Jackson Liberty High School

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established = 2006
grades = 9 - 12
district = Jackson School District
type = Public high school
principal = Maureen Butler
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conference = Shore Conference
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location = 125 North Hope Chapel Road
Jackson, NJ 08527
information = 732-833-4700
website = [http://liberty.jacksonsd.org/ School website]

Jackson Liberty High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, as part of the Jackson School District. It is the sister high school of Jackson Memorial High School.

The school opened in September of the 2006-07 school year for 9th and 10th grades only.

The Building

Built in between 2005 and 2006, the school has two floors. The bottom floor holds a liberal arts (history, English, language) wing (commonly referred to as "C" wing) as well as a mathematics and science wing. (Commonly referred to as "B" wing) There is a cafeteria in both wings. The upstairs wing will hold additional mathematics and science wings. Additionally "D" wing is home to the arts (fine art, television production, CAD, graphic design) classes. A central atrium connects "D", "C", and "B" wings into a central great hallway. The theater holds about 900 people and is equipped to handle presentations as well as performances. The two gymnasiums are next to each other and they have a weight room and an athletic trainer's office. The football field is surrounded by a regulation size track which could be used for meets. There is also a music wing behind the auditorium and a lecture hall in the atrium.

Jackson Liberty High School is Wi-Fi ready and wireless LAN stations are set up throughout the school. Teachers are given swivel-head laptops which have a wireless card which connect them to projectors in each classroom. All multimedia functions from the classroom projectors. The student-run television channel as well as a DVD and VCR hook up to the projector for large format display.

Athletics

Jackson Liberty 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).

Administration

Core members of the schools administration are: [ [http://liberty.jacksonsd.org/site_user_directory.aspx?type=DA Administration] , Jackson Liberty High School. Accessed September 5, 2007.]
*Maureen Butler - Principal
*Daniel A. McDevitt - Vice-Principal
*Geoff P. Brignola - Assistant Principal

References

External links

* [http://liberty.jacksonsd.org Jackson Liberty High School]
* [http://www.jacksonsd.org/home.asp Jackson School District]
*NJReportCard|29|2360|0|Jackson School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407740 Data for the Jackson School District] , National Center for Education Statistics