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Buena Regional High School
Location
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125 Weymouth Road
Buena, NJ 08310
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1973
School districtBuena Regional School District
PrincipalMoses White
Faculty59.2 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment882 (as of 2010-11)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.90:1[1]
Color(s)Royal Blue and Gold
Athletics conferenceCape-Atlantic League
Team nameChiefs
WebsiteSchool website

Buena Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school founded in 1971 to serve students in grades 9 - 12 from five communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Buena Regional School District. Municipalities served by the district are Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township. The school opened in September 1973.

Students from Newfield, a non-operating school district, along with students from both Estell Manor and Weymouth Township, attend Buena Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[2]

As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 882 students and 59.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.90:1. There were 121 students (13.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 50 (5.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

An addition completed in 1999 added six new classrooms and two state-of-the-art science labs.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 316th-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 297th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[3] The magazine ranked the school 286th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] The school was ranked 289th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5]

Curriculum

The curriculum offerings include Advanced Placement (AP) courses in AP Calculus, AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History and AP Chemistry.[6]

Athletics

The Buena Regional High School Chiefs compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[7]

Buena Regional High School's athletic department boasts teams in boys and girls basketball, tennis, and soccer, as well as baseball and softball, girls' field hockey, boys' wrestling,boys and girls spring and winter track, cross country and football. There are cheerleading squads for Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball and football. The football team claimed a South Jersey state championship in 1988, as well as reaching the state championship game in 2002, only to lose in overtime on a controversial goal-line stand. The boys' cross country team won the school's only state championship in 1988 as well. The baseball team has won or shared 15 league, conference, or division titles in 34 years. The baseball team won a South Jersey Group 2 State title in 2008 under Coach George West. A co-ed swim team was formed for the 2008-09 season. Also the girls cross country team under Michael Falciani has won two consecutive Atlantic County championships, and has been undefeated for three years in their conference.

Arts

The band and choir of Buena Regional have competed extensively throughout the years, with the choir winning a Grand Championship in a national competition in 1992. The Drama Club had floundered throughout the years, suffering from a lack of consistent leadership, having had five directors in twenty years. The Musical Theatre Tradition began in earnest in Buena in 2001 with a production of Oklahoma!. Lately, there has been leadership provided by the choral music director for 10 years who has established a program that has sustained itself financially. The 2010 production of Beauty and the Beast was a huge success, followed by another successful year with the 2011 production of Into the Woods .

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[8]

  • Moses White - Principal
  • Michael Mattina - Vice Principal

References

  1. ^ a b c d Data for Buena Regional High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Uzdavinis, Brian. "Pinelands hampers education in Buenas", Buena Vista Township, copy of article from The Press of Atlantic City, December 7, 2002. Accessed June 10, 2011. "Buena Regional - which serves three sending districts in Newfield, Weymouth Township and Estell Manor, along with Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township - has been asking the state for special needs, or Abbott, designation."
  3. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012.
  4. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  6. ^ Buena Regional High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 10, 2011. "BRHS’s curriculum includes Advanced Placement (AP) program offerings in English Literature and Composition, Calculus, European History, United States History I and II, and Chemistry as well as honors, college preparatory and general course offerings in each of the major content areas."
  7. ^ League Memberships – 2012-2013, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 12, 2012.
  8. ^ Administration, Buena Regional High School. Accessed June 10, 2011.

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