Somerville High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School
name = Somerville High School


motto =
established = c. 1909
type = Public high school
Campus = suburban
principal = Timothy O'Halloran
asst principal = Patricia Bucci
enrollment = 1,028 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 83.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.3
colors = Orange and Black
mascot = Pioneers
conference = Skyland Conference
location = 222 Davenport Street
Somerville, NJ 08876
United States
information = 908-218-4108
website = [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/high_school/home.cfm Somerville High School]

Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school of the Somerville Public Schools serving students from Somerville and Branchburg Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Timothy O'Halloran is the school's principal. Other administrative positions are filled by Patricia Bucci (assistant principal), Gerard Foley (head of guidance), and Jeffrey Caulfied (disciplinarian).

Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Branchburg Township School District. [ [http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/schools/districts.htm Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional] , Somerset County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed August 2, 2008.]

Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses (such as AP United States Government and Politics) and the Senior Options Program at Raritan Valley Community College allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school. During the 2004-05 school year, students enrolled in thirteen AP courses. The 2005-06 school year offerings include AP Biology, AP Calculus (AB/BC), AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language and AP United States History.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,028 students and 83.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415090&ID=341509005284 Somerville High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 4, 2007.]

Awards and Recognition

The school was the 73rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 74th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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

Somerville High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west central New Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).]

The boys soccer team won the 2006/2007 Central, Group II state sectional championship with a 3-1 win over Raritan High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=186283&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20II 2006 Boys Soccer Tournament - Central, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.] In 2007, the boys soccer team repeated as sectional champion with a 2-0 win over Shore Regional High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=243094&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20II 2007 Boys Soccer - Central, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 14, 2007.]

The girls soccer team defeated Shore Regional High School 3-1 to win the 2006 Central, Group II sectional title. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=186262&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20II 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Central, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.]

The Boys Track team has been the most dominant sport in the school during the past decade. Going into the 2008 spring season, the team has won 62 dual meets in a row. They have been the Central Jersey Group II sectional champions the past seven years, and have won five Group II State Championships in that period.Fact|date=January 2008

SHS Marching Band

The Somerville High School Pioneer Marching Band finished off their season performing this years theme, "The Land of Make Believe" at a Competition at Giants Stadium. They scored an overall superior rating of 93.175. The band was led by band director Matthew Krempasky and assisted by Mr. Stephen Lorretti.

Robotics

Somerville's robotics team is Team 102, The Dexterous Gearheads. Team102 participates in the Trenton and Long Island FIRST regionals. Recent awards include the Judges award in Trenton (2008) and the Motorola Enginnering Design Award at Long Island (2007). The team has been to Atlanta in 2007 and other years prior.

Notable alumni

*Raymond Bateman (born 1927), New Jersey Senate president (1970-1972) and Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey (1977).
*Ben Carnevale (1915-2008), basketball coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970. [Frezza Jr., Harry. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0FA2BC26006C27FA&p_docnum=8&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=K45J4ASBMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Raritan man attends Final Four for 57th time"] , "Courier News", April 1, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Ben Carnevale, who turns 86 on Oct. 30, has had the kind of life some people might call legendary. In fact, when you look at his life, which began in a house just off the last trolley stop on Gaston Avenue in Raritan Borough, you might agree. The 1934 Somerville High School graduate is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He is also the winningest coach in United States Naval Academy history, a survivor of a ship that was torpedoed during World War II, and somebody who had a lot to do with building the NCAA basketball tournament."]
*Paul Robeson (1898-1976), American athlete, bass-baritone, concert singer, and civil rights activist. [ [http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/PaulRobeson/Youth/prhigh.htm Paul Robeson - High School] , accessed April 15, 2007. "Paul attended school in Somerville and graduated from Somerville High School in 1915."]

References

External links

* [http://www.somervillenjk12.org/ Somerville High School]
*NJReportCard|35|4820|050|Somerville High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415090 Data for the Somerville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53033 Public School Review: Somerville High School]