Collingswood High School

Collingswood High School
Location
424 Collings Avenue Collingswood, NJ 08108
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1910
Principal	Edward T. Hill
Asst. Principal	Michael Sheridan
Faculty	49 (on FTE basis)[1]
Enrollment	807 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.47[1]
Color(s)	Navy Blue      Gold
Athletics conference	Colonial Conference
Team name	Panthers
Website	School website

Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Collingswood Public Schools.

Students in grades 9-12 from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 10-12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District.^[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 807 students and 49 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 16.47.^[1]

The school was the 267th-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 237th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[3] The school was ranked 235th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[4]

Extracurricular activities

• The school is a host to a championship marching band. The Collingswood Panther Marching Band, under the direction of Joe Lerch, has captured titles for the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) All-States and New Jersey State Championships in the years 2004 and 2005, and participated in the National Championships in 2006, 2007, and 2009. The marching band has a membership of 46 members. The band finished fourth in their second National Championships appearance, competing as a Group II band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007.^[5] They have performed for the Philadelphia Phillies (3 times), the Philadelphia Phantoms, and were the honorary band for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure on Mother's Day 2008. Most recently the Collingswood High School Panther Marching Band captured the 2010 Southern NJ Chapter 1, Group 2-A Championship award at the Tournament of Bands 2010 Chapters Championship competition held at the Williamstown High School on Sunday October 24, 2010.
• Clubs and Organizations at Collingswood High School include the Anime Club, Steppers Club, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, Latin Club, Environmental Club, History Club, The Paw Print student paper, and Boys and Girls State.

Athletics

• Collingswood High School is a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12.
• The Academic Challenge team is currently Ranked #1 in South Jersey.
• The 2007-08 girls basketball team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships.
• The 2007-08 boys basketball team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships.^{[citation needed]}
• The 2007-08 wrestling team won the Colonial conference and South Jersey Group I championships.
• The field hockey team won the 2000 team won the South, Group II state sectional championship with a 2-1 win against Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final.^[6][7] The 2004 field hockey team won the Group II state championship, defeating West Essex High School in the tournament final.^[8]
• In 2006 the Collingswood wrestling team won their first South Jersey Group II Championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School by a final score of 43-17.^[9]

SPORTS OFFERED AT COLLINGSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:

• Boys
  • Fall - soccer, football, cross country
  • Winter - basketball, Academic Challenge, wrestling, bowling, swimming
  • Spring - track & field, golf, baseball, tennis, volleyball
• Girls
  • Fall - soccer, tennis, cross country, field hockey, cheerleading
  • Winter - basketball, Academic Challenge, swimming, cheerleading
  • Spring - track & field, softball, lacrosse, volleyball

Notable alumni

• Ashlee Feldman, cast member on MTV's The Real World: New Orleans (2010).^{[citation needed]}
• B. J. Averell (born 1979), co-winner of The Amazing Race 9.^[10]
• William K. Dickey (1920–2008), speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority.^[11]
• Michael Landon (Eugene Orowitz) (1936–1991), actor. He also had the longest high school javelin throw - 193' 4" - in the U.S. in 1954.^[12][13]
• Matthew Quick, novelist.^{[citation needed]}
• Ben Vaughn, musician and NPR music critic.^{[citation needed]}
• Gary Williams (born 1945), current head coach of University of Maryland's men's basketball team.^[14]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[15]

• Edward Hill, Principal
• Michael Sheridan, Assistant Principal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 28, 2011.
2. ^ Collingswood High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed May 28, 2011. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
3. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 10, 2011.
4. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
5. ^ Group I, M&T Bank Stadium, November 16, 2007, United States Scholastic Band Association. Accessed November 18, 2007.
6. ^ Brett, Phil. "Collingswood rallies past Camden Catholic for Group 2 title", Courier-Post, November 10, 2000. Accessed August 19, 2007. "Trailing third-seeded Camden Catholic 1-0 late in the game, the top-seeded Panthers scored two goals in the final 10 minutes to defeat the Irish 2-1 and win the South Jersey Group 2 championship."
7. ^ 2000 - South, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.
8. ^ 2004 Field Hockey - Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
9. ^ 2006 Team Wrestling - South, Group II, NJSIAA, accessed April 5, 2007.
10. ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer Newsmakers column: an 'Amazing' win for Collingswood alum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2006. "A true winner? That'd be Collingswood High School. Wednesday night, best buds BJ Averell, 26, and Tyler Macniven, 25, won the cosmic challenge that is CBS's The Amazing Race -- collecting a $1 million prize (well, before taxes)."
11. ^ "Hall of Fame Member Bios 2004". Collingswood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. http://www.collingswoodathletichalloffame.org/member%20bios%202004.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-20. 
12. ^ HIS EARLY DAYS WERE FUN, PALS RECALL SOME REFUTE IMAGE OF A TROUBLED CHILDHOOD, Philadelphia Daily News, July 2, 1991. "In a 1985 interview, Landon claimed he ate lunch alone at Collingswood High School, that he never had a date as a teen-ager because no Christian father in the town would allow his daughter to go out with a Jew."
13. ^ Track and Field News, December, 1953
14. ^ Gary Williams profile, accessed March 30, 2007.
15. ^ Administration, Collingswood High School. Accessed May 28, 2011.

External links

• School webs page
• Collingswood Public Schools
• Collingswood Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Collingswood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Championship Collingswood Panther Marching Band
• South Jersey Sports: Collingswood HS

Coordinates: 39°54′47″N 75°04′42″W / 39.912954°N 75.078229°W / 39.912954; -75.078229