North Hunterdon High School

North Hunterdon High School
Location
1445 Route 31 Annandale, NJ 08801
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1951
School district	North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District
Principal	Michael Hughes
Asst. Principal	John Deutsch Irene Dolan John Hahola
Faculty	116 [1]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,837 (2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.84[1]
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Athletics conference	Skyland Conference
Nickname	Lions, North
Website	School website

North Hunterdon High School is a four-year public high school located in Clinton Township, New Jersey, serving students from six municipalities in northern Hunterdon County as one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Students in the high school hail from Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Bethlehem Township, Franklin Township, Union Township, and Lebanon Borough.^[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,837 students and 116 classroom teachers, for a student-teacher ratio of 15.84.^[1]

The school opened in September 1951 and has undergone several additions over the course of time. Clifford G. Singley was the school's first principal and the football field currently bears his name. Its team nickname is the Lions and its mascot's name is Reggie, in recognition of the early days, when the school was known as Regional.

Awards and recognition

For the 2001-02 school year, North Hunterdon High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education^[3], the highest award an American school can receive.^[4][5]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 23rd in New Jersey and 759th nationwide.^[6] The school was ranked 654th nationwide, the 19th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.^[7] In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, North Hunterdon High School was listed in 587th place, the 11th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.^[8]

The school was the 60th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 43rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[9] The school was ranked 37th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.^[10]

Athletics

North Hunterdon High School competes in the Skyland Conference, which includes public and parochial high schools covering Hunterdon County, Somerset County and Warren County in west Central Jersey, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).^[11]

North Hunterdon High School's football team competes in the annual Milk Can Game against rival Voorhees High School. After the conclusion of the game, a golden milk can is awarded to the winner. This school receives bragging rights and ownership of the can until the next year's game. The 34th annual Milk Can Game was played on November 20, 2009, with North winning 37-21 at Voorhees.^{[12] [13]}

The girls softball team won the 2007 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with an 8-0 win over J. P. Stevens High School.^[14] The 2008 team repeated as sectional champions with a 9-8 nine inning nailbiter over Bridgewater-Raritan High School.^[15]

North Hunterdon won the boys team foil state championship in 2002.^[16] The boys fencing team took home the épée state title in the 03-04 season. In the 08-09 season, the boys fencing team took home the foil state title.^[17] The girls fencing team has taken home foil district champions in 05-06, and 06-07 seasons in addition to a sabre district championship title during the 05-06 season.

In 2010 North Hunterdon Lady Lions Varsity Basketball team went 27-3, winning the program's fourth Group IV state final with a 53-36 win over Eastern High School.^[18]The team lost in the Tournament of Champions to Neptune High School by a score of 53-47.^[19]

In 2010 North Hunterdon Boys Spring Track and Field team went 7-0 and won the Delaware West Division.

Marching band

The North Hunterdon High School Golden Lion Marching Band performs at the football games. The band currently has 133 members and is led by Vincent Angeline and Perry Andrews.

In the 05-06 marching season, the band won first place in the Columbus Day Parade, and performed New York, New York with Joe Piscopo.

In April 2010 they went to Disney World to perform in the Dream Come True Parade. For the 2010-11 season, they played the music of Billy Joel

The Band also performs annually in the New York City Columbus Day Parade, the Clinton Christmas Parade, and the Flemington Memorial Day Parade.

Notable alumni

• Christian Bauman (born 1970), novelist (In Hoboken, Voodoo Lounge and The Ice Beneath You).^[20]
• Jess Cliffe, co-creator of video game, Counter Strike.^{[citation needed]}
• Brendan Cusack (born 1992), international fencing competitor.^[21]
• Leonard Lance (born 1952), serves in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in both the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey Assembly.^[22]
• Anne Marie Lauck (born 1969), runner who competed in the Summer Olympic games in 1996 (10th place in marathon) and 2000 (5000m).^[23]
• Kyp Malone (born 1975), member of the band "TV on the Radio".^[24]
• Peter Ostrum (born 1957), actor, Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.^{[citation needed]}
• Sarah Schneider, actor and writer for the comedy videos and show, College Humor.^{[citation needed]}
• James Valenti (born 1977), tenor.^[25]
• Sharon Van Etten, singer-songwriter.^{[citation needed]}
• Gary Vaynerchuk (born 1975), Host of Wine Library TV (1994).^[26]

See also

• Voorhees High School, which serves students from Glen Gardner Borough, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township, High Bridge Borough, Califon Borough, and Hampton Borough.
• List of high school football rivalries (less than 100 years old)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 2, 2011.
2. ^ About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed March 28, 2011. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township"
3. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 28, 2011.
4. ^ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
5. ^ "Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
6. ^ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: North Hunterdon High School", The Washington Post. Accessed August 2, 2011.
7. ^ Staff. "America's Best High Schools: The List", Newsweek, June 13, 2010. Accessed March 27, 2011.
8. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
9. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 28, 2011.
10. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
11. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 7, 2011.
12. ^ Kimsy, Rich. "Delia, Thorne help Lions regain Milk Can", Courier News, November 17, 2007. Accessed November 17, 2007. "Friday night, North Hunterdon won the rivalry game 24-14, extending its series lead to 20-11-1 while breaking Voorhees' two-year winning streak with a heavy dose of running from junior Ted Delia, who carried 38 times for 128 yards and two touchdowns."
13. ^ Pictures from the 2007 Milk Can Game, Olschool.net, November 16, 2007. Accessed November 29, 2007.
14. ^ 2007 Softball - North II, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed June 1, 2007.
15. ^ 2008 Softball Tournament - North II, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed June 28, 2008.
16. ^ Prunier, Tom. "North Hunterdon boys capture state foil title; Pingry girls win sabre", Courier News, March 3, 2002. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Senior Raph Mannino won nine of his 10 matches to lead the North Hunterdon High School boys fencing team to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association team foil championship Saturday at Voorhees High School."
17. ^ Staff. "Columbia, North Hunterdon and Ramapo take titles at boys squad tournament", The Star-Ledger, March 1, 2009. Accessed September 7, 2011. "Columbia won epee, North Hunterdon took foil and Ramapo earned the sabre title at the NJSIAA/Bollinger squad championships yesterday at North Hunterdon in Annandale."
18. ^ Miller, Barry. "North Hunterdon girls capture Group 4 basketball championship", The Express Times, March 14, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Sophomore guard Jess Pellechio scored 21 points as the North Hunterdon girls basketball team captured its fourth state championship, knocking off Eastern Regional, 50-36, at the Ritacco Center at Toms River North High School.North Hunterdon had previously won three Group 3 championships."
19. ^ Dunleavy, Ryan. "North Hunterdon girls basketball team falls to Neptune in NJ Tournament of Champions semifinal", Home News Tribune, March 18, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Fifth-seeded North Hunterdon was made to digest a sour taste of its own medicine Thursday by top-seeded Neptune, which scored 10 of the first 11 points and led by 14 at the end of eight minutes on the way to a 53-47 win in the Tournament of Champions semifinals at the Ritacco Center."
20. ^ Hyman, Vicki. "Literary Jersey: a look at the state's most famous characters and locations", The Star-Ledger, March 15, 2010. Accessed May 4, 2011. "Christian Bauman, who graduated from North Hunterdon High School and spent a year couch-surfing in Hoboken after getting out of the Army, writes of that time in his novel “In Hoboken,” set in the mid-’90s, as the Mile-Square City transitioned from “In the Waterfront” to “Friends,” a river removed."
21. ^ Wilson, Brad. "North Hunterdon's Brendan Cusack competes in World Fencing Championships in Azerbaijan", The Express-Times, April 4, 2010. Accessed August 2, 2011. "To top it all off, Cusack, a junior at North Hunterdon Regional High School in Clinton Township, will be competing for the Republic of Ireland at the worlds. It's not the typical Easter-break jaunt. Then again, Cusack is not the typical athlete. Cusack, 17, has been fencing since he was 10; he started at the club he still trains at, the Clinton Fencing Club, under coach Eric Bowden. Scholastically, he's a three-time, all-state fencer and went 77-2 last season for North Hunterdon."
22. ^ Biography, Congressman Leonard Lance. Accessed May 4, 2011. "Lance was born in 1952 and raised in Hunterdon County, where he attended North Hunterdon Regional High School."
23. ^ USATF News & Notes, June 5, 2002.
24. ^ Jordan, Chris. "TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone survives high school in Hunterdon County", Home News Tribune, June 4, 2009. Accessed May 4, 2011. "Kyp Malone of Clinton didn't quite fit in at North Hunterdon High School in the late '80s and early '90s."
25. ^ Reich, Ronni. "NJ tenor James Valenti sings at the Richard Tucker Gala", The Star-Ledger, November 15, 2010. Accessed May 4, 2011. "He sang pop songs in high school — he’s a Billy Joel fan, and he still often pays tribute to his Jersey roots by making Bon Jovi’s "Living on a Prayer" his karaoke anthem — but it was his choir teacher at North Hunterdon High School, David Lockart, who convinced him to try out the role of Lt. Cable in South Pacific."
26. ^ Tasting Some New South American Wines – Episode #976 (Podcast). Jan 2011. http://tv.winelibrary.com/2011/01/27/tasting-some-new-south-american-wines-episode-976/. Retrieved Jan 27, 2011. ""I went to North Hunterdon High School"" 

External links

• North Hunterdon High School website
• North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District website
• North Hunterdon High School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics

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