Howell High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School
name = Howell High School


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motto =
established =1964
grades = 9 - 12
district = Freehold Regional High School District
type = Public high school
principal = Zina P. Duerbig
asst principal = Jeremy Braverman
Samuel M. Carollo
Kathleen R. Taler
enrollment = 1,949 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 136.1 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 14.3
teamname = Rebels
conference = Shore Conference
colors = Blue and gray
publication =
location = 405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
information = 732-919-2131
website = [http://www.frhsd.com/howell/ School website]

Howell High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Howell Township, New Jersey, as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. Other students from Howell Township attend Freehold Township High School in Freehold Township. Portions of Howell students used to be sent to Colts Neck High School in Colts Neck Township, but future students in those neighborhoods now attend HHS.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,949 students and 136.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405610&ID=340561003800 Howell High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2007.] The school was the 159th-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 181st 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.]

General information

* The Howell High School mascot is the Rebel. He looks like Yosemite Sam with white hair and a blue uniform. (The mascot was selected due to the school's original name, "Southern Freehold Regional High School," which lasted until the district expanded to three schools in 1968. [ [http://www.frhsd.com/howell/ Howell High School] , accessed April 16, 2007. "As the schools were built, Freehold Regional High School was renamed Freehold High School and Southern Freehold Regional High School was renamed Howell High School."] )
* Blue and gray are the school colors currently, although originally all schools in the district had blue and gold as the school colors at least until the late 1970s. This was originally done so the district could attempt to realize some cost savings on uniforms for extracurriculars.
* The Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) is housed here.
* The Scholar Center for the Humanities is housed here.

Athletics

Howell High School competes 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).

The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 46-13 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the first sectional title in team history. [Behre, Bob. [http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1196494507250710.xml&coll=1 "Howell cruises to crown"] , "The Star-Ledger", December 1, 2007. Accessed December 5, 2007. "Howell, No. 16 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, never took its foot off the gas en route to a 46-13 victory and the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 4 championship last night at Rutgers Stadium. It is the first sectional title for Howell, which had lost in its first final-round appearance a year ago, 42-24 to Hunterdon Central."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20IV 2007 Football - Central, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 5, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.frhsd.com/howell/index.php?q=node/16 Our Administrative Team] , Howell High School. Accessed August 10, 2008.]
*Zina P. Duerbig - Warrior Principal
*Samuel M. Carollo - Assistant Principal
*Jeremy Braverman - Assistant Principal
*Kathleen R. Taler - Assistant Principal

Other high schools in the district

The other schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405610 Data for the Freehold Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 25, 2008.] ) are:
*Colts Neck High School - 1,766 students from Colts Neck and portions of Marlboro.
*Freehold High School - 1,385 students from Freehold Borough and portions of Freehold Township.
*Freehold Township High School - 2,144 students from portions of Freehold Township, Howell and Manalapan.
*Manalapan High School - 1,973 students from portions of Manalapan and Englishtown.
*Marlboro High School - 2,241 students from portions of Marlboro.

Notable alumni

* Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), ESPN Sports Reporter. [ [http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2006/0920/Front_Page/054.html Down Memory Lane] . "Farmingdale News Transcript", September 20, 2006.]
* Lindsey Gallo (born 1981), middle-distance runner. [Morris, Tim. [http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/News/2001/1024/Sports/036.html "Howell’s Gallo is No. 1 for Michigan X-country team"] , "Farmingdale News Transcript", October 24, 2001. Accessed July 5, 2007. "Lindsey Gallo has always thrived on challenges. It’s that competitive drive that made her a state champion and an all-American at Howell High School, where she established herself as the greatest female distance runner in Freehold Regional High School District history."]
* Karl Girolamo, actor with recurring role on the daytime soap "As the World Turns". [ [http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/atwt/interviews/karlgirolamo/ Seven Minutes With Kevin] , "Soap Opera Digest", accessed December 19, 2006. "I'm originally from Staten Island, NY, and then I moved to Howell, NJ, when I was 12 years old. I went to Howell High School and took acting classes there. "]
* Kevin Interdonato, actor who has appeared on several episodes of the HBO series "The Sopranos". [O'Sullivan, Eleanor. [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080405/NEWS01/804050421 "Film Fest marks N.J. ties"] , "Asbury Park Press", April 5, 2008. Accessed June 6, 2008. "Interdonato, a 1997 graduate of Howell High School, is an actor with credits that include TV's "The Sopranos" and two upcoming feature films."]
* Scott Allen Miller, radio talk show host. Miller also attended the Performing Arts Center.Fact|date=June 2008
* Tom Pelphrey (born 1982), actor, "Guiding Light" and Daytime Emmy Award winner. [ [http://www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2004/10/05/InsideBeat/Meet-Tom.Pelphrey-741931.shtml?norewrite200612050057&sourcedomain=www.dailytargum.com Meet Tom Pelphrey: Kristen Hamill chats with the Mason Gross graduate, who now can be seen on The Guiding Light] , "The Daily Targum", October 5, 2004]
* Kal Penn (born 1977), actor. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671980/bio Biography for Kal Penn] , accessed November 23, 2006] Penn attended the Performing Arts program at Howell but attended Freehold Township High School during his senior year in the 1994-1995 school year and subsequently graduated from there.
* Amy Polumbo (born 1984), Miss New Jersey 2007. [Hagarty, Keith. [http://howelltimes.micromediapubs.com/news/2007/0622/Front_Page/002.html "Howell College Student Crowned Miss New Jersey"] , "The Howell Times", June 22, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Thanking all her friends and family who supported her every step of the way, 22 year old township resident and 2003 Howell High School graduate, Amy Polumbo, was recently crowned Miss New Jersey 2007."]
* Joe Sernio (born 1980), actor who has appeared on "As The World Turns", "Love Monkey", "Haunting Evidence and other television and film productions.Fact|date=June 2008
*Denny Walling (born 1954), Major league baseball player in the 1980s who played predominantly for the Houston Astros. [Mulrenin, Patrick. [http://mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20030227&content_id=205341&vkey=spt2003news&fext=.jsp&c_id=spt2003news "Walling all about subtle suggestions"] , New York Mets, February 27, 2003. Accessed June 30, 2008. "Walling's reunion with Howe is a homecoming of sorts. The Neptune, N.J., native graduated from Howell High School and attended Brookdale College."]

References

External links

* [http://www.frhsd.com/howell/ Howell High School website]
* [http://www.frhsd.com/ Freehold Regional High School District website]
*NJReportCard|25|1650|060|Howell High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405610 Data for the Freehold Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.digitalsports.com/school/id/12701.aspx DigitalSports Howell Homepage]