2012.

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