Lakewood High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School
name = Lakewood High School


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established =
grades = 9 - 12
district = Lakewood School District
type = Public high school
principal = Gil Suarez
asst principal = Jan Andersen
Wes Bailey
enrollment = 1,314 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 108.2 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.1
nickname = Piners
conference = Shore Conference
colors = Blue and white
publication =
location = 855 Somerset Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701
information = 732-905-3500
website = [http://www.lakewood.k12.nj.us/school.asp?sch=lhs School website]

Lakewood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States as part of the Lakewood School District.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,314 students and 108.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408220&ID=340822004636 Lakewood High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 14, 2008.]

The school was the 300th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 288th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Athletics

The Lakewood High School Piners compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. [ [http://www.shoreconference.org/school_info.php School Info] , Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Administration

Core member of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.lakewood.k12.nj.us/lhs/contacts.htm Contacts] , Lakewood High School. Accessed August 14, 2008.]
*Gil Suarez - Principal
*Jan Andersen - Assistant Principal
*Wes Bailey - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

* Marc Ecko (born 1972), founder and CEO of *eckō Unltd. [Walker, Rob. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/magazine/10ECKO.html?ei=5088&en=0a4d5654df1b7f33&ex=1278648000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print "Cul-de-Sac Cred"] , "The New York Times", July 10, 2005. "Marc Milecofsky grew up in Lakewood, N.J., about an hour and a half south of Manhattan.... He also figured out that not every place was as ethnically and culturally diverse as Lakewood's public schools, where there were as many black and Latino students as whites.... Ecko went to the Rutgers School of Pharmacy, where being a white hip-hop fan was more unusual than it had been at Lakewood High"]
* Damian Hahn, Wrestler, 3X NJ State Champion, 3X All American at Minnesota, and 2X NCAA Champion. [Myers, Erin. [http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/stories/111504aad.html "Featured Wrestler of the Month: Father's dreams live on in son] , CSTV, November 15, 2004. Accessed June 15, 2007.] [White, Mike. [http://examiner.gmnews.com/News/2004/0311/Sports/ "Lakewood duo brings home Region VI titles"] , "Allentown Examiner", March 11, 2004. Accessed June 15, 2007. "The Lakewood High School wrestling team made a huge impact at last weekend’s NJSIAA Region VI Wrestling Tournament. The Piners walked away with a pair of wrestlers who captured titles. Oscar Orellana and Matt Rizzo became the first wrestlers at Lakewood to win regional titles since the legendary Damian Hahn won the last of his four region titles four years ago."]
* J. R. Smith (born 1985), National Basketball Association player currently with the Denver Nuggets. [ [http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/jr_smith_bio.html Earl "J.R." Smith player profile] , USA Basketball, accessed March 3, 2007. "As a sophomore attended Lakewood High School (N.J.), and aided his squad to a 23-6 record and the South Jersey Group 3 championship, averaged 27.0 ppg., 8.0 rpg. and 3.0 bpg."]

References

External links

* [http://www.lakewood.k12.nj.us/lhs Lakewood High School website]
* [http://www.lakewood.k12.nj.us/ Lakewood School District]
*NJReportCard|29|2520|0|Lakewood School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408220 Lakewood School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.digitalsports.com/school/id/14861.aspx DigitalSports Lakewood Homepage]