Highland Regional High School

Infobox_School
name = Highland Regional High School


imagesize = 120px
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established =
type = Public high school
principal = Frank Palatucci
viceprincipal = Thomas Storer (9th)
Harold Little (10th)
Kasha Giddins (11th)
Ronald Strauss (12th)
enrollment = 1,220 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 72.9 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 16.7
conference = Tri-County Conference
mascot = Scotty the Tartan
location = 450 Erial Road
flagicon|New Jersey Blackwood, NJ 08012
information = 856-227-4100
website = [http://www.bhprsd.org/Highland/ School website]

Highland Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Blackwood, New Jersey. Its mascot is the Tartan.

The school is part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey. The sending municipalities are Bellmawr, Gloucester Township, and Runnemede.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the high school has 349 students in 9th grade, 318 students in 10th grade, 281 students in 11th grade, 262 students in 12th grade, and 10 students who are ungraded. With 1,220 students and 72.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), the school has a student-teacher ratio of 16.7. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401770&ID=340177001336 Data for Highland Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 6, 2007.]

The school was the 269th-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 224th 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.]

The school is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

Athletics

Highland Regional High School competes in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High School, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students. [ [http://njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/07South.pdf NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification] . Accessed July 31, 2007.]

In 2004, the girls basketball team won the South, Group III state sectional championship, their first in Group III, with an 82-45 win against Woodrow Wilson High School. [Skaf, Lian. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=1013CE7B72D50AA4&p_docnum=45&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=K5CH50PHMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "No doubting Highland"] , "Courier-Post", March 9, 2004. Accessed August 19, 2007. "The top-seeded Tartans jumped to a 21-11 first-quarter lead en route to an 82-45 win over second-seeded Woodrow Wilson to win the South Jersey Group 3 title."] [Santoliquito, Joe. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=1013F8EAA9227C81&p_docnum=46&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=K5CH50PHMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Highland gets revenge as it devastates Wilson - Lisa Steele scored 28 points for the Tartans, who"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", March 9, 2004. Accessed August 19, 2007. "All of that frustration poured out last night, as Steele led the Tartans to a dominating 82-45 victory over Wilson in the South Jersey Group 3 title game at Cherry Hill High School East. It was the first Group 3 title for Highland, which improved to 28-0. Wilson fell to 25-2."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=56611&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20III 2004 Girls Basketball - South, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.]

Marching Band

The Highland Regional Marching Band has made great strides in the Tournament of Bands competitions during the last several years. Recently, in 2005, the marching band won 4th place at the 2005 Chapter One Championship.

The band was Chapter One Champions in 2005 and 2006, and were the 2002 Atlantic Coast Invitational Champion in Group 1. [ [http://www.tob1.org/history.html Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History] , Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.]

The school's indoor color guard was the Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic Novice champions in 2006 and the Scholastic Intermediate A champions in 2007.

The school's indoor drumline was the Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic Open champions in 2001 and the Scholastic A champions in 2005.

School prayer case

In 1993, Highland Regional High School students voted to allow a prayer before their graduation ceremony. The school district was quickly sued by a graduating senior with the support of the New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union over separation of church and state. The case was heard by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against the school district in a 9-4 decision. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined the dissenting opinion. [cite web | url=http://atheism.about.com/library/decisions/religion/bl_l_ACLUBlackHorse.htm | title=ACLU v. Black Horse Regional Board of Education (1995): Supreme Court Decisions on Religious Liberty - Summary by "About.com" | accessdate=December 16 | accessyear=2005]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.bhprsd.org/Highland/Administration/Admin-H.htm Administration] , Highland Regional High School. Accessed August 26, 2008.]
*Frank Palatucci - Principal
*Thomas Storer - 9th Grade Vice-Principal
*Harold Little - 10th Grade Vice-Principal
*Kasha Giddins - 11th Grade Vice-Principal
*Ronald Strauss - 12th Grade Vice-Principal

Notable alumni

*Ryan Buchter, drafted by Washington Nationals in 2005. [ [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/B/ryan-buchter.shtml Ryan Buchter profile] , baseballcube.com. Accessed July 5, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bhprsd.org/Highland/ Highland Regional High School official site]
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/highland/ Highland sports news coverage]
*NJReportCard|07|0390|020|Highland Regional High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401770&ID=340177001336 Data for Highland Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://highlandmusic.org/ Highland Music Webpage]