Spotswood High School (New Jersey)

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name = Spotswood High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Spotswood Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Thomas Calder
asst principal = Dan Silvia
enrollment = 798 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 54.8 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 14.6
nickname = Chargers
conference = Greater Middlesex Conference
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location = 105 Summerhill Road
Spotswood, NJ 08884
information = 732-723-2201
website = [http://spotswood.high.groupfusion.net/ School website]

Spotswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade in Spotswood, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Spotswood Public Schools. Students from Milltown also attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Milltown Public Schools. [ [http://mps.kilmer.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=25468 Milltown Fact Sheet] , Joyce Kilmer School. Accessed March 28, 2008. "Our annual budget supports Parkview School and Joyce Kilmer School, as well as the tuition for students attending Spotswood High School."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 798 students and 54.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409210&ID=340921000568 Spotswood High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2007.] The school was the 126th-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 183rd 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.]

Awards and recognition

During the 1992-93 school year, Spotswood High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , accessed May 11, 2006.] , the highest award an American school can receive. [ [http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 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."] [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."]

Athletics

The Spotswood High School Chargers compete in the Blue Division of the Greater Middlesex Conference.

The Men's Cross Country Team had a 33 consecutive dual meet win streak from 2001-2006. The team qualified for its first ever Meet of Champions in the 2005 season, finishing second to Cranford. The team finished 2nd in both the state sectional and group meets. In 2006 the men's team won the State Group II Title and again advanced to the Meet of Champions.

Baseball

*2007 Central Jersey Group II Champions, with a 1-0 win over Somerville High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=220867&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20II 2007 Baseball - Central, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 6, 2007.]
*2007 GMC Tournament Champions
*2007 NJSIAA Group II Baseball State Champions, defeating Sterling High School 13-2 in the semifinals and Indian Hills High School 11-1 in the group final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=220867&tclass=Public%20Semis%2FFinals 2007 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 13, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://spotswood.high.groupfusion.net/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=7521&sessionid=052b3277ae14550ebbf3518e695b0dda&sessionid=052b3277ae14550ebbf3518e695b0dda#contact_Admin General Information] , Spotswood High School. Accessed August 22, 2008.]
*Thomas Calder - Principal
*Dan Silvia - Assistant Principal

Notable faculty

*Jamie Egan was once a music teacher at Spotswood's Appleby Elementary School. He is most noted for his performances with influential New Jersey ska bands Catch 22, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, and Streetlight Manifesto.Fact|date=May 2008

References

External links

* [http://spotswood.high.groupfusion.net/ Spotswood High School]
* [http://www.spotswood.k12.nj.us/ Spotswood Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|23|4970|0|Spotswood Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415540 Data for the Spotswood Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics