Jackson Memorial High School

Infobox_School
name = Jackson Memorial High School


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established = 1964
grades = 9 - 12
district = Jackson School District
type = Public high school
principal = Anthony Gaita
viceprincipal = Lynn Coddington
Carl J. Perino
asst principal = Thomas Tarver
enrollment = 2,910 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 182.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.9
conference = Shore Conference
mascot = Jaguars
colors = Red & Black
location = 101 Don Connor Boulevard
Jackson, NJ 08527
information = 732-833-4670
website = [http://memorial.jacksonsd.org/ School website]

Jackson Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Jackson School District. It is the sister high school of Jackson Liberty High School, which first opened in the late summer of 2006.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,910 students and 182.5 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 15.9. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407740&ID=340774004612 Jackson Memorial High School] , National Center for Education Statistics.]

The school was the 214th-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 193rd 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.]

History

Jackson Memorial High School first opened in 1964. Before then, students living in Jackson attended Lakewood High School. The school was originally a single, one story building with three wings. Around 1970, a second story was added to one wing. In the 1990s it was expanded to include the nearby middle school which became known as the Clayton building. The original high school was renamed the Bernie Reider Hall, for a longtime wrestling coach. The Fine Arts building, added recently, connects the once separate Clayton building, previously a middle school, and the two-story Bernie Reider Hall.

Athletics

The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguars 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).

Jackson is a powerhouse in many sports and its rivals are Toms River North, Toms River South, Toms River East, Brick Memorial, Brick Township, Southern Regional, and recently added Lacey Township.

;Cross-Country
*Team Championships
**A-South Champions - 2005 - 2006, 2006 - 2007
**County Champions - 2005 - 2006, 2006 - 2007
**Shore Champions - 2006 - 2007
**State Sectional Champions - 2006 - 2007
**Meet Of Champions Winners - 2006 - 2007;Wrestling
*Team Championships
**Group 4 Champions - 2006, 2007 (38-22 vs. Southern Regional High School [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=200640&tclass=Group%20IV%20Championship 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - Group IV Championship] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 24, 2007.] )
**State Sectional Champions: Central Jersey Group 4 - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=141653&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20IV 2006 Team Wrestling - Central, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 24, 2007.]
**Shore Conference Tournament Champions - 1980 (co-champs), 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
**District Champions - 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
**Division Champions - 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
*State Champions (Individual)
**1974 - Hector Rivera (122)
**1974 - Ed Rivera (135)
**1975 - Ed Rivera (135)
**1978 - Lou Durant (122)
**1990 - Jumel Kinchen (125)
**1990 - Rob Johnson (160)
**1991 - Rob Johnson (171)
**2001 - Doug Withstandley (140). Now a gym teacher at JMHS.
**2006 - Scott Winston (145)
**2007 - Dan Sefburg (152).
**2007 - Timothy Parker (160)

;Soccer
*Team Championships
**Shore Conference Tournament Champions - 1988 (co-champs), 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
**South Jersey Group IV Sectional Champions - 1990
**New Jersey Group IV State Champions - 1990

Notable alumni

*Bill Muirhead, former President and General Manager of Six Flags Great Adventure. He is the current CEO of Starparks Europe (1973)
*Zakk Wylde, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society (1985). [LaGorce, Tammy. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E7DB1631F934A15752C1A9639C8B63 "MUSIC; Thor, With an Electric Hammer"] , "The New York Times", November 27, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. "But the frustrating part for Zakk Wylde -- born in Jersey City, raised in Jackson and possessed of a gift for heavy-metal noise that regularly earns him the cover of any magazine with "guitar" in its title -- is that the six-string inner circle rarely widens.... "I was in Sayreville at this place called Close Encounters with my buddies in Stone Henge," a band formed with friends from Jackson Memorial High School in the mid-80's, Mr. Wylde said in a recent phone interview from Columbus, Ohio, where he was touring in support of "Mafia" (Artemis), a Black Label disc that entered the Billboard Independent Album chart at No. 1 last March."]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://memorial.jacksonsd.org/site_user_directory.aspx?type=DA Administration] , Jackson Memorial High School. Accessed August 24, 2008.]
*Anthony Gaita - Principal
*Lynn Coddington - Vice-Principal
*Carl J. Perino - Vice-Principal
*Thomas Tarver - Assistant Principal

References

ources

*Erbe, E. Robert (1999). "Cranberries, Coops, and Courts: A History of Jackson Township".

External links

* [http://memorial.jacksonsd.org/ Jackson Memorial High School]
* [http://www.jacksonsd.org/home.asp Jackson School District]
*NJReportCard|29|2360|020|Jackson Memorial High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407740 Data for the Jackson School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://orig.app.com/day/jmhs/ Day in the Life: Jackson Memorial High School] from the "Asbury Park Press"
* [http://www.digitalsports.com/school/id/13353.aspx DigitalSports Jackson Memorial Homepage]