Robbinsville High School

Infobox_School
name = Robbinsville High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Robbinsville Public School District
type = Public high school
principal = Molly C. Avery
nickname = Ravens
conference = Colonial Valley Conference
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location = 155 Robbinsville Edinburg Road
Robbinsville, NJ 08691
information = 609-632-0950
website = [http://www.wtpsmercer.k12.nj.us/robbinsvillehs/site/default.asp School website]

Robbinsville High School is a comprehensive public high school in Robbinsville Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, which was operated as part of the Robbinsville Public School District.

As of the 2006-07 school year, only students in 12th grade from Washington Township were attending Lawrence High School in Lawrence Township, as part of the final year of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lawrence Township Public Schools. With the start of the 2007-08 school year, the sending relationship has ended, and Robbinsville High School will serve all of Washington Township's high school students on site and graduate its first class of 150 students in June 2008. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/21/5510/21-5510-030.html ROBBINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL - Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 23, 2007. "Robbinsville High School is the first high school in Washington Township, Mercer County. Prior to 2004-2005 all high school students in Washington Township attended Lawrence High School. The students completing Pond Road Middle School in 2004-2005 became the first freshman class of Robbinsville High School. Each subsequent year an additional grade level is being added to the high school. The first senior class will graduate in 2008."]

Facilities

The school was first opened in 2004 as a wing in the middle school to house ninth graders. There was a great struggle in the community to get the high school approved, and when it was approved, the vote was extremely close. The plan was to start with only freshmen and each year fill in an additional grade.

In 2005, the new high school building opened.

It features a large common area with an atrium to serve as a cafeteria as well as several other purposes, a central hallway (known as Main Street) that connects the commons area to the four wings (not including a music wing), the kitchen, the 1,000-seat auditorium with a 12-foot deep opera pit, the gymnasium wing (including a main gym, auxiliary gym, the weight room, locker rooms, and the trainer's office), and the main office as well as administrator's offices on the first floor and contains much technology including a recording studio. Outside, there is a rubberized turf football field along with a track, an aerial obstacle course, and numerous sports fields for all seasons Fact|date=October 2007.

Extracurricular Activities

Extracurricular activities include sports, a Drama Club in which many students are actively involved (members of the theater department are known as the RHS Raven Players), the yearbook club, newspaper club, Model United Nations, debate club, student and class governments, comic book and manga club, dance team, mock trial, digital design club, literary magazine, technology club, the Interact Club, and the award-winning marching band (and color guard), known as the Raven Regiment.

Athletics

The Robbinsville High School Ravens compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which comprises high schools located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey. The conference operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Sports offered at Robbinsville High School include Boy's and Girl's Tennis, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Track, Football, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Boy's and Girl's Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Boy's and Girls Soccer, Golf, Swimming, and Boy's and Girl's Lacrosse.

The girls soccer team made it to the 2006 NJ State Playoff tournament for Central Jersey Group I, defeating Middlesex High School 2-1 in the first round, before falling to Metuchen High School by 2-0 in the semifinals. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=186262&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20I 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Central, Group I] , NJSIAA, accessed April 11, 2007.]

The girls field hockey team qualified for the 2007 NJ State Playoff tournament for North II Group I, ending their regular season with a record of 12-4, and placed as the #3 seed in the tournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=243004&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2007 Field Hockey - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed October 28, 2007.] The field hockey team secured the 4th seed in the 2007 Mercer County Tournament, and advanced to the semi-finals before falling to Stuart Country Day School in overtime, 2-1. [O'Gorman, Joe. [http://trn.jrcinteractive.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=h18CHvCbdvQmtnJJqZd2TJTvyp7lLt0ZTkJL1xz54B0TTZD1cv21!290571576?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FTRN%2FHome&r21.content=%2FTRN%2FHome%2FContentTab_Sports_797464 "Stuart beats Robbinsville in OT thriller"] , "The Trentonian", October 26, 2007. Accessed October 28, 2007. "The Stuart junior scored a pair of goals, including the game winner in overtime to get the Tartans past a tenacious Robbinsville team, 2-1 last night in the semifinals of the Mercer County Field Hockey Tournament on the turf at Mercer County Community College."]

The boys cross country team qualified for the state finals in 2006 and 2007. The girls cross country team was 2nd in central New Jersey group I and qualified for states in 2007.

In 2007, the varsity football team finished the regular season with a 6-3 record and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs, losing to Asbury Park High School, the eventual Group I Champions, by a 41-0 score in the first round of the Central, Group I tournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20I 2007 Football - Central, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 11, 2008.]

In 2008, the girls' track and field team won both the NJSIAA Group I Central Championship and the Group 1 State Championship. The Boy Ice Hockey team won the Patroit Division and went to the Mercer County quarterfinals, NJSIAA Public B first round.

Tradition

As the school is relatively new, very few traditions exist. However, there are two traditions, one in which the classes currently attending battle in a tug of war. The winning class then competes with the teachers.

In 2006, the teachers were victorious. The other withstanding tradition is a teacher-student basketball game, held just before winter break. In 2006, the teachers won this event as well.Fact|date=October 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.wtpsmercer.k12.nj.us/robbinsvillehs/site/default.asp Robbinsville High School]
* [http://www.wtpsmercer.k12.nj.us/wtpsd/site/default.asp Washington Township Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|21|5510|0|Washington Township Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417100 Data for the Washington Township Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://ravenregiment.org Raven Regiment Official Website]
* [http://rhsravenplayers.org RHS Raven Players Home Page]