- Metuchen High School
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Metuchen High School Location 400 Grove Avenue
Metuchen, NJ 08840Information Type Public high school School district Metuchen School District Principal Bruce Peragallo Vice principal Susan La Fauci Faculty 43 (on FTE basis)[1] Grades 9 - 12 Enrollment 609 (as of 2009-10)[1] Student to teacher ratio 14.16[1] Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference Team name Bulldogs Website School website Metuchen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Metuchen in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Metuchen School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 609 students and 43 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.16.[1]
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Awards and recognition
The school was the 54th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 86th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 56th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4]
Athletics
The Metuchen High School Bulldogs compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, made up of public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area. Metuchen is placed in the Gold Division for Football. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
The school was recognized as the Group I winner of the NJSIAA ShopRite Cup in 2006-07, which recognizes overall athletic achievement by schools in Groups I-IV, Group A and Group B, based on the all-around best athletic program within each group in the state of New Jersey. The award for the 2006-07 ShopRite Cup recognized the school for achieving 2nd place in Girls Soccer, 2nd in Boys Soccer, 1st in Girls Cross Country, 4th in Boys Cross Country, a tie for 3rd in Football, and 1st in Boys Track and Field.[5] The team repeated as Group I winner in the 2007-08 ShopRite Cup, with first place finishes in Girls Soccer, Boys Winter Track Relays and Boys Spring Track, a second place finish in Boys Winter Track Individual and a third place in Girls Cross‐Country, with an additional nine points awarded for having no disqualifications in all three athletic seasons.[6]
In 2007, the girls soccer team won the Central, Group I state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Robbinsville High School in the tournament final. The win marked the team's third consecutive sectional title, their first three-peat since 1988-90.[7][8] The team moved on to win the Group II state championship with a 1-0 win over Glen Ridge High School, the team's first ever state title.[9][10]
In 2010 and 2011 the girls cross country team won the GMC title... an amazing feat for such a small school. They also won the Fall Classic in 2010 and 2011.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[11]
- Bruce Peragallo, Principal
- Susan La Fauci, Vice Principal
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Metuchen High School include
- Marqus Blakely (born 1988), NBA basketball player for the Houston Rockets.[12]
- David Copperfield (born 1956), illusionist.[13]
- Scott Cowen (born 1947, class of 1964), president of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.[14]
- Jim Fielding, track star.[15]
- Gail Fisher (1935-2000), pioneering African American actress best known for her role in Mannix TV series[16]
- Robert Hegyes (born 1951), TV actor, best known for his role as Epstein on the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.[17]
- Dejuan Miller (born 1990), football player at the University of Oklahoma.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d Metuchen High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ Metuchen High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ Fourth Annual ShopRite Cup: 2006‐2007 Final Standings, NJSIAA. Accessed June 2, 2008.
- ^ Fifth Annual ShopRite Cup2007‐2008 Final Standings, NJSIAA. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ 2007 Girls Soccer - Central, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.
- ^ Layton, Shawn. "Metuchen claims another Group I crown: Girls soccer wins third title in a row", Edison Sentinel, November 14, 2007. Accessed November 15, 2007.
- ^ 2007 Girls Soccer - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed November 24, 2007.
- ^ "Metuchen wins girls soccer Group I title", Home News Tribune, November 17, 2004. Accessed November 24, 2007.
- ^ Staff Email Directory, Metuchen High School. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "Metuchen's Marqus Blakely carries success to Vermont, NCAA Tournament", The Star-Ledger, March 18, 2010. Accessed August 10, 2011. "Marqus Blakely is an impact player. Metuchen had endured 16 straight losing seasons before Blakely's emergence as a junior in the 2004-05 season, when he led the school to a 17-9 record. As a senior, he led the Group 1 school to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game and a 22-3 record, the best in school history."
- ^ Gelt, Gary. "Lear jet disappears on illusion artist's fourth TV special", Los Angeles Times, October 25, 1981. Accessed August 10, 2011. "After graduating from Metuchen High School he enrolled at Fordham University."
- ^ Pope, John. "Tulane University President Scott Cowen receives Times-Picayune Loving Cup", The Times-Picayune, April 4, 2010. Accessed August 10, 2011. "When Scott Cowen was a student at Metuchen High School in New Jersey, he was class president for three years, then Student Council president, and he was captain of the Metuchen Bulldogs football team, on which he played defensive end. So it was no surprise that when Cowen graduated in 1964, he was honored as the student who had done the most for the school."
- ^ Staff. Best Track Boys of the Decades, The Star-Ledger. Accessed August 10, 2011.
- ^ Laurie Jarmon (1995), Gail Fisher, in Notable Black American Women, Jessie Carney Smith, editor. ISBN 0810391775. Pages 223-224.
- ^ About Robert Hegyes, Cinema Without Borders. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Mr. Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and began studying acting in earnest at Metuchen High in the mid 1960s."
- ^ Layton, Shawn. "Bulldogs football team looking to duplicate '08 success", Edison Sentinel, September 9, 2009. Accessed August 10, 2011. "The Bulldogs lost a number of key players from last year's 8-4 squad. Wide receiver Phil Lewis is gone after setting a new single-season mark for reception yards. Lewis' 754 yards for a season beat the old mark set by current Oklahoma Sooner Dejuan Miller."
External links
- Metuchen High School
- Metuchen School District
- Metuchen School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Metuchen School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°33′11″N 74°21′23″W / 40.552984°N 74.356448°W
Greater Middlesex Conference (NJSIAA) Blue Division Bishop George Ahr • Highland Park • John F. Kennedy (Woodbridge) • Metuchen • Middlesex • Mother Seton • South River • Spotswood
Gold Division Cardinal McCarrick • Dunellen • Middlesex County Academy • Middlesex County Vocational (East Brunswick) • Middlesex County Vocational (Perth Amboy) • Middlesex County Vocational (Piscataway) • Middlesex County Vocational (Woodbridge Township) • South Amboy
Red Division White Division Categories:- High schools in Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
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